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A MICHELLE 2014

Hi, I asked my student, Michelle, why she was unable to do her homework.  She said: "I have a part-time job".  I was like, ugh, lousy excuse.  This is what she does.  Kind of a local celebrity and on her way to stardom.  If you delve further, you'll also notice that she is a Thai kick-boxer and MMA fighter.  She is tiny, like maybe 4'9 and 80 pounds, but is quite the prize fighter!! Mike Her TV Show https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=DtLuxWgVAkI Her YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/user/ TheMisheel888

JOKES FROM JIM WASHBURN AUGUST 2014

Hi Jim, Wow, there sure are a lot of idiots out there.  LOL. Mike On Sunday, 10 August 2014, Jim Washburn  ----- Forwarded Message ----- From:  RODGER These guys never thought to take a moment to think about what they were about to do.  Well, we do live in a world full of idiots don't we. DARWIN AWARDS 2014 You will love these especially the last one. DARWIN WOULD BE  PROUD            Nominee No. 1: [San Jose Mercury  News]:   An unidentified man, using a shotgun like a club to  break a former girlfriend’s windshield, accidentally shot himself  to death when the gun discharged, blowing a hole in his  gut.     Nominee No. 2: [Kalamazoo  Gazette]:   James Burns, 34, (a mechanic) of Alamo, MI, was killed  in March as he was trying to repair what police describe as a  "farm-type truck." Burns got a friend to drive the truck on a  highway while Burns hung underneath so that...

GARY'S ADVENTURES IN THAILAND 2011

Michael and Carol, Vacation is great but, you do understand, that I am still working.  I keep pretty much to the same work schedule as back in Sydney except there is a 4 hour difference between Sydney and Rayong – I must wake up at 4 a.m. to check my e-mails for any work that may have come in.  If nothing, I go back to sleep and re-check my computer again in an hour or so – continuing that process until I shower and go for a leisurely breakfast.  After breakfast I would return to my room and check for work again – if nothing, I would go and do something (reading, shopping etc) for say an hour or so, continuing in this manner until noon (4 p.m. in Sydney) at which time I stop work.  So, there is no pressure on me and I have lots of recreational time.  In any case, I only have a 4 day work week (Wednesdays is my day off) of which my clients are aware and accept, scheduling their work accordingly (this applies to whether I am working from Sydney, Thailand or wherev...

ARRIVED IN MACAU

---------- Forwarded message --------- From:  MICHAEL   < mobydog1973@gmail.com > Date: Mon, Jan 26, 2015, 9:26 AM Subject: Re: Arrived in Macau To: Colleen Fitzgerald < Colleen.Fitzgerald@comcast. net > Hi!!, Glad to hear that you are safely back in North America and that your trip to the airport went quite smoothly.  I am back at school now. Love Mike Sent from my iPhone On 26 Jan, 2015, at 1:16 am, Colleen Fitzgerald < Colleen.Fitzgerald@Comcast. Net > wrote: Hi, We're at the San Francisco Airport.  Should be leaving very soon for Chicago.  Number Two Bro took good care of us at the HS train station.   We didn't have any problems getting on train and bus and got to the airport on time. Mom Sent from my iPad On Jan 25, 2015, at 2:16 AM, MICHAEL < mobydog1973@gmail.com > wrote: Waiting for Carol at the airport coffee shop in UB, Mongolia. Love Mike Sent from my iPhone On 25 Jan, 2015, at 5:03 pm, MICHAEL < mobydog1973@gmail.com ...

WHAT'S UP SHARON 2011

From:  Sharon Lesser   < sharroon@yahoo.com > Date: Thu, Nov 10, 2011, 10:24 PM Subject: Re: WHAT'S UP? To: Michael Lesser < mobydog1973@gmail.com >  Thanks Mike & Carol   for the good wishes - gave me a chuckle. Actually I am not allowed to take any supplements while on this particular chemo, but thanks anyway.   Luv u;  Sharon   -   - From:  Michael Lesser < mobydog1973@gmail.com >  To:  Sharon < sharroon@yahoo.com >  Sent:  Wednesday, November 9, 2011 7:26:15 PM  Subject:  WHAT'S UP? Hi Sharon,   I heard from dad that you are going to kick cancer's ass again.  Well, I just want to tell you to beat it into submission, strangle it and then laugh at it when it's down.   By the way, do you want some Chinese herbal medicine for this?  I know some good doctors over here, who say that it doesn't effect chemo.  Ask your doctor; asking won't hurt. Cheers....

My first presentation shouldn't be that difficult,

My first presentation shouldn't be that difficult, after all, I have been making presentations everyday for my students.  Just that in this case, my students would be my peers.  Teaching English idioms and expressions through television was the topic I had to present, a topic I have been using and studying about since 2004.  Fast forward to the 2015 KOTESOL International Conference and I was ready to give my 80 minute workshop presentation.  To my delight, the room was packed full of eager learners.  I was glad to see some Korean faces in the audience, knowing full well that they were curious and willing to help their students with this nontraditional method of learning. My presentation went off without a hitch.  Many people left partway through my presentation to go to a different speaker.  When I was done speaking, the remaining faithful were first broken up into groups to act out a lesson as an ESL student.  I believed, through personal experie...

MOM IN KOREA?

Hi Mom,  We were discussing B4 about the best (and worst) times to come to Korea.  August is convenient, but VERY H.O.T. February is convenient, but C.OL.D.  June would be good weather wise, but I'm usually off to another country by then.  Then it dawned on me... OCTOBER: 1) The weather is still warm, but not too humid. 2) I'll have a week off for Korean Thanksgiving and a week off for mid-terms. 3) The two weeks that I do work are pretty much Tuesday-Friday from 9am-12pm, so I could be back home for lunch by 1pm!  That can give you and Jim some recovery time, as well as privacy, or you can go for a walk on the beach nearby for some daily exercise.  During the week(s) off, we could do some exploring around Jeju Island, another Island called Duk-Do, or the mainland of South Korea itself.  And afternoons while I am not working could be explorations of Busan or simply hanging out at home.  Think about it. Love Mike