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Friday, May 23rd, 2008
Looking at the future. We say that as if we can actually see the darn thing.
Tomorrow, if I may be so bold as to call the future by this familiar name, is getting closer.
Looking at jobs. Looking at getting the training-center going strong.
Looking at schools for my son.
Looking at where we’ll live in the next few years.
Some links for you
TEFL Indonesia
Getting off the thumb
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Saturday, November 3rd, 2007
I returned from Thailand(via Singapore) on Friday night.
Flew back from Singapore on ValuAir. Good service and landed safe, if a little late.
I was traveling alone, and it’s always difficult being away from family.
I was in Thailand with TEFL International. We were training teachers for their TESOL (teaching English to speakers of other languages) Certificate. We were in the northern city of Chiangmai.
Chiangmai is an extremely green and beautiful city. The traffic is chaotic and never seems to let up.
The hotel was nice and the area around it had a number of good restaurants. I managed to try a number of ethnic dishes, as well as a wide-selection of international food.
I was surprised how good the Internet connection was in Thailand, and hope that the Indonesian system comes up to that level soon.
We’ve had our course in Surabaya running since 2008.
Some links for you
TEFL Indonesia
Posted in About Me, Alumni, At the office, Certification, ESL, Family, fitness, gap-year, Indonesia, Java, Life outside of work, Living the dream, overseas living, Rating, Surabaya, tefl, tesol, Tesol certification, Top Ten list, Travel, tropics, vacation | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, April 24th, 2007
Posted in Indonesia, Java, Kartini Day, Living the dream, overseas living, Surabaya, tefl, tesol, Tesol certification, Top Ten list, Travel, tropics, vacation | 1 Comment »
Friday, March 16th, 2007
Oooops
This is supposed to be a travel blog, and I haven't traveled anywhere for some time.
Last year we returned to Indonesia. I made two trips to China. I stayed in Hong Kong,Wenzhou,Xian and Zhuhai. What have I done for you ...
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Tuesday, October 24th, 2006
TEFL Indonesia
Where the world is your classroom
Presents TEFL Course & TESOL Course
Home| About Us ... [Continue reading this entry]
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Sunday, May 28th, 2006
Posted in About Me, At the office, Certification, China, ESL, tefl, tesol, Tesol certification, Travel, Wenzhou | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, February 1st, 2006
I'm afraid it looks grim for our hero ... the blender's on puree
I have a lead on a job here,but it's a fairly tenuous one. What the hey ... most of my life is tenuous
By chance I ran into ...
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Thursday, January 5th, 2006
There have been a few changes at work in the last few months.
We've managed to weather the storm.
We'll be moving on at the end of this month.
We'll be in Indonesia, but haven't chosen which city to stay in. ...
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Saturday, October 1st, 2005
Pandas and pedicabs
Pandas and pedicabs
We visited Chengdu last week
A holiday before the holiday
I took a few days so I could spend time with my wife and son and visit a friend
Steve, who taught with me in Jinzhou and Changsha, is ...
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Thursday, May 26th, 2005
A typical day off spent with family,and a night spent walking with my wife
The day was bright
We had a good day
I was off
I went shopping
With Robert's technical help and Grace's linguistic finesse we managed to buy a Panasonic digital ...
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Another Kartini Day has come and gone.
Teachers,staff and many of the children wore traditional ... [Continue reading this entry] 
Wayne