Retired: My Teaching Journey
If all goes according to plan, this will be the final week of my 5-year IELTS teaching career. I’ve finally put together a…
Category: Memory
The Red Bull Calisthenics Experience
The last weekend (28th and 29th September) was pretty fun. We gathered a team, trained hard, and took part in a calisthenics competition….
My Childhood With Doraemon
Like most of the kids growing up in the late 1990s and early 2000s in Vietnam, I spent my primary school years reading…
Sandals
I like sandals a lot. They are what I primarily wear these days. Really, what’s not to love about sandals? They: Allow air…
Hello New Phone
I haven’t written a blog post in 3 weeks. This shouldn’t really happen again. When I began the blog I made a promise…
End of the Summer Camp
The four weeks of our ReadyYouth summer camp have finally come to an end. In all honesty, I’ve got to say it was…
5 Years
It’s been exactly 5 years since I met Phong, since we started this whole journey together. 5 years. Sounds like an awful long…
Rising Early Again
For the past week I’ve been consistently getting up early, around 8 – 8.30 am. Alright that’s not exactly early. I know by…
Bronchitis…!
Cannot believe this but I just got diagnosed with bronchitis (viêm phế quản). After a month of almost daily coughing, two days ago…
My Foray Into Arm Wrestling
Over the past few months I’ve developed a growing obsession with the sport of arm wrestling. It’s funny — I used to think…