I haven't written since the end of last month. January has gone by fast. My latest news is that I have a part-time job as a creative writing teacher. It starts next month on the weekends. My other big news is that I am interviewing to enroll in the CELTA program. I will interview on Friday at 5 pm. CELTA is an ESL certification program that lasts for one month. I hope to begin the course at the end of February.
I'll write more soon.
“I want to beg you, as much as I can, dear sir to be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and to try to love the questions themselves like locked rooms and like books that are written in foreign tongue. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer.” ― Rainer Maria Rilke
Wednesday, January 25, 2006
Wednesday, January 11, 2006
Visitors
Professor Mueller takes an annual trip with students to see Cambodia, Hong Kong and Thailand. She is the Baylor professor who runs the Baylor in Thailand program which brought me and other Baylor Alumni to teach in Bangkok, Thailand. Professor Mueller treated us for a dinner at Great American Rib Barbecue. It was good to see her and the Baylor students (and one Longhorn). It was fun to talk to them about what life is like in Bangkok and the places we've been to in our travels. I was surprised to see Jon Mizuta was with them. We worked together from Fall 2003 to Spring 2004 as community leaders (resident assistants) in Brooks Residence Hall. That was my senior year and his sophomore year. It was good to see him again.
The group also came to see the school we teach at, and I went on a tour of the Grand Palace with them. They may see us again this weekend before they go back to America.
Life after College
Thinking about their visit has caused me to reflect on my life nearly two years after I left college. I have lost contact with lots of college friends. I accept the blame. It's hard to think of what to write after being away from America and away from college. Sadly, TheFacebook.com is my only connection to lots of them. Life has changed dramatically. I realize it would have changed no matter where I chose to live. I wish I thought more about books I read in school. I don't spend as much time reading or writing now. I find it much harder to just soak in knowledge. I miss that. On the other hand, I feel like I have learned a lot of lessons I would never have learned without leaving college. I am still learning how to manage my time and money. I'm learning to handle frustration and anger in better ways. I'm learning to handle different challenges that come from being in a relationship with Tan. Personally, college life was complicated, but it was much simpler than life is now. May God give me wisdom to face these new challenges.
The group also came to see the school we teach at, and I went on a tour of the Grand Palace with them. They may see us again this weekend before they go back to America.
Life after College
Thinking about their visit has caused me to reflect on my life nearly two years after I left college. I have lost contact with lots of college friends. I accept the blame. It's hard to think of what to write after being away from America and away from college. Sadly, TheFacebook.com is my only connection to lots of them. Life has changed dramatically. I realize it would have changed no matter where I chose to live. I wish I thought more about books I read in school. I don't spend as much time reading or writing now. I find it much harder to just soak in knowledge. I miss that. On the other hand, I feel like I have learned a lot of lessons I would never have learned without leaving college. I am still learning how to manage my time and money. I'm learning to handle frustration and anger in better ways. I'm learning to handle different challenges that come from being in a relationship with Tan. Personally, college life was complicated, but it was much simpler than life is now. May God give me wisdom to face these new challenges.
Tuesday, January 10, 2006
Visa
I didn't have to go to Cambodia. Last Friday I finally got a letter to submit to the immigration office. They extended my visa to March 31st. I apologize for not saying this sooner. I hope no one was worried.
Take care.
Take care.
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