What I learned in preschool: The sound of silence at 3 am is deafening
The witching hour.
Regardless of when this gets published, I began typing this at 3:30 am on a Saturday night (Sunday morning?)
keep reading3 Days in Hong Kong and Macau
I know what you’re thinking. “Hong Kong!? Right now? Are you sure you that’s a good idea…?”
Welllll, yes and no. The U.S. Travel Agency website lists Hong Kong as a “Travel Advisory Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution” (last updated Oct 7, 2019). You know what other countries are listed as a Level 2? Most of Europe and Asia…
Advice from my Dad on this? “Just don’t be dumb and run towards gathering, yelling crowds. Go the other way.” You got it Dad, I did just that.
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I decided to be spontaneous and get on a train bound for Tokyo this past weekend. (Or in my case, a series of trains because I had about 4 transfers before I arrived at my final destination). I was off to visit the one place I really wanted to visit, but didn’t get a chance to during vacation a few weeks ago. I was headed for the MORI Building in Odaiba, Tokyo to see the teamLab: Borderless digital art exhibition.
But let’s back it up to a very important conversation that I had the week prior, that helped kick off this adventure.
keep readingWhat I learned in preschool: do not underestimate the splash radius of a 3yo
For the months of July and August, the preschool sets up a small collapsable pool every year in the corner of the front yard, under the awning, for the kids to play in. Instead of our daily treks to the park each morning, each of the four classes takes turns having an hour in the swimming pool instead. It’s a nice break to get outside and feel the sun, but oh my goodness, helping a room full of 3 year olds get changed into their swim suits is like herding kittens with short attention spans.
Challenging to say the least. But also highly entertaining.
keep readingVacation in Tokyo!
Finally finally finally I made it to summer break! And by break I mean we had about a week and a half off from work, which is a far cry from the summer vacations I’m used to with American schools… but I still intended to make every minute of it count!
keep readingFighting the homesick with tastes of home
I don’t know if its the heat, or being away for over four months, or seeing all the posts on social media about everyone’s beach trips, but I’m feeling the homesickness this month.
The initial shock has worn off by now about being here, and now that I’m more or less settled, it’s really starting to hit me: I’m still here, but everyone I know and love is there, back home.
What to do, what to do…
Keep ReadingMonthly wrap up: July 2019
Wow, when they said school would get busy I believed them, but I didn’t appreciate just how busy it would get. So busy that I’ve been staying until 7pm to finish grading and prepping, walking home in the dark, eating whatever was in arms length, and staring at my computer screen in a zombified state until I got up the willpower to get into the shower, and then collapse into bed way later than I should be… Just to wake up and do it all over again the next day.
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