Gotta Go to 강고도

The islands sing their sirens call

and we chase the sunbeams across the sea.

Woot! Alyssa and Landino are out of the house.

Maybe it's not the most exciting place on earth,

but it's full of pocket sized adventures

that fit perfectly into a Sunday.

For a few blissful hours we are lost in island time.

Chasing Frisbees and hermit crabs through the shallow tides.

Sorting treasures and thoughts to the rhythm of tiny waves.

PS  This island (강고도)  is too small to be noted anywhere.

However, it's just lovely.  You catch the ferry from 대찬 Port.

Internal Medicine

Dear Me, Myself & I,

Please take a moment to remember that you have never, in fact, learned anything faster because your teacher sounded annoyed with you.  More pointedly, the more annoyed your teacher sounded the less likely you are to pay any attention in class or make any effort.

Since this is a fact that has proven itself true for 36 years, what makes you think your students are any different?

Loves, Yourself.



_________________________

Dear Yourself,

So what I hear you saying is that I should stop being a lazy teacher and blaming my students for my own failures.  Gosh, that seems like a lot of work.

Hearts,
Me, Myself & I

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Dear Me, Myself & I,

That's why they call it a job and that's why they pay you money.  If children could learn by osmosis we would just stick English books under their pillows and stop wasting our hard earned money on you.  Now quit being a lazy educator and listen to your students needs instead of getting annoyed just because they didn't catch it the first time you raced through the lesson.   That's why you have 40 minutes to teach and not 15.  This is about ALL the students learning, not just the smart ones.

Best of luck,
Yourself

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Dear Yourself,

Hum, you sound a bit annoyed with me that I didn't listen to you the first time around.  Does it bother you that you've had to explain this too me twice?  Hum, it seems you aren't all that different from myself.

Hugs,
Me, Myself & I
 

Finder's Keepers

This weekend I lost my wallet.

It was one of those silly mistakes.

Here is how it played out:

After a long walk, I had the groups personal items in my bag.

In order to return their things, 

I pulled many other things out of my bag.

One of which was my wallet,

which I promptly left behind.

After that we did three time consuming things:

 Chatted with locals.

Went for a walk.

Took at taxi to the next town.

Upon arriving in the new town:

I rummaged through my things
and discovered there was no wallet.
 

No reason for major alarm.

It was lost in Korea.

It would find it's way back.

Then my phone rang.

I answer it:

Them: "Are you missing a wallet? blah blah blah This is the police. blah blah blah"

Me: "YES!!!"

Them: "Where are you?  blah blah blah Where can we bring the wallet.
blah blah blah.  blah blah blah. blah blah blah"

Me: "I'm in 대천 beach."

Them: "blah blah blah. Where in 대천 beach?blah blah blah"

Me: "At the Manhattan Motel."

Them: "Ok. blah blah blah We will bring it to you wait there. blah blah blah.
Don't leave. blah blah blah"

Me:"Yes. Ok."

Only when I hung up the phone did I realize 

the conversation had been in Korean.

At the end of the day,

not only did I get my wallet back,

but I also my confidence and determination 

to learn this new language.

Necessity might be the mother of invention,

but it's the guardian angel of language adaptation.

Finishing Touches

The bedroom was depressing.

After two weeks of sleeping on the sofa 

something had to give.

Before

After

Of course, now I never want to leave the bedroom.

It's just delightful.

The poor sofa 

is all alone now.

Come On Baby Light Your Fire

My candle in the wind 

has lit up Bali like a wildfire.

"Talk to you" Bali Jolie

She's become the lead in her own drama. 

It's a musical actually.

It's about a girl who:

ran way to the islands 

rented a scooter

formed a band

and

recorded an EP.

The rough cuts are magic, 

the EP is going to be electric.

My beautiful lost thing

is finding her own way.

Bali Jolie on Facebook

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