Archive for September, 2009

Always Keep Your Receipts

  • September 30th, 2009
  • Posted in fun fact

Fun Fact: Most of the time, when you buy something, you get a receipt. Most people throw them away. In Taiwan, you keep your receipts because they are cash money lottery tickets. Every two months, the government releases six numbers, and you can match the number at the top of the receipt to their numbers. There are [ READ MORE ]

A New School Year

  • September 15th, 2009
  • Posted in teaching

I’m teaching first graders, fifth graders, and seventh graders this year. I have eight first-graders: seven boys and one girl. The girl is quiet, docile, and does her work neatly and efficiently. The other seven boys are little terrors. They talk loudly, run around, and stick their erasers on their pencils and sword-fight each other. But [ READ MORE ]

We Are Family

One of the main reasons why I made this 10-day trip back to the States was to attend one of the most beautiful weddings I have ever seen. Two of my dear friends got married, and then they’re taking a 10-month trip around the world to visit 32 countries. If that’s not a honeymoon, then [ READ MORE ]

Nashville Necessities

Yes, Taiwan has the Diner, but Waffle House will always be the breakfast king. A Nashville trip is also not complete until you’ve had Las Paletas. I got a chocolate with hot peppers popsicle. Amazing. And girlfriends. Thanks for coming in to Nashville to see me. It was just like old times, filled with Cheesecake Factory and [ READ MORE ]