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I've been teaching for a good amount of time, and the students still surprise me. This is a picture of class 6/1. I told them to bring clothes in for a fashion show, and without any reminders for an entire week, the kids were prepared. The student in the middle even went through the trouble of constructing an entire robot suit!

I could almost dedicate an entire post to all the funny and weird things I've seen in Vietnam. Here are a group of construction workers on lunch break outside the gym I go to.

I had the chance to visit one of those restaurants where you eat in the dark here. I think I was most amazed by how long we were at the restaurant. What with the pre-dinner "game," the seating preparation, and the very slow eating, we ended up spending almost two hours here!


 On a final note, I've discovered a new hobby/interest: art! I should mention one thing about these pictures: they were both drawn on my phone using my finger, not a pencil or stylus.

   


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