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That’s a Wrap
Before explaining Today’s Perfect Moment, I want to explain a few of the Honourable Mentions. Honourable Mentions A couple of my students gave me going away presents. I often get presents, but since Today was Valentine’s Day, I expected … Continue reading
Posted in chocolate, ESL, Friday, gifts, perfect moment, students, teaching, vacation, Valentine's Day
Tagged chocolate, ESL, gifts, lindt, students, Valentine's Day
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Exploring Stores
Knowing I’ve got to do more walking before I head off on my vacation to Colombia, my girlfriend and I headed out into the cool afternoon. I hadn’t checked the weather forecast and was a bit underdressed, but I was … Continue reading
Posted in contemplation, ethnic food, exercise, food shopping, grocery shopping, Japan, Japanese, perfect moment, seasons, shopping, temperature, walking, winter
Tagged chocolate, cool weather, cups, cute things, deals, exercise, food, grocery stores, Japanese dollar store, mugs, products, shopping, stationery, stroll, sweets, top dollar, walking, winter
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When You Need a Break
It was a day that saw me rise from an uneven sleep that featured a few too many visits from a restless cat to be considered effective. It was a day that saw me eat the heels of the bread … Continue reading
Posted in chocolate, ESL, kit kat, perfect moment, snacks, teaching
Tagged biography, chocolate, dark chocolate, hungry, kit kat, Van Halen, Yesterday
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Feeling Peckish
I was feeling rather peckish at work, when I remembered that, in what now looked like a brilliant amount of foresight, I had packed a muffin for myself. This was a bit odd, because I haven’t made or bought muffins … Continue reading
Posted in Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, chocolate, comfort food, ESL, food, food blogging, food shopping, snacks, teaching
Tagged banana, chocolate, during work, hunger, muffins, peckish, snack
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Unintentionally Intentionally
Today’s Perfect Moment falls into that weird category of unintentionally intentionally happy little things. If you’re confused, all I can do is ask you to read on. On Friday, as a treat to myself, or perhaps as the dessert to … Continue reading
Posted in Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, chocolate, dessert, lunch, Swiss
Tagged chocolate, dessert, happy accident, lindt, lunch, lunch bag, snack, Swiss, unintentionally
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Goodbyes
I’ve grown a pretty thick skin over the years of watching students say goodbye to me and to one another. It isn’t coldness, but rather a kind of acceptance. I like my students while they are here, but I know … Continue reading
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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