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Peet’s Messenger Bag
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Oh my goodness, look at what they're selling…a Peet's messenger bag! My plane jane Superman-colored Timbuk2 is lookin' a little ratty nowadays. Maybe it's time to get a new one. Yeah, but not for a hundred bucks…sheesh.
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Mackenzie-ru
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Super high schoolers?
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Some of my kids messin’ around with their ties, which were used as part of their name tags.
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Great field trip
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Here are some of us with our students at the Great Wall. Here’s my teammate taking a picture of us on the wall.
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More laundry
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Here’s a picture of the guys’ room with laundry from 4 of my teammates. The clothes didn’t dry too well that way so they all smell kinda mildewy…yuck. I’ve been doing a few articles of clothing each day, so mine are fine. I’m taking the Sabbath off so no laundry today for me. I got…
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Bathroom and Laundry
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As requested, a picture of the hotel bathroom. Why are we staying at a hotel? Well, the school where we’re at is a commuter school with few dorm facilities, so we’re here at the hotel across the street. No squatty pottie, so I’m quite fortunate. I have to handwash all my clothes, so you see…
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Wireless in China
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My days have been filled with lessons, lesson planning, eating, hand-washing my clothes, and shopping for food and other necessities. I haven’t been able to get online until recently when my teammate discovered a wireless connection near the window…haha! If I had time, I would have gone to what my students call “net bars” where…
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English Camp
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It’s actually a cultural exchange program, but I guess they call it an English Camp. This was taken on Thursday, July 13, 2006 at the Confucius Temple. Can you tell the American students from the Chinese students?
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Picnic in the parking lot
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My coworkers and I enjoying lunch in the great outdoors.
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Eritrean food
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Haven’t had this in a long time. No utensils. You use this spongy,sour flat bread to scoop up the meat and vegetables. We had a hard time with the chicken since it was pretty tough. My fingers turned a bit yellow from the sauce. You’re not supposed to eat with your left hand because that’s…
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Cube (and dance) party
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So I’m leaving at the end of June and won’t be back until the first week of August. My cube-mate and I share a calendar for our schedules. I’ll be gone for the entire month of July. Look what he put up: +- Check out this guy’s demonstration of the evolution of dance. Good times.
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Communication tips
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I’ve set a personal record: I’ve worked in an office environment for half a year now (6 months exactly next week). So here’s a few things I’ve tried to do recently. If I’m sending an e-mail that absolutely HAS to be perfect before it goes out, I leave the address out of the “To” field.…
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A newspaper clipping
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Want to stay BFF?
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WARNING: this post contains unsolicited advice and bountiful discontent: Remember your friends. Make an effort to hang out with them. Don’t ditch them just cuz you’ve found your ONE. I really hope I listen to my own advice. But it doesn’t matter, by that time, I won’t have any more friends. I’d make Kennis proud…
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Not just BFF, it’s BSF.
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At this stage in my life, I sadly realized that many of my friends are friends of convenience. They’ll hang out when it’s convenient for them. Who actually MAKES plans or intentionally sets aside time to hang out now? Is it because they’re all married and have their spouses now, so they don’t really need…
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Butt missiles
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WARNING!!! The following contains atrocious verbage: obviously close friend (maybe too close): last fri i went to peet’s with my friend after work. i didn’t really have a big lunch so my stomach was kind of empty. i ordered a medium coffee… ohhh boy…. we sat and chatted for about 45 minutes and then the…
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X marks your experiences
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Here goes another (I wonder how much of this people know about me): Place an X by all the things you’ve done, or remove the X from the ones you have not, then answer the following questions and post it on your blog.” My comments in []. ( x )Smoked a cigarette [that’s according to…
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The upside to all this rain
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It’s still snowing in Tahoe! I was up there a week and a half ago sliding and it was great. Looks like there will be more snow throughout the week. So make the best of all of this precipitation. Get out of the city and go skiing, snowboarding, snowshoeing, or dog sledding! +- On a…
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Gimme some sugar
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Going up to Tahoe tomorrow. Looking forward to some good snow with my free Kirkwood ticket. Pray for safety.
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Hungry and spoiled
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I’m so hungry right now. I want to eat more than just a plain bowl of rice for dinner and then I come to a realization that I’m spoiled. Many families in Africa survive on one meal a day. I pray for rain in areas of drought so that they may receive a plentiful harvest.