I had the most amazing time ever! The Great Ocean Road was beautiful. I walked through a rainforest and saw all kinds of cool ocean rock formations, many with interesting stories behind them. I went to some more museums. I ate delicious things. I went camping in the mountains, in a swag. I held a baby koala! I saw wild kangaroos, emus, ( Read more... )

I've been having such fun in Australia. I explored Melbourne, saw Queen Victoria botanic gardens, shopped, ate lots of good stuff, put off vegetarianism until I get to Japan, went to some museums, saw a flock of wild cockatoos, saw a bunch of wildlife in a sanctuary, lost a small bet on Derby Day, did "rich people things" (as I'm always teasing a ( Read more... )

OH MAN!!!  I only have ONE full day left in Korea!  Craziness!  I'm a little scared, kind of sad, and SO excited ( Read more... )

This week is just FLYING by!!  I love it!  It gives me more patience to put up with kids doing dumb stuff.  Last week I went to the dentist with Nadia, and got my teeth cleaned and some sealants touched up ( Read more... )

1. If you're on my friends list (or if you're a random creeper), I want to know 35 things about you. I don't care if we never talk, or if we already know everything about each other. Short and sweet is fine ( Read more... )

It's October, and starting to get chilly over here!  I needed more than my T-shirt and sandals (and pants, you fools!) when I went down to dump my plastic bottles in the recycling today.  Brr!

I've been adventuring and playing and relaxing every weekend.  Lots of fun.  I think my list of things to do in Busan is pretty much complete, though I still ( Read more... )

After another mild drama at work involving me and students who claimed I was being mean, all is well again.  My kids who can't read, speak, or understand any English are slowly improving.  I hope it's not too little too late, because we have our monthly test next week, and I'll only see them one more time before then ( Read more... )

Drama at work has died down.  I feel comfortable around the Korean teachers again, which is good, because I really like them ( Read more... )

We've had a hectic couple of days here.  First, I got a new girl in one of my classes, and she seemed fine, but then apparently she went home and cried to her mom that I didn't give her anything and she never wanted to go back...  I have no idea what that was about.  She doesn't understand a lot, but she tries a little, and I try to make things ( Read more... )

I had a blast in Japan!  It was nice to go do something big after my boring but relaxing swine flu vacation.  Pictures are here:  smg.photobucket.com/albums/v188/IndigoXel/Fukuoka/

The ferry was really nice.  We boarded at 7:30, but I don't think it left until 11-ish (when I was going to sleep).  Then we docked around 5 am.  We were in a room with ( Read more... )