Happy Dance
Football Squared
Almost every bowl game you could have watched over the last few days has been shown on ESPN Asia, I’m happy to report. So I’ve had football on my TV while going about my grading. The English commentators haven’t even been dubbed over. And along with it comes the dramtic FA Cup advertisement that includes [...]
Semisweet
I’m finishing classes. It actually saddens me a little. Both are good things.
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Snow Day
Snow always makes me happy. But it was even better today because the snow’s arrival was timed almost exactly with my class’s beginning. We struck a wager that if they would stay with me and work hard, we could dismiss a little early to enjoy the snow. So not only was there snow to enjoy, [...]
Food. I mean, Friends.
Karyn found good ice cream at Carrefour, so, we were obviously obliged to buy a lot and have a party. So we did. And it included our cool Japanese neighbors and their native snacks.
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Musicality…ish…ness
So the Berlin Philharmonic came to see us in Changchun. It was very kind of them. I’m not sure they knew what they were getting into, but we enjoyed it. In our coats and gloves and scarves. In a stadium. Odd, but cool.
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Workout
My new hobby? Tongue exercises. In an effort to improve my students’ pronunciation, I found tongue exercises for them. And I, of course, must demonstrate them—for every class. My tongue is officially needing a day off. But, boy, can it curl.
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Timeless
You have to love the ‘I have no time to write a message’ message.
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Flippy
I am now borrowing a better phone than the one I have been borrowing. It’s a flip phone with a colored screen and more common layout and organization. It reminds me of the nice phone I had back in America. And that makes me happy.
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Happy Nap
I took a nap. And I slept. That doesn’t happen often.
Afternoon Jaunt
I made a quick trip downtown today that managed to include a Chinese quarter pounder and a motorcycle laden with bags of ducks. For a moment, St. Ives almost seemed a reality.
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