That might have been who I was thinking of, Tom. Nice to see you back on this thread.

Yesterday I finished watching the first season of Sea Patrol on Hulu. For those who do not know of it Sea Patrol is an Australian TV show about a Navy patrol ship operating in Australian waters. It's very well written, nicely acted, and very nostalgic for me because it reminds me of some of the TV shows I watched as a kid. I loved it.

Unfortunately Hulu only has the first season available and I understand there are four more seasons available in Australia. I will have to wait until I have a job in order to buy the seasons on DVD.

But that's OK because I need to watch the first season again in order to try to understand what the hell they are saying! There were no subtitles or closed captions and it has been too long since my ear got used to the dialect spoken down there. Hopefully the DVDs, when I can get them, will have closed captions (if they can find a translator).

Wakana is funny. She goes through her days convincing herself that she isn't a very good teacher. Then she undertakes her latest effort to make FD a cutting edge school on Guam. Starting tomorrow some of her students will be taking the National Japanese Language Exam. FD is the only school offering it this year though next year other schools will follow suit.

Then they'll have to follow her again because this year she will be the first on the island to enroll students in the Japanese National Honor Society. The effort is making her very tired but she is really cutting a swath for herself. I'm very proud.