Foreseeing Freetime

Foreseeing Freetime

So, school has been busy. Good busy, but busy nonetheless. I accidentally started studying the Thai language and am apparently enrolled and doing fairly well in a Chinese language course that I already have credit for, and apparently achieved the minor last term, but hey, that’s cool. Languages are fun. Loving how Thai is built~ They wrap vowels around consonants and are grammatically similar to English with the SVO thang. Good stuff. Sticking with Chinese solidly though. So much good…

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Answer to a Question regarding Teaching Abroad

Answer to a Question regarding Teaching Abroad

As my most recent history is with the Chinese system, that’s where my knowledge-base and tool-reflexes lay, but I won’t recommend that as a target this year as they have a system of isolation and quarantine that I wouldn’t wish on anyone. That said, depending on the goals of this student, there are still a lot of places to start that are more general than not. I used to use https://www.eslcafe.com/quite a lot, but that was many years ago, and it…

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Fully immersed

Fully immersed

These days are full of reading, processing that material and creating projects that are the result of that material and other matters that are alternatively associated with my courses this term. Working towards a teaching degree is a major undertaking ~ Requires my focus and attention, away from other things. I am very much enjoying being fully engaged, and the fact that I’ll be able to put it all into use for others at the end of this side-track in…

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Trilogy of Playa Magic

Trilogy of Playa Magic

Trilogy of Playa Magic, by Jimmer Shine With introduction by Jim Jordan Forgetting to write as a writer is something of a crime. Judging by the regularity of my blog, I could stand accused… Yet, I don’t feel guilty of anything. I have a brand new book you can purchase here. Also, I’ve been experiencing: New languages, Many people of various cultures, Oblectation. My new book, Sesame Glazed China, is now available for sale at local bookstores on their websites….

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Wow! Summer!

Wow! Summer!

Okay, so as with all seasons, this one is tempered with hope, struggles, a feeling of newness, its connection to history, possibilities, and limitations. Completing a term of study with two A’s and a B is a pleasant achievement. The B was in a course that was incredibly difficult for me and required so much time that if I were to do it all over again… I might choose differently. Hah! The English courses were great. Thankfully, the next course…

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Oblectation

Oblectation

In an unfinished zone of the interwebs, there is a blog-post from your Jim. Follow the link by clicking the logo posted below for Oblectation Press’s as-yet-unfinished website, where ”There’s always room for you at Lorum Ipsum!”

Enter 2022

Enter 2022

This year has been_ well… Yes. It has. There are many people saying that this year was tougher or kind, rougher or fine… Truth of the matter is that something to the tune of 7 billion people had 365 days and that leads to at least 2.555 trillion days’ worth of experiences. Think about that. One day to the next, a better or tougher day for each individual. Then, maybe a single day can have more than one way to…

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April to October. So much.

April to October. So much.

I was going to share a new post that I wrote today, but found one that I am going to be installing from before I left China instead. It is a found-post that didn’t get uploaded. Following that, I’ll comment on a few of the things I mentioned and include a trimmed down version of what I’d prepared, since I largely said six months ago, what I wrote this afternoon. I think one of the reasons I didn’t post it…

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Gallery of Snapshots

Gallery of Snapshots

Hi there~ I’ve got a holiday at the moment so I’m working on the eclectic photo-project that will come to be and my mom will be 79 next week, so I’m sharing 79 images from the next collection with you. I’m trying to keep the thing to no more than 600 pages. It’s not easy though. So, I’m breaking it into three sections. The first is almost complete. Below are a few. They will circulate at random and have no…

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Been busy~

Been busy~

Hi there~ I hope this finds you well. Since last we visited, I’ve settled into a new town and a new job. I’m doing my best to keep up with a rugged work-load and keep looking good while I’m at it. The job is busy as all bones~ I’m managing the English department covering 7th to 12th grades. Six grades, two classes each ~ preparing events and giving presentations. That, while teaching 26 hours a week~ That, while watching the…

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