Liu Ce and and other bizarre, observations.
Aaaaah Vietnam and the internet. I had the most wonderful blog for you, saved it and then the internet decided to stop working and...
Week Three....there is an end in sight!
Third week of school over.... This week was filled with a different set of challenges, turns and dramas....and equally or perhaps the...
Another week, another step forward.
Week 2... Half way through teaching school. I went into this past week with more confidence, but by Wednesday I was completely broken...
A Park that is not a Park
Every morning we take our dog to the park. This no ordinary park and getting the dog there is not how you would think. It is early in...
A Day in the Life of Mark....Part 2.
Welcome back to the second half of every day at least for the next three more weeks. At this point teaching for 45 minutes means we are...
A Day in the Life of Mark.....Part 1
I finished my first week of English teaching school and it was easily the hardest week of my life. Not only was adjusting to the reality...
School, structure and some suffering.
It is September 7th and a Sunday. The significance is the day before Michael and I begin a very intensive four week course to become...
Park beatings, Club hangout.
I took Liu Ce to the park early yesterday at around 7.30am and it was full of mostly older folks exersizing in various ways. One of the...
Cheap Candles, Expensive Electricity
It was a dramatic weather day for Vietnam Independence Day. In fact it was the only drama there was. No fireworks, no parade, nothing...
10 beautiful things about Hanoi
There are many challenging things I can say about Hanoi, but instead I will only give you 10 beautiful things which will be what I...
