Monthly Archives: November 2007

Oops

So last night I forgot it was Daylight Savings Time back home and I called my parents at 6:30 AM. They were very nice and didn’t tell me to go away and let them sleep. The lamest part is that … Continue reading

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Chinese Fire Drill

No, really. So in my last class today, we were playing Guess Who? (Made extra challenging because all the kids have the same hair color, eye color and are wearing the same uniform) when there’s an awful sound outside the … Continue reading

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Stick Is Happy

This is Stick making sure he gets every drop from his Guinness.

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Friday AP class

These are my honors students… you have no idea how hard I tried to convince them NOT to give the peace sign in this picture. I think it’s an involutary reaction, when a Chinese girl sees a camera, she has … Continue reading

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No Spitting On The Paintings!

Stick and I went to the Capital Museum to see the Treasures From The Louvre: Art From Ancient Greece exhibit. Stick and I are both classicists so we were really excited to go. It was great to see statues and … Continue reading

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Blogs I Read

A gaijin, a megook and a laowai walk into a bar… Mutant Frogs is my friend Roy’s blog about Japan, and MantisBot is Garan’s blog about Korean life. Interesting that three of us from my high-school crew ended up in … Continue reading

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Papercut Flower From My Student

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Jigga…. jigga….

The other day, I saw some new fruit at the vendor by our house. I asked for two of the small yellow apples, so Stick and I could try the crazy new things, and the vendor started to laugh. He … Continue reading

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Violet Eclipse Reviewed

Our Blog Review.Com reviewed Violet Eclipse the other day!

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That’s Not Broken!

Last night Stick and I passed a street vendor with a cart full of china. I found a blue-and-white mug, just right for holding toothbrushes in our turtle tank bathroom, but then I noticed a flaw on the glaze. Nothing … Continue reading

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