Archive for the ‘ holiday ’ Category

April Fools!

  • April 1st, 2009
  • Posted in holiday

Sorry readers, I did not mean to scare you. It was just a harmless prank. Forgive me? I tried pranking my kids today with a lame pop quiz, but they got me back by saying that they put grasshoppers in my bag. I got really freaked out and threatened to take away all of their [ READ MORE ]

Happy? Valentine’s Day

First time in awhile, I won’t have a valentine this year. My aunt sent me a really nice care package filled with candy and cute cards which I shared with my 2nd graders. I also made them write a poem to someone, but they didn’t seem to enjoy that as much. In Taiwan, they have [ READ MORE ]

Poses and Lanterns

Today, I praised Ting-Ting on something well done, and she did the typical thumb-and-index “I’m awesome” Asian pose. (For all seven Asian poses, please watch this.) It was so cute that I asked her if she could do it again and let me take a picture. Then the whole class wanted to do it. So [ READ MORE ]

Happy New Year!

Our new year was pretty amazing. We saw the fireworks of Taipei 101 from our rooftop, and the fireworks from the Living Mall, which is also right next door. Then we went and checked out the nightlife, and there was traffic everywhere! We took a couple of very pointless taxi rides where we just ended [ READ MORE ]

Merry Christmas Everyone!!

  • December 25th, 2008
  • Posted in holiday

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