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Back in the ‘City of Heroes’

Friday, March 17th, 2006

Here we are again. As we’ve been before, we are again. Renewal, rebirth, re-charging, and a bit of rethinking. We have just moved back to a familiar place.
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Angst and stuff … Emotions on the job

Wednesday, March 15th, 2006

Emotions on the job

Emotional balance

It’s impossible not to have emotions. It’s also impossible not to show your emotions in some way.
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Animals … They’re all animals

Monday, March 6th, 2006
A trip to Taman Safari with the family We visited Taman Safari, about an hour outside of Surabaya. Taman Safari is a large drive-through zoo ... much like African Lion Safari The lions were amazing lions.jpg The tigers were ... [Continue reading this entry]

A new school

Monday, February 20th, 2006
Here we go again A new school A familiar city A fresh start New challenges

Tenuous? I laugh at tenuous

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 ... [Continue reading this entry]

I didn’t realize how much I missed the food

Tuesday, January 31st, 2006
Back in the Ring of Fire After Changsha's 'food as endurance test", it's a pleasure to eat this blend of tastes and textures. Spices used to tantalize, not torture ... to enhance,not hide I ate my first Indonesian meal in quite some ... [Continue reading this entry]

It’s what year?

Monday, December 12th, 2005
2005? 2005? Are you kidding? Signing for a third year. We had personnel changes. Some finished their contracts, and some left unexpectedly. Our son Wyatt turned one and is zooming towards his second birthday Didn't we just start this year? It seems to have gone a ... [Continue reading this entry]

Pandas and pedicabs … A trip to Chengdu

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 ... [Continue reading this entry]

September 1st

Thursday, September 1st, 2005
September has arrived The Autumn course will soon begin We'll need to find some more teachers Family is doing well Wyatt may soon be a Rock and Roll giant Wyatt-guitar3.jpg Wyatt-guitarlicks.jpg Wyatt-guitar2.jpg[Continue reading this entry]

Half-way through the 2nd half

Thursday, August 11th, 2005
We've made it this far ... just a few more steps Despite the predictions of our early demise and impending closure we have made it through the bulk of the summer course. We currently have 11 teachers. Six of those teachers are ... [Continue reading this entry]