I will have several posts soon about progress being made on the house, but first let me begin with some news about a project we’ve actually finished. We finally got the front door replaced! I cannot tell you how exciting this was. The old door was truly ugly, originally a plain wooden slab painted a [...]
Archive for August, 2008
A New Front Door
Posted in Life, tagged house, purple on August 30, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Japanese Placement Test
Posted in Language, Life, tagged Japanese, tests on August 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hmmm, the Olympics appear to be over, removing my main excuse for not blogging. I have some catching up to do. I thought I’d start with something from just a few days ago, since it’s fresh in my mind.
One of my professional development goals/suggestions from my boss for this year was that I consider taking [...]
The Great Japan/China Trip: Kunming
Posted in Travel, tagged china, Kunming, Stone Forest on August 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »
At the end of our two days in Lijiang, K. and I were finally getting on a plane to Kunming, the city where our spring study abroad students are based. We landed and successfully got in a cab to our hotel, using the piece of paper my boss had written the name of the hotel [...]
The Great Japan/China Trip: Lijiang
Posted in Travel, tagged bad service, china, Lijiang, tour guides on August 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Whoops, falling behind again. I feel like I should at least have all of this trip record done before the Olympics start, though. An arbitrary deadline, yes, but I’ve got other stuff I’d like to blog about, too, so it’s time to try to wrap this up.
K. and I got up at 5am to fly [...]
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