Mikey Goes To Kindergarten
In China we celebrated Teacher’s Day last Friday. It’s an annual semi-holiday here and there are always some activities for the students to show their appreciation to the teachers. Each year I’ll get a few cards or flowers and about 100 text messages. Since I don’t have classes at the college on Fridays, I decided to [...]
My Interview in The Phottix Journal
I’m in the weeds, having to re-write lesson plans for this term that I first wrote three months ago. I’m wondering just how much longer I can motivate myself to teach when there are so many other things I’d rather be working at! Anyway, it may be slow for a few more days here as [...]
The iPad Giveaway…
There seems to be some confusion among some folks as to exactly how to register for the September giveaways, so with the middle of the month nearly here I thought it might be best to try and explain everything a little more clearly. I launched the new site on September 1st and I wanted to [...]
Baby Layla
I am having an unbelievably frustrating day working with this new website and the later it gets the more mistakes I make so I am quitting and going to bed. I’ll leave you with this photo of Layla. 3 weeks old and already a heartbreaker… Hopefully I can get back on-track tomorrow night in getting [...]
The Derriere Affair – Drama on the MTR
Day 4 (continued): Hong Kong to Tai O to Hong Kong Our Hong Kong adventure continued on Sunday afternoon with an unplanned and subsequently not very well thought out trip to Tai O. Tai O is a small fishing village popular with tourists and photographers on the far western side of Lanatu Island. It’s an [...]
Hot Hong Kong
Day 4 : Hong Kong Sunday morning dawned and a very hot, humid day was developing in Hong Kong. Able to stay in our hotel room until noon, we pushed that envelope to the limit. We stayed at the Wharney Guangdong Hotel in Wanchai and I’d say that while it was not a stellar hotel [...]
