Articles Tagged ‘Living the dream’
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 »
Friday, June 8th, 2007
Many well intentioned souls label themselves as actors, novelists, writers, dancers, singers, poets, painters and inventors; and yet nary a scripted word is uttered, nor page published, nor choreographed steps taken. A single note remains unreleased, stanzas stuck in rhyme less amber, canvas lies unsullied, and better mouse traps await their builders.
This is not to discourage dreamers.
Dream and let the dreams urge you forward. Don’t become a label with no substance.
Become the noun and live the verb.
Tim Hannigan is a writer.
Tim Hannigan writes.
Read.
Pulau Naga
Madura
Posted in A lasting gift, Alumni, Art, Debate, Education, ESL, Storytelling, Tim Hannigan, Travel, Vocabulary, Write, Writer | No 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
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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, Surabaya, tefl, tesol, Tesol certification, Top Ten list, Travel, tropics, vacation | No 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 ...
[Continue reading this entry] Posted in About Me, Canada, Certification, China, ESL, Family, fitness, futility, gap-year, Hunan, Indonesia, Java, Life outside of work, Living the dream, overseas living, requirements, Surabaya, tefl, tesol, Tesol certification, Travel, tropics, vacation | Comments Off on Tenuous? I laugh at tenuous
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. ...
[Continue reading this entry] Posted in At the office, Changsha, China, Hunan, Living the dream, overseas living, tefl, tesol, Tesol certification | No Comments »
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, May 26th, 2005
We went shopping today
Robert had a great need to see the traditional market and I had a great need to test-drive the new camera
Wyatt had other needs ...
Emily coaxed me into joining her at the market
I had prepared to veg ...
[Continue reading this entry] Posted in Changsha, China, Family, Hunan, Life outside of work, Living the dream, Travel | Comments Off on A boy, a dog and a tomato
Another Kartini Day has come and gone.
Teachers,staff and many of the children wore traditional ... 
Wayne