27/09/2007

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Above are my sentiments for yours truly !

We are extant in the midst of angst

Mon Ami from all over the world

Outside sunny, inside not so

No football matches or TOEFL classes

will wait for smiles at school again

Yoda 

 

Lots of hits lately

One for the Road to Mandalay 

smokin hot ze weather is.

notta hell yet but notta bliss

can’t say its a good day for a walk in the park

hope  we get the whole dog ,not just the bark 

nutting rolling adda momento 4 ze drop

hiya there b4 getta cutta opp

 …..said yoda 

Funny thing is that I have been really busy and have nothing to write about lately but still the blog is getting 25 to 50 hits a day and the total is up to 3660+ .

 

When is the football (soccer to the Americans )season starting?

I am a football fan without a game to watch.

Well not exactly, just no EPl games to watch I mean , I did watch Thailand vs. Australia in the AFC competition last night ,but it was a no-brainer. 3-0 win to Australia. With the likes of Cahill ,Viduka and Kewell all lining up for shots at the Thai goal the result was a rather foregone conclusion even before the match started. But the Thais did hold out for about 30minutes before the goal and only went ragged in the last 15 minutes of play. Their right winger looked good .

I guess I could’ve  watched  the Copa America games too but being up that late at night ain’t easy with a full-time  job and some. 

I can’t wait for August 5 . That’s when ManU go up against Chelsea in the Community Shield . ManU won the Premiership last year . So my readers , do you think that they could do it again ? 

Anyways I am twiddling my thumbs on Saturday and Sunday evenings with this great hole in my chest.

I guess I need my weekly footie fix real bad.

KTBFFH

USL

 

Hiya there everybody

Sorry that I haven’t been able to write for some time because I have been very busy. Well I was is YGN for 24 hours going through the hassle of  applying for a passport. Weather was very humid there  . Mandalay has not seen rain for some time now. Still hot . I’d say 35-39 C.

An American friend of mine from  Hawaii , Dean got married to a Burmese girl,Mie Mie at the KyanKin monastery ,traditional style. Very nice wedding and was very impressed with him ,wearing the traditional white Burmese jacket and longyi.

Lots of my students are off to Singapore this month for their studies. The world is certainly becoming a much smaller place.

And surprise !surprise ! we have had regular electricity for 3 days at my house( except for a-two-hour break ) although that doesn’t apply to all the neighborhoods in this town. 

My wife left me with the school and kids and went off for a week traisping around Thailand . She needed the break I guess. But has come back to nag me now

And I have made myself go to a gym.

Yes after eating all that barbeque and not realy avoiding beer I have put on some pounds . Now I will lose some for a change . My buddies say “fat chance of that happening”. 

Well ,for all you students, here’s  a good site   www.englishclub.com.   CHECK IT OUT ! 

And to all my students out here have fun ! and study hard !

USL 

  

 

Back on the Blog

Hiya there everyone.

I’ve been really busy getting the school ready and all . Weather here is unbearably hot.

I’ll be writing more regularly .

See ya

 

We are relocating ( which means : moving )

We are moving the school to the 4th Floor of the Yadanarbon Market starting from June 1st, so I’m really busy with all the preparations . 

It’s Rooms 433 and 435 . Bigger rooms and better facilities , Especially electricity-wise. The view of the Sagaing Hills  is  really nice too.

Hey you know this climate change thing ,you know, its really happening.  This is supposed to be the really hot and baking season but we’ve had overcasts,whipping winds and light rain for 2 days now.The roads are terribly broken down . And Pyin OO Lwin / Maymyo has had a deluge flood of rain.    

Cheers

USL

 

Best of April 2007

1. Bird flu scares ( Don’t know if that’s the best news to begin

    with)

 2. I continue eating chicken ( very brave ,don’t you think or

     stupid maybe) 

3.  8 students of mine leave for Singapore to atttend 

     hotel,tourism, accounting ,computer schools.Altogether

     about 35 have left for there in the past 4 months. 

4. I work on my blog try to think of stuff to put on it. I enjoy it

     though.

5.  It’s getting real hot, the afternoons are only to be spent in the

     shade. The new shopping mall in a good place to hide from

     the sun .

6. A teacher of mine becomes a monk for seven days to please 

   his   mum. But his bald head afterwards ,probably didn’t 

   please his girlfriend tho ( but you never know )

7. Before the Water Festival the number of students in my

    classes drops substantially. I am left with a lot of extra hand-

     -outs.

8. The wife and I talk about going to the beach , then about the

    Inle lake, then we decide to stay at home during the

    Festivities and take a short trip to Maymyo instead. 

9. The Water Festival is quite fun , but moderate not so go-getting . Well with the economy in the state that it is . put together with the fears of the powers that be ,that the whole thing would get out of hand and their ” I don’t give a shit attitude” towards the populace made the whole festival down beat.

10. Myanmar/ Burmese students ( according to New Year custom    here in Mdy ) give me a lot of presents  .

   Thank You  and   My Best Wishes to You All.

   Being a teacher here is great, you   are still very much

   respected ( if you do your job well , that is )

  and you really become an integral part of the community. The

  community is really important here.Everyone knows everyone

  but not to the extent of a small town where everyone knows

  everything about everyone else .

11. One of my favourite sayings :

“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing”

11. And anyone who wants to know something about the Bel

     Air/ Falcon pyramid scheme ,disguised as a Multi-level Marketing  ,go    to : http://www.sgforums.com/?action=thread_display&thread_id=177899

These are the kind of things that happen when education and common sense is scant and  greed is in excess. Especially in countries like this and Albania etc will people fall for these scams .

 

Don’t they look totally cute !

                               

Here’s a photo of two friends of mine on a bike on their way from Bangkok to Cambodia . Yup, they rode all the way to Angkor Wat and Phenom Phen on that thing.

go Go GO !!!  EASY RIDER, Love your moustache !!!!

 

Pyin Oo Lwin or Maymyo

Here’s a great site : www.pyinoolwin.info

Check it out !