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Recently my interest was piqued at a news story I heard on NPR. Michigan State University has announced that it’s closing its satellite campus in Dubai. The university was one of many that raced to open campuses in the Middle East, but financial troubles are forcing MSU and others to cut back.
So after leaving Donsol we headed to Palawan based on a tip we go from fellow travelers Lee and Helen. A good title for this part of the trip would be “quest for the perfect beach” we got to puerto princessa with no plan and met the horde of tricycle drivers outside the airport. Usually [...]
We left Bangkok on a midnight flight to Manila then had a really tight connection to Legaspi. We made it after skipping to the head of the line in customs and running in the airport. We flew over a couple of volcanos on the way in and when we landed we got off the plane [...]
Ok so I just finished less than 24 hours in Manila before getting on a plane to Bangkok, which is where I am now. Manila was so strange and I’ll ruin the end of the story right now by saying that I won’t be planning on spending my vacation time there any time in the [...]
Woah spring (?) is here and I couldn’t be happier. I have 2 weeks left here in Korea and then I will be traveling to the philipines and Thailand for 3 weeks. My personal life is going well and there is someone new in my life. Rock climbing next weekend. Back to Florida to see [...]
I learned somehing about life today. I thought I should share with my readers (aka mom). A while back I saw a speech given by a professor at carnige Mellon named Randy Pauch it was called “the last lecture” there is a book by he same name. He tells a story in it about when [...]
Nathan’s amazing day: 2:30 the twins show up at school. I spend the next 15 minutes picking them up and throwing them in the air, letting them ride on my back while I jump around and doing other acrobatics. 3:30: I teach some the the best students ever about english then I end by teaching [...]
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My weekend started at 9:20 when I ran out of my academy carrying a half packed bag of sleeping materials and clothes. In a full run I made it to he geumneung train station with mere seconds to spare. The train was pulling into the station as I sprinted through the ticket machine. Oh.. Also [...]
This is my first blog from my iPhone in offline mode. It works pretty good (except for missing letters and fighting the auto spell). I think I’ll write more like this. Ok so I spent this weekend climbing at a place called ganhyeon. This was my second time to this place. It has like 30 [...]