Archive for the 'Travel' Category
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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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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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
The tigers were ...
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Monday, February 20th, 2006
Here we go again
A new school
A familiar city
A fresh start
New challenges
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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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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 ...
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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 ...
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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, 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
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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 ...
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