A day of showers

...literally, of many showers...my own 3, (because it was sooo hot), rain showers (vive le humidity!), and the nicest one, for a friend's baby.

Through Hail and Back

Well, this is a collage of what I've been up to lately...well, me and the weather...Last Saturday it hailed in MC, Thailand. I didn't think you could get hail here...goes to show how much I know! Early the following morning my whole Department went on a camp...95 students and 8 teachers...let's just say we've had better ideas :) But we survived. The place was nice, Khao Lem Ya, Rayong. You can see a small photo of the bungalow we stayed at (I'm not a big fan of camps or tents!).

Santa Rita

Estamos comenzando la estacion seca...todo se torna marron, menos las santa ritas que tapizan el campus.

Tadaaah....

...the place where I live.

Pretty, isn't it?

AY Camp @ Rayong

We just finished "Midterm Break" (euphemism for a long weekend)...went to Rayong (Bang Sang Resort? Or something like that).

On Saturday, we went to the Rayong Aquarium (which looked like it had seen better days). There were some cute fish. I liked this "metallic/robot fish" (that's what I'm calling it anyway... :) ) He moved in a way that made him seem like he was always shaking his head in a disapproving-"no, no"-frowning way...poor soul.

The latest in resort night wear...

Lo que hacemos por un cacho de cultura...

...o lo que pasa cuando las alpargatas no agarran traccion en suelo alfombrado...

"Amazing Cultures" Show @ MC

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Snapshots from "around the world"...at our cultural show...L-R Back row: Marlise & yours truly with our Japanese students, Daniel, Maria (from Spain), Marlise and Cynthia (from Honduras), me with two Thai students. L-R Front row: Me with Soo, a very sweet Korean student, graceful Chinese group, Argentinean tango troupe.

Tangueros y Chinita Trucha :)

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MC organized an "Amazing Cultures" show. Yours truly and two other Argentineans improvised an item.
Nuestro colegio organizo una "noche cultural"...jeje... Marlise & Daniel hicieron de tangueros, luego de que yo entrara al son de "El Humahuaqueno", fuera rechazada por el "dandy Daniel", y me cayera de traste (las alpargatas de yute y el piso alfombrado no son una buea combinacion)...en fin, lo que hacemos por un cacho de cultura, por favor...tambien pusimos un powerpoint con preguntas para la audiencia (sobre Argentinos famosos y etc), y a los que acertaron, les regalamos empanadas "dorimarliseanas"...a que no adivinan con que las rellenamos!? :)

Pasados por agua...Rainy season at MC...

There used to be a small "peninsula" in one of our campus ponds (backgroud, center of picture, where the tufts of grass poke out of the water)...manyrainy moons later, it is no more...It's been raining daily (duh...'tis the season) and heavily...wish it would stop...especially because I keep forgetting to take my umbrella at the appropriate times!

Catching a ride...catterpillar-backing?

...well, if this is a caterpillar...(anybody know?)...another bug out and about on one of the trails I tread daily...if you click on the image you might be able to see an ant catching a ride...must be the rising gas prices :)

ESL Games

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My ESL students having fun...
Mis alumnos de ingles como segunda lengua, divirtiendose...

Mission College Graduation 2008

Mission College Graduation 05/11/08
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Glowing flowers

Take 1: I was walking home with a friend after a looooong day at the office....passed by this tree and couldn't resist taking a picture of the flowers all nicely lit up by a street lamp. As I was commenting to my friend, you know you have no life when you go around "smelling the flowers" at night... :)

Take 2: with flash...sometimes less is more....

Dónde más...?

...se puede escuchar la lectura de 1ra de Corintios 9:22 leída por un iraquí en árabe mientras un búlgaro, un finlandes, una seychelliana, un alemán, un japonés, una china, una nepalí (no cristiana), una serbia, y un argentino esperan su turno?
Las sorpresas de un sábado de mañana en el lugar donde vivo.....