Back home to QHD
Since I work with ELIC [English Language Institute/ China] and since they like to use abbreviations, I have also learned to appreciate abbreviations. So, I apologize for the many abbreviations that…
ATC 2016
ATC stands for, Annual Thailand Conference, which is when all of the teachers in our organization come together to meet, fellowship, and attend some professional development seminars. Like last…
Wheaton Winter 2016
This winter we had a course on Intercultural Communication. This was my third “semester” in the Wheaton TESOL and Intercultural Studies MA program through ELIC. Every winter in Thailand and…
Winter Holiday 2016 – Bangkok
This was the first year that I finally visited the city of Bangkok, after two years of just seeing the different airports. It was nice to travel with Iris and…
Winter Holiday 2016 – Phnom Penh
After Bali, our six-person team slit off into smaller groups. Ben and Elizabeth continued to Hong Kong to meet up with an old college friend and our city teammate, Allister,…
Winter Holiday 2016 – Bali
After Beijing, six of us then traveled on to Bali, Indonesia with a small layover in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Ben, Clarissa, Elizabeth, Jenny, Ryan, and I were the “Bali Ballers”.…
Winter Holiday 2016 – Beijing
The first part of my winter journey this year was a 2-hour train ride to Beijing. This was only the second time that I’ve ever taken first class (because all…
Thanksgiving 2015
This was the first year in 3 years that I’ve been able to celebrate Thanksgiving with my family instead of trying to teach Thanksgiving traditions to my Chinese students. I…
Wedding #2: Dan and Alexa
I was so thankful to have the opportunity to attend my oldest brother’s (Daniel) wedding with Alexa. This is actually the second wedding of the year since my younger brother…
The Wild, Wild West of China
Every year our school has two major holidays that each last 1 week, in October and in May. For this October holiday I had the privilege of traveling to Urumqi,…
