Archive for December, 2009

Ice Skating

As you can see, I went ice skating today at the Taipei Ice Arena with the boy and some friends. And as you can see, we had a great time even though we had to wear silly helmets and gloves because they are required unless you sign a waiver. But the whole process of getting [ READ MORE ]

I’m No Look

  • December 23rd, 2009
  • Posted in teaching

Also better known as “I can’t see.” My seventh grade boys drive me up the wall. They are immature, perverted, misbehaving little hooligans who really don’t care how bad their English is. Well, that’s my second class (minus a few). My first class are naughty as well but they seem to genuinely want to learn, [ READ MORE ]

Yummy In My Tummy

There are two food places that I’ve discovered recently that are pretty unique, so I just had to share. 小乾杯 KanPai Yakiniku BBQ 忠孝東路四段201號2F Zhongxiao East Rd. Sect. 4 No. 201 2F (located in the same building as Luxy & Starbucks) 02-2776-3435 This is a yummy BBQ place where you order plates of meat to [ READ MORE ]

The Kevin and Zhou Were Here

The illustrious Kevin and Zhou, who are on a ten-month trip around the world (read their blog HERE), came to Taipei to see me for a week. They got here on Tuesday, and we just dropped them off at the airport a few hours ago. Luckily for me, my usual 7-9pm classes were canceled for [ READ MORE ]

My First Interview

I recently did an interview for John Bardos over at You Can Teach English. My interview can be read HERE. It’s chock-full of information about teaching English in Taiwan, and I hope it helps for those of you who are thinking about doing it![ READ MORE ]