Articles Tagged ‘At the office’
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2005
Halloween is that unique non-holiday that most North American kids look forward to … and I’m no exception
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Saturday, October 22nd, 2005
Last week we had a party of sorts
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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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Tuesday, March 8th, 2005
Seems no matter how often you work with people they can't resist the urge to revert to type. The parable of the scorpion and the frog comes to mind ... (and you have to look for that yourself)
Last week was ...
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Monday, February 28th, 2005
I still think of the old days occasionally. There were, thankfully, more good times than bad times. I realize that's almost an
Edie Brickell song.
The Old Days There have been a few changes ...
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Monday, February 28th, 2005
What I do(and did)
For those who care here's what I do … I teach
Here’s what I did
I was the Director of Studies for EF English First Changsha in Hunan province
That means I was the academic coordinator, marketing manager, personnel ...
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Saturday, February 26th, 2005
After the Winter Course 2005
We'd just finished winter course and had some travel arranged ... we took off for Hainan. Hainan is in the south of China. Actually a tropical island. ... [Continue reading this entry]
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