August 31, 2019 What is it REALLY Like Living in Florida? A little more than a year ago, when I first made the decision to move to Florida, I got a lot of the same sorts of questions from people: What are you going to do there? I’m going to work. Why Florida? I went to Florida because honestly, after living in Taiwan and experiencing absolutely not one snowflake of snow in nearly three years, I was not too keen on jumping back into the Chicago frozen tundras again.
January 9, 2019 Taking on Taiwan: The Buzz About Buxibans Not less than twenty-four hours after touching down in Taipei the second time, I was sitting in a lecture hall among forty other men and women. Some of them were the same age as I was, while others were older with far more teaching credentials than I had. Exhaustion filled me, mostly because I’d spent much of the night chatting with my roommate and one of my now good friends, Rona, after she arrived as well. We awaited our training leaders to start what would be a week’s worth of learning how to teach and more about the HESS curriculum.
August 5, 2018 What Makes a Writer Tick A writer is definitively someone who writes. If that’s the case, anyone and everyone can be a writer if they put the pen to…
July 25, 2018 Learning to Swim with Sharks: How to Survive the Traffic of Taiwan (And Life) Back in August 2016 when I first arrived in Taiwan, I’ll never forget one of the first information sessions our training group had. Most…
May 30, 2018 A Day In the Life It’s 7:00 A.M. The sun shines through the ginormous window in my bedroom. Wiping my tired eyes, I make my way out of bed. …
September 19, 2017 What Matters Most Fall has always been a weird time, as in the past, it has been a time of transitions. It has been a time of…
July 29, 2017 Now or Never I have a confession to make before I even begin: I’ve been slacking. I’ve been committed to many things over the past few months,…
November 25, 2016 Tourists in Tainan This past weekend, I traveled to Tainan with friends from work and other branches in the area. Tainan is known for its history, food, and…
November 17, 2016 Bright November has rendered me speechless, but after taking some time to reflect and process, I have more than the “wow” I uttered at least…
October 23, 2016 From Darkness to Light “Education is the journey from darkness to light.”-Allan Bloom Of all my role models in the world, there are some athletes, relatives, and then…
