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With summer almost over, I've now finished another four classes. Two of them I won't see again, one starts again next week, and the last one is currently studying with me.

This is my currently studying class. It's weird, even after working for my company for more than a year now, this was the first class I ever taught from one course to the next. These kids are an insanely clever, if rambunctious, bunch of kids. 

This is one of my summer classes. It's weird that I wasn't very excited to teach them in the beginning, but our relationship grew much stronger after the midway point of the course and, in the end, I was sad to see them go. Another very smart class. That kid in the blue shirt had sharp wit and a good sense of humor.

In other news, I've started running again! I've been a bit zealous lately, and as a result, I'm now signed up for not one, but two races! At the end of August, I'll run in Da Nang, and at the end of this year, just before going home, I'll run in Honolulu with my family. 


After one month, I'd say training is going pretty well, too. Already I'm up to 10 miles at an average of 10 minutes per mile. Not bad for a guy who's out of shape!




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