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Following Through
I am not sure there is anything more disappointing than a person who promises something and then doesn’t follow through on it. Okay, there are lots of other disappointing things. Your sports team doesn’t win. You miss the bus……I could … Continue reading
Posted in Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, breakfast, chocolate, comfort food, delicious, ESL, food, food blogging, promises, students, teaching
Tagged bread, chocolate, delicious, eating, ESL, follow through, food, lucky, promise, promises, teaching
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No More “Next Time.” This Time!
Have you ever come across a snack item and thought, “That looks delicious. I should try that.” Then promptly walked away from it. It could be you balked at the price. It could be that you were distracted by something … Continue reading
Nature, Adrenaline, and Chocolate
First off, I apologize for the lack of photos. I am having some problems transfering pictures to the blog. Today was a great day. We started in the cloud forest. We saw a sloth, a tarantula, a millipede, and ketsal. … Continue reading
Posted in Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, Costa Rica
Tagged adrenaline, adventure, adversity, cheesecake, chocolate, Costa Rica, Ketsal, Sloth, Zip-lining, Zipline
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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
Rain vs. Chocolate: Winner Take All
Vying for the honour of being called Today’s Perfect Moment are two finalists. One After a week of oppressive heat that had me experience Japanese summer flashbacks, we got a Noah’s Ark amount of rain. I was in my … Continue reading
Posted in Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, chocolate, comfort food, commuting, food, public transportation, school, students, transportation, TTC, Viva, weather, York Region
Tagged chocolate, cookies, rain, storm, TTC, Viva, Viva bus, York Region
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A Taste of Japan
This isn’t the first time I have posted pictures of my favourite Japanese chocolate. Much like the other times I was fortunate to find myself in possession of these beauties, they were a gift from one of my students. I … Continue reading
Compensation
It’s Valentine’s day and I am not involved in any romance. I had no fancy dinner date, or romantic dinner at home with bottles of wine and chocolate soufflés. Fortunately, I am a teacher, and sometimes the students bring you … Continue reading
Posted in Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, chocolate, ESL, gifts, presents, students, teaching, Valentine's Day
Tagged chocolate, ESL, gifts, students, Valentine's Day
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Indulging
Yesterday’s Perfect Moment was a bit of indulgence. After a morning of doctor appointments which only yielded further appointments, and a fruitless search at the library for something to read, I was ready for indulgence. I shouldn’t whine too much. … Continue reading
Posted in art, Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, Aurora, ice cream, library
Tagged art, Aurora Library, chocolate, haagen dazs, ice cream, Ona Kindgon, painting, spirits, whiskey
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…And There’s More Chocolate
I must be putting out the positive vibes. That is the conclusion I have come to. After publishing my post about students giving me chocolate, another student brought me chocolate today. This time it was my all time favourite Japanese … Continue reading
