Tag Archives: New York City
WarCraft
Foreign World Of WarCraft servers are down/blocked in China. Stick and I might actually have to talk to each other.
Leroy Merlin Circular
I know this isn’t the greatest picture, but the circular is pretty shiny and it’s hard to get a good shot. I hope you can at least see that the trendy alphabet window stickers spell out “go home”!!! Not-so-subliminal message, … Continue reading
The Place By Night
The Place, Friday night, after the giant movie screen was turned off.
World’s Most Boring Lesson
Or my kids playing Verb Charades.
Stick On Life In China
“The next time I play Civ, I’m going to NOT develop Alphabet and see how far my civilization can go.”
The Ministry Of Silly Walks
I have a student, we’ll call him Alex, since that’s what I think his English name is supposed to be. Whenever Alex goes up to the board to answer a question, he wants to hop or skip or crawl or … Continue reading
Hello Kitty Chinglish
I got a pack of Hello Kitty reward stickers at the supermarket to give to my students. (I have one class with three girls called Kitty, and that makes saying “Hello, Kitty!” hilarious.) It was an assortment of stickers, with … Continue reading
Crisis Averted
I left to go to my meeting WITHOUT A SHOWER or WASHING MY FACE, and when I was at school, I told Stick that we have no water. Stick’s class had finished, so he went home to fix it. I … Continue reading
Why No One Here Likes Morning Showers
Because you might wake up and have no water in the apartment! I woke up and there was water to make the coffee. Then I did a little work in my bathrobe, until it was time to wake up Stick … Continue reading
That Time Of Year
Our school’s putting up their Christmas decorations, which always makes me hungry for latkes. Cooking them was bit of an adventure… I can get good potatoes, onions, eggs and oil at the market by the apartment, but the lox and … Continue reading
