Amazing Year Day 189: Travelin’ Man

Sometimes I feel bad for my students. It must be hard to always be in my brilliant and witty presence. How can they compete?

Well… it’s a different story on the court. After school I participated in a pickup match between some of our staff members and students. While I made a few shots, it was only due to my towering height. The 9th grade boys danced all over me. I sure did travel a lot.

Well two things are for certain: this white man CAN jump, yet he don’t got game.

#baller?

 

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Amazing Year Day 188: Sometimes

And sometimes all one needs is a simple ham and cheese sandwich. That’s all there is to say about that.

Amazing Year Day 187: Ain’t No Diva

In order to update some old accounts and files, a professional-looking portrait was needed. I gotta say, modeling is difficult work!

Amazing Year Day 186: The View

The move is complete. We have a new home… with a view.

Amazing Year Day 185: Hallowalk

Halloween is by far my favorite holiday. While I’m a certified scaredy-cat, the autumnal celebration is the harvesting of safe-scares surrounding me with a warm spiritual embrace. Settling into our new cozy apartment with dim lightning and an ominous night sky presented the perfect prelude to the coming Halloween. I refused the call to surrender to sleep and instead of basked in its glory by taking a well-past midnight stroll.

Amazing Year Day 184: The Hunt before October

While Taiwan’s subtropical weather doesn’t create that majestic autumn feeling, local 7-11s  get into Halloween spirit with limited edition Sanrio characters in iconic spooky fatigues. I had gotten used to Hello Kitty being the featured star, so I passed on last year’s Gudetama offerings.

However, they’ve upped the ante this year with a Kappa figure! Two down, four to go. The hunt has begun!

 

Amazing Year Day 183: All In

For the third time in three years, we moved. To celebrate my wife and I enjoyed a splendid Japanese meal followed by caramel infused treats and a romp around session at the Sega Arcade.

Amazing Year Day 182: Moving Eve

I finally got a move on with the impending move before crashing. My wife went full steam ahead till 5 a.m. She is the Queen of Moving, and I am a spectator.

Amazing Year Day 181: Open House

The time has come and went on another Open House. Interactions with parents can be rewarding but they are rarely a two street. This is the one time in the year when teachers get to speak directly to parents on their own terms as they present their courses, goals, and teaching style. We’re a proud batch of educators, and this is always one of my favorite nights to see our teachers shine!

Amazing Year Day 180: Traveling Books

Finally starting to move upstairs to our new place, I hand delivered stacks of books to their resting place. I realized, “wow I really need to learn to read faster” as there were scores of books I forgot that I even owned. I need to finish Katherine Applegate’s Endling: The Last before I get to the rest.