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What Does This Mean?
I cannot say with absolute certainty that the kitchen (dining area/kitchenette) of an ESL school is any different than the equivalent room in any other office space. There are lots of objects that are common to both. I am sure … Continue reading
Posted in Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, coffee, ESL, gifts, souvenirs, students
Tagged coffee cup, cutlery, discover the world, kitchen, kitchenette, moving, souvenirs, Spanish, stuff
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Drinkable Souvenirs
I cannot decide whether it is merely luck or a subconscious design on my part, but every region I have visited in the past two years (granted, it hasn’t been that many) produces some fantastic coffee. As a result, besides … Continue reading
Posted in art, Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, beverages, coffee, Costa Rica, drinks, memories, memory, souvenirs, stamp collecting, stamps
Tagged beverages, coffee, drinking, making coffee, souvenirs
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Banana Kit Kat
One of my students went back to Japan to take part in a festival to celebrate adulthood. It is a wonderful event with beautiful kimono. I saw it a couple of times in Japan and always thought it was spectacular–at … Continue reading
A Place For My Thoughts
With every vacation, and this case looming vacation, I like to have a journal to record my thoughts and have a place to glue those things that we think will make good souvenirs into. I did this for my cycling … Continue reading
Posted in Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, blog, blog posts, blogging, blogposts, Christmas, Costa Rica, G Adventures, gifts, growing your blog, increasing blog traffic, Instagram, journal, memories, presents, scrapbook, scrapbooking, souvenirs, travel, travel writing, writing
Tagged blog, blog posts, blogging, Christmas, Costa Rica, gifts, growing your blog, ideas, impressions, Instagram, journal, memories, presents, scrapbook, sharing, souvenirs, thoughts, travel, travel writing, words, writing
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A Kick Out Of Bananas
I have written before about gifts my students have given me. Today is another one of those situations, but with a little twist. You see, usually the students bring things from their country. These can be folk crafts, snacks, post … Continue reading
Posted in Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, banana, comfort food, ethnic food, food, food shopping, grocery shopping, Korea, Korean, shopping, snacks, souvenirs, students, teaching
Tagged banana, banana kick, comfort food, ethnic food, food, kick, Korean, review, shopping, snack food, snacks, taste
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A Book From My Last Vacation
On my last trip to Vietnam, on the last real day of being there, I toured the War Remnants Museum. I was pretty harrowing and ….. Anyway, I ended up going to a bunch of giftshops they had set up … Continue reading
Posted in Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, books, Exodus, Exodus Travels, literature, reading, souvenirs, travel, travel writing, Vietnam, Vietnamese
Tagged Andrew Pham, book review, books, Catfish and Mandala, literature, reading, recommendations, travel, travel writing, Vietnam, Vietnamese
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Are These Popular Again?
When I was young, the most popular souvenir seemed to be the Hard Rock Cafe T-shirt. I saw them everywhere. I saw them on old people, young people, men, women, and children. The locations varied from London and Paris to … Continue reading
