Net Loss

This is my bed:   Nice, right? Note the netting – a new addition! I put up the mosquito netting because I kept waking up between 3 and 4am with painful hands. The mosquitoes would bite me on the knuckles while I slept – always on the knuckles. I don’t know a lot about mosquitoes […]

So tell me…

I gave a big demo class today. We’re trying to sell our courses, and in order to do so we need audiences to come and sample. This was my first big class for Business Communication. I thought I did pretty well. I had them laughing when I wanted, and answering questions with minimal prompts. Then […]

Oops, I broke it

I broke the internet at my office. How? I reset the router because I was having difficulty connecting to the internet over several days. Little did I know that the router used a static IP address as opposed to a dynamic one, and so there would be no connecting to the internet until the teenage […]

A Birthday

This is the…fifth…attempt I’ve made at writing my birthday reflections. #1 was all about me chronologically. It was boring. (Summary: Hey all! I tried to get a small “cake” but forgot my phrasebook! Translation nightmare!) Lesson learned: Sometimes I hide behind the events so I don’t have to actually reflect. #2 was me trying to […]

Ceremonial Vacation

I’ve been home! Shanghai thought it could keep me there, but it could not. And after some rushing I made it home, ducking in between thunderstorms like an un-laden swallow. I passed out in my hotel room, since it was too late for anyone to come and pick me up. I had a waffle for […]