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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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Congratulations, ’06
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Congrats to Jordan, Anna, Jennifer Long, Gordo, “Pat”, Calvin Dai Dai, and Steph. It’s weird to think I’ve taught some of them for 4 years now. Hope they learned something from me and that they’ll remember the One who’s made each of them special. I’m proud of them. Also, congrats to Cindy and CC, who…
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Big Head Boy
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That’s my cousin’s kid. They call him “Big Head Boy” in Chinese. I don’t see him very often. But we had dinner together for Steph’s birthday. Happy Birthdays to Mackenzie, Stephanie, and Gordon.
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Busy at the beach
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…but not too busy for a picture! Yes, another picture of Mackenzie. I fiddled with sepia toning on Gimp. The original had a lot of vibrant colors, but I think it was too much. My eyes didn’t know where to look. This one seems better, where it really draws your attention to her eyes. Her…
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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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Daddeeeee!!!
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Mackenzie’s first time in the ocean. Taken at Stinson Beach on Memorial Day. This picture reminds me of those pictures in those clothing catalogs. Hmm, I gotta work on that overexposure.
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Some street sign
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Are girls supposed to be this geeky?
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My brother got me another stick of ram for pennies, er, just about. I’ve been complaining that my computer has been running slower and he said it’s from all the junk that I run. Hey now. Anyways, the deal master came through and here it is, next to the old RAM that’s covered with a…
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Trading Spaces in the Sunset
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The SFist found Trading Spaces here in the Sunset at N and 43rd. Maybe it should be called Trading Closets. I take it I’ll never see an extreme home makeover here.
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Chinese on vacation
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This was a scene at a water park in China during their May holiday. And I’m going WHERE this summer??? Good luck to me… Check out more crazy crowd pictures here.
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A newspaper clipping
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Coffee Maker for Nalgene Water Bottles
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A company named ventureDESIGNworks has a product called “Press-bot“, a coffee maker designed to work with Nalgene water bottles. Specifically for widemouth varieties of the Nalgene water bottles, it allows people-on-the-go to make a cup of joe out of their water bottle. The Press-bot is a press style coffee maker using a precision etched filter…
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Crash
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The surprise Best Picture Oscar winner last year. And not a bad movie at that. I am by no means a movie critic, nor do I watch movies all that often for that matter. But this movie was super intense, maybe because racial issues really get me riled up. Is it because I am part…
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How to get Yahoo Mail Beta
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I already told you how I liked Yahoo Maps Beta Now they have Yahoo Mail Beta, but apparently there’s a waiting list. Go go gadget super sneak… To get Yahoo Mail Beta, switch your content preference to UK, France, or Germany. When you log into your mail area, you’ll be asked if you want to…
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The Day the Earth Shook
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Today is the 100th anniversary of the great quake (check out the old-fashioned design on that site). The earthquake hit San Francisco at 5:12:05 a.m. There were two shocks. The second one was stronger. It lasted 40 seconds, but in those seconds, energy equivalent to several nuclear bombs was released. Some scientists say that the…
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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…