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  • Taiwan: North to South

    Taiwan: North to South

    My first trip to Taiwan coincided with Tomb Sweeping holiday. Unfortunately, hotel vacancy plummeted while prices sky rocketed. That’s how I ended up in this capsule with shared toilet for $70/night in Taipei. The weather in April reminded me of that saying, “April showers bring May flowers.” I didn’t stick around long enough to know

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  • Artistic Georgetown Penang

    Artistic Georgetown Penang

    Customers browse this art gallery café warehouse. I arrived in Penang sleep-deprived while holding optimism on a short leash. Given my experience in Kuala Lumpur, I didn’t let myself open the gates to unchecked glee. Although my admiration and love of the art scene in Georgetown is well documented, I needed to check my hotel’s

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  • Slumber Party at Kuala Lumpur Airport

    Slumber Party at Kuala Lumpur Airport

    Chinatown, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia re-opened its borders post Covid-19, and I booked my trip. I had fond memories of my previous visits to the country, and looked forward to roaming around the markets and soaking up the culture. Unfortunately, during the two-years of Covid-19 closures, hotel rooms remained vacant, unswept, unkempt. Dank corners became breeding

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  • Dear Santa

    Dear Santa

    Students line up to see Santa Claus at the on-campus Christmas parade. Write a letter to Santa Claus Being a Christian school, Christmas time brought as much excitement and anticipation as if it were celebrated in a Christian country. I led my students in the ritual of writing a letter to Santa. They detailed what

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  • Nicknames

    Nicknames

    Students login with their nickname handles for a warm-up game. Gift from one of my students. To Do list: Go to the bank, buy a toy for my niece, speak to a guy about a paint job for my Porsche.  Then I looked at the student roster and noticed the following names: I begin roll

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  • Students Doing the Work

    Students Doing the Work

    Students doing the work, and sometimes having fun. Example, one student drew a picture of me while I had them write down classroom rules! I guess the joke’s on me. Lining up for morning assembly. Hilarious students My students had no problems showing me their personalities, beginning at first period with the student who drew

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  • The Good Thing About Getting Lice

    The Good Thing About Getting Lice

    I got head lice from my first teaching gig in 2020. It was during Covid-19, when all non-essential businesses were closed and shut down. This meant that I could not seek professional help to eradicate the lice, and I could not get a hair cut either. I purchased every different lice treatment possible, and although

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  • Welcome to Term 1

    Welcome to Term 1

    Photo of Jesus in the library. Lord knows I need help with PowerPoint. Having attained a fresh visa I flew back to Thailand and slid immediately into teaching summer school. I was thankful to have remained on Thai-time for the three weeks I taught online in CA, for it allowed me to transition without any

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  • Nuthin’ but a G-Thang: Teaching US Black History in Thailand

    Nuthin’ but a G-Thang: Teaching US Black History in Thailand

    Third time’s a charm. I almost flew to Mexico. In reaction to consecutive unceremonious conclusions to teaching in Thailand, I had my finger on the “purchase now” button for a one-way ticket to Mexico. It’s close to my home state of California, and I had been reading about lovely tacos and tortas. I reasoned that

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  • The Local Life: Chiang Mai

    The Local Life: Chiang Mai

    Wandering around Chiang Mai reunites me with kawaii-cuteness, sparks a chocolate tasting, and leads me to reminisce about my dancing queen days…I mean, nights. These little piggies went to Moshi Moshi. Wall of stuffed piglets in Moshi Moshi. They are adorably clad in onesies topped with cow-horns and bear-ears because, why not?  Pablo’s heaven Seeing

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