it's a beautiful saturday morning ( Read more... )

today is an incredibly gorgeous day in taipei, and i got to actually take advantage of it since it's monthly exam period (monthly exams are basically like having finals every month, and we take two whole school days to give the kids two whole days of tests ( Read more... )

so today was an interesting day at school. i've been a wreck as far as anyone can see -- i had a broken toe (that was in a cast, for god's sake) for four weeks. my students were so excited and pleased to see that i was better this monday, since i took it off last weekend. and then on tuesday i lost my voice and was sick, and i've been sick the ( Read more... )

reading this blog makes me want to have my own little family an anderson adventure

and this one makes me want to have a garden and farm huckleberryem

*~*amended for clarity: this post is in regards to my chinese new year trip back to the US, which has me thinking about home and homes and the US and taiwan and what's gonna happen after i finish this school year ( Read more... )

i'm at work right now, eating chocolate and drinking hot chocolate ( Read more... )

it's been a while since i've posted, and i wanted to take a moment to show everyone a bit of taiwan during the holidays ( Read more... )

i had class all morning, so between each class (there are 10 minute breaks in taiwan so it's better than the two minutes i would've had in the u.s.) i'd rush back to the office and check the new york times to see what was going on ( Read more... )

today it was finally chilly enough to umm, wear a hoodie on my scooter at night. didn't really need it for the day at all, which i can't complain about. the weather seems like the only reason i'm loving taiwan these days ( Read more... )

for some reason older taiwanese women seem to love me. ellen's mom is totally enamored with me even if there are myriad reasons that she shouldn't be. she insists i give her a hug every time i see her, which is more than she hugs her own daughter. granted, this might be due to the fact that i'm totally clueless when it comes to politely refusing ( Read more... )