Archive for June, 2009

9 to 5

I’ve been waking up at 7:30 now because I have morning tutoring classes from 9:30-12:30. They are a couple of high school students from Canada who are back for their summer vacations. I’ve been experiencing the 9-5 (ish) workday (except my hours are a bit longer) and, suffice to say, I’m not thrilled. It’s going [ READ MORE ]

Week in Pictures

After the past two weeks of constant rain, this was a rare time when the sun finally came out accompanied by some nice fluffy clouds. Waiting in my empty classroom for classes to start. Riding on the back of Michael’s cool orange scooter. Trying to find a spot in the scooter parking lot at the Guang Hua Digital [ READ MORE ]

Sharing is Caring

Dude, makeup. If you enjoyed that, there’s a lot more where this came from. “You out clubbing, I just made carmel delight!” Taylor Swift is a badass. What more is there to say? I don’t even know these people, but it made me tear up. Be warned, people. (Thanks for sharing, Eric.) carol + bryan’s // stillmotion special [ READ MORE ]

Superheroes

I was doing a lesson with my junior high kids (ages 12-13) about superheroes. The lesson was Stan Lee and how he created Spiderman. So I asked them about what other superheroes they knew, and they gave me Superman, Ironman, and Batman (which all happen to recent blockbuster hits). And that’s it. No more. I barely [ READ MORE ]

GIVEAWAY

Fruit on a tropical island is to die for. Mangoes, guavas, lychees, cherry plums (or what I like to call plerries), peaches, pineapples, watermelons.. oh goodness. And they make them all into Hi-Chew flavors too. If you have not experienced a Hi-Chew, I suggest you go buy one now at the closest Asian supermarket you can [ READ MORE ]