Good morning. It’sa beautiful day. It’s so nice since the weather changed. I have a full day of work, but the weather really makes me feel positive. How are you feeling?
@Cryptopsycho21 in March 2022
My wife is out of Our school for a whole, so I’m watching the kids in day care. They have to finish their homework and e we check it for them. When they finish everything, they can go downstairs and play or read books.
Busy day. This is my first chance to get on noisecash. Today we started class with an animal word search. These are great for practicing and remembering vocabulary. We turned it into a writing game. The students did very well with few mistakes.
Now we are having a regular writing game. This is Peter and Jimmy. They are both doing great
Good morning. I hope everything is going well for you. I had a nice morning surprise. My kids visited my mother and helped babysit my niece. So I got pictures of the with the baby of the family. This one is my daughter feeding her. I’m very proud of my children for helping my mother out
We are having a reading test. I need to listen to each student so I let the others do their homework
Here’sa picture if my daughter holding my niece. I can believe his time flies. It seem she was that tiny just yesterday, but she’s all grown up;)
Now it’s my students favorite time—- break time! They are enjoying a quick game if Uno while I correct their tests. Who wants to join?
I just got a picture of my sun playing with his second cousin. They are playing with my old blocks. I’m very proud of my children helping with the baby because It’sa skill I don’t have. I always feel uncomfortable around other peoples kids. I fear I will do something wrong. Am I crazy?
I hope you had a lovely day. I had to go to a different school to teach this evening. Here is the sunset. It was so nice to have a sunset. It’s been so rainy lately I haven’t seen one in weeks.
Good night dear friend. I hope you enjoyed our time on noisecash. I’ll see you tomorrow.
Good morning. My brother-in-law asked me to photograph his bikers club. So we went out and he let me use his Cannon. I love his camera. So I spent the morning drinking ahead of the group and waiting to take pictures.
This is the wedding gift that I got my sister and her hubby. It’s a crystal engraved picture from their wedding. This is the first time that I have seen it. I think the company did a good job. It covered with an LED light.
We are having a very competitive writing game in class. The winner gets less homework so everyone is excited.
Now we are having a stickler activity. The students put Stickers in there student books and then they ask questions and answer accordingly.
Last class on a Friday. The students have an occupation vocabulary test. I let them prepare with a bingo game. I just hope they will do well.
It’s Saturday morning. I have class until 3pm. Then I can go home and play with my family. Tomorrow I’m free. What are your plans?
Just finished my last class. When I got home, my son and his cousin were playing basketball. The age difference is big, so it’s funny to watch them. My son is lucky because he had a lot of cousins and they are all good.
We got a good turn out from the field today. Not enough radishes for picking or radish cake. So I’m thinking we’ll make pork and radish soup for dinner. We have more relatives than usual.
These are Some massive sweet potatoes that we got from my mother-in-law garden. I can’t believe the size.
It’s been a busy day. I taught for half a day and then played with my family at home. Beautiful weather for a beautiful day. Have sweet dreams my friend. Good night.
Everyone is busy cooking for a catering. So I prepared this for when they get back. We can all have a late lunch. Anyone in?
My wife and I went in a brisk walk in the country. It’s cloudy, so there are no pictures to share. So this is our walking reward from Sweatcoin. A fun app so walk and get points.
Here’s tonight’s dinner. Shrimp balls, beef with tofu, stewed pork knuckles, cabbage, vegetables, chicken and mushroom soup. All are welcome. We are family
My son made a little garden in a bowl. His cousin helped. They put some minute plants and a little figure. It’s so cute. He had to remember to water it every day. I hope he doesn’t forget
Back at the elementary school for English class. This is for students who lack money to go to a cram school or whose parents are too busy to help at home. It’s for a good cause, so I don’t mind not getting paid. This is Eric. He’s reciting A to Z with the matching words and spelling them as he goes. Great job, Eric.
I got a note from a parent. I love communication with parents. Most patents feel that if they pay money the teacher has to take care of everything. After each test I make note to tell the parents how to help their children. I’m glad at least one parent got back to me.
Now we have a sticker activity. The student had to place items in their house. They they have to ask and answer questions.
On our walk, my wife and I passed a local fish pond. It was great to see that the water levels are high. We had two weeks of nonstop rain. Hopefully the Lord will bless us with no droughts this summer.
We do not live in bread alone. Such a powerful verse. One of my favorite. What’s your favorite verse.
I just went to the grocery store to get ingredients for dinner. As I’m leaving, I see all this ice cream. Why do they put it as you leave? Now I want to buy it, but my wife would be angry because I’m on a diet. Maybe next time, right. Anyone want some? What flavor?
Got up late and didn’t get our walk this morning. Now I’m teaching students and not much to say. Let’s keep the victims of war in our minds and hearts. Pray for peace my friend.
After a long day, we invited the teacher out for dinner. I chose spaghetti in pesto sauce with cheese. It’sa little bit spicy. Did you eat?
This is my sons kids meal. He’s 10 but he still likes to order kids meals because adults can’t. He had noodles, fries, apple slices, corn soup, and pudding. He didn’t like the pudding though.
Wow. You learn something new everyday. I have my son homework to improve his English. So we have an article on the great pandas and trees pandas. I just learned they are not even the same species. This is an elementary school article. I told my son he’s smarter than I am.
My daughter and her boyfriend went to my mommy to help babysit and treat my moon to sushi. She was very happy to have company and help with the baby. This is a picture of my daughter and my grand niece.
Recess time. It’sa perfect day to be a kid. The weather isn’t too hot. It’s clear blue Skies. And there’sa ball to throw and kick around. It really brings back memories.
Now we are reading a quick review of topics that we studied previously. This is very important because many students don’t study at home and many parents are too busy to check.
Another short recess before the school day is over. Then we all go to cram schools to study more. I hope the students get enough time to play And enjoy their childhood.
My student gave me this treat. I’m open to new flavors and I’ll try anything once. This was a little bizarre. It’s a mocha almond roll with pork floss inside. So even for me, it’s not very delicious. Did anyone try this?
Last class of the night. We are practicing dialogue. They are shy so practicing boy and girl is a little strange for them, but it’sf good practice.
Good morning everyone. It’s bright and early on a Saturday morning. I’m tuition some students that need extra help, so I only have a half day off. What are you up to in such a blessed day
Happy blessed Sunday. Just got back from the field. The Lord blessed us with vegetables. I don’t know the English for this one but it’s on the menu for tonight ;). I’ll have to ask my wife for the name. She knows everything. How’s your day?
Playing kickball with my son I saw this tiny extravagant flower. It’s about the size of a dime but really beautiful.
We found it an hour ago that relatives would be visiting, so we had to cook dinner for lunch. Chicken, mushroom and chicken soup, cabbage, purple vegetable, radish cake, pickled radish and rice. Anyone coming?
I posted this picture earlier of what our garden gave us. I had to search for the name. From mandarin the dictionary translated it at knotweed- which is wrong. I had too too a picture drastic to find out it’s a kohlrabi or German turnip. It’s from the cabbage happy with a very light flavor. Wow. Learn something new every day;)
We have to teach a DIY cooking class for our elementary students and a university class. So my wife and I are practicing Belgium waffles and cream brûlée. These are mini waffles. Can you tell me if they taste good?
Today we have a special class. We have two young student that go to a Japanese school in taipei. They have a one month vacation that doesn’t match Taiwanese school vacations. So we will teach them Monday to Friday morning 8:30- 11:30. They are well behaved and smart.
This is the older brother of the special two students that we are teaching this month. They have a hour and a half English class and then an hour and a half Chinese class. So they are quite busy. They are very polite and hard working. I hope they can learn a lot.
It’s break time at the elementary school. Most of the kids run outside to play basketball. This is woody. He rather play this game. You must balance a ball and move it throw a 3D maze. It’s quite difficult and requires steady hands. Woody is quite good at it. Have you played this kind of game?
Over the weekend my niece hosted an activity in the community activity center. It was too make decorating pots and plants. I think it was a nice activity. Do you like them?
Now my students are having a house proposition test. They have to write questions and answers based on pictures. It’s difficult for them, but I know they can do it if the focus.
Almost done. I’m teaching my last class. Today I had 11 hours of class. Really crazy. One of our teachers went to the hospital for a pregnancy check. She had to get an emergency c-section. They are both healthy. But we are short staffed
Good night dear friend. It’s been a very busy nonstop day. Tomorrow will still be busy, but not as busy as today. Sweet dreams and God bless.
My son created a little ball game out of cardboard. You use a tongue depressor to shoot the ball up and hopefully it goes in the row that has the most points.
Now my son is playing with the little ball game medicine that he made out of cardboard. He always beats me;).
Today we went to get some tea from a store. It’s very interesting because the drinks are the same in most stores, but the design makes a different. This store is designed like an old house in Taiwan. It’sa very nice feeling.
This is the wall at the tea shop that we went to to get bubble tea. It’s style it’s old, so it’s very comfortable. I love the old Taiwan design.
This is my lunch. My wife feels I’m over weight- it’s true. So I have a delicious salad with no meat. It’sa perfect food. Have you eaten.
Here’s my healthy dinner. I hope you ate and enjoyed it. My wife made Me a lettuce, tomato, cheese and mustard dinner. Afterwards, we’ll have some black tea. Anyone want a cup.
Now my class is practicing reading. They are doing a great job. Later we will have a reading competition, so they need to practice to gain confidence. The two girls closest to the camera are Dora and Dora. It’s kind of cute because they are besties.
Earlier my son was playing with a small water bottle. He wrote his name on the asphalt. It’sa cute thing.
Good morning, hope you had a good night rest. I have private students this morning bright and early this morning. Very great kids. I planned to have an outside activity for them, but the air quality is very bad. So we are stuck inside.
Now I’m teaching student number to- the younger brother. He knows very little English, so we are fine animals today. We are doing vocabulary cards games and later a word search.
During break time, my elementary students are taking turns playing with a ball balance maze. It’s have of smarts, hands and eye, coordination and patience. Its a great way to improve concentration. Have you played this game?
Our school wants students to be bilingual. So the principal has a plan to have A contest. Student have to write a story in Chinese and then translate it into English and draw a picture. This is the first one we need to translate. But instead of everyone doing their own, we are having a class activities to translate. I think it’s more fun.
Test time…. I remember hating that the. I really don’t want my students to feel the same. So we always okay a writing game before the test to review and get them warmed up. Then after the test, we correct the test together.
This is a Facebook memory fun ten years ago. I was surprised to see it because I forgot about it. These memories that Google and Facebook remind you of are really pleasant at times.
Well good night friend. My son ran out of energy. After work we can’t home and played basketball and then played cards. He fell asleep after his shower while watching cartoons. Makes me miss childhood:). Good night. Sweet tight.
The weather and air quality is better than last week. My wife and I went on a walk this morning. We saw this flower on our walk. I love the bright colors.
Getting ready to make some pizza. We are trying a news recipe. Our usual recipe came from an Italian family recipe and used baking soda instead of yeast. This new one uses yeast. The dough is stickier than the old recipe. It will be interesting to see how it turns out. Any opinions on baking soda or yeast?
Here’s the finished product with the news dog recipe. The crust is nice and crispy, but the noodles is soft. The flavor is a little bland. Interesting.
Here’s this weeks family dinner: rice, cabbage, bamboo, two kinds of tofu, stewed pork, pork short ribs, vegetables, and radish soup with meat balls. Anyone want some? Unfortunately, I’m on a diet. So I’m just having vegetables and a little rice. ;)
Good night my friend. Hope you had a great day. I worked half a day and cooked other half. Here’s Dessert for all my noisecash family. Have a snack before you brush your teeth. Good night :)
Happy blessed Sunday. The weather is beautiful so my wife and I are going on a walk. Came along with us.
Passed this on my walk with my wife. Plum blossoms and bees. So beautiful. There were a lot of there on our walk, but this was one of our best.
As we walked this morning, we came to a patch of bamboo. It was very thick and large. There were also many birds sounds coming out of it. As soon as we went to investigate birds started backing away. I think they are herons. If you look in to picture you can see some before they flew further into the bamboo
Found these flowers while walking with my wife. Spring is really here! In summer there will be a lot of these at this location. Now there are only a few. I don’t know the name. I’m sure one of our brilliant noisecash cousins will know. They always do ;)
I was a little surprised when I was looking at the flowers here. A few of them had petals with two colors. I feel these really brightened up my day. How about you?
I posted earlier about a flower with two tones of petals. However, the picture didn’t attach. Here’s the picture.
After dinner, my son and I walked from my sister-in-laws house to ours. We stopped at hilife convenience store and got an ice cream bar to share. his mom had a bite, his aunt had a bite, his cousin had a bite, and he had the left;). Hes good at sharing.
Good night dear friend. A little too hot today for me. But we still walked and played basketball and dodgeball. Get some rest and have sweet dreams. See you on Monday!
Good morning. Hope you got a good night sleep. We’re up bright and early leaving the body parts. Did you learn something new over the weekend?
Verse of the day. Remember that He is always with you and ready to help. All you need to do is ask.
I found these today on our walk. They start as the little green buds on the bottom of the picture. Then they turn into these marvelous flowers. Incredible.
Now we are working on vocabulary and sentence patterns. They hold a card up to their head and don’t look. They have to guess the item using the Sentence pattern. Then they change partners every five minutes.
Working with children is always fun. It can get crazy at times, but one needs to remember that they are too young to understand. Did you ever get in trouble when you were young? Share some stories. ;)
Hope you enjoying your Monday. My son was using my phone while I was teaching. He was taking pictures and editing them. This is a picture of our first floor. I think he did a good job. However, now I have to erase 35 pictures of nothing on my phone- I’m almost out of memory ;).
Good morning. Bright and early teaching my first private. Hope you had a great sleep. My student taught me a game called monopoly card game. I’ll show a picture next time we play. It’sa fun game that I had not played before.
Now I’m on private student number two. We are making a board have to play. This will help us remember vocabulary and basic sentences. It’s also a good change to use our creative and art skills. Anyone want to play. We are doing clothing vocabulary.
Test time. I dislike giving too many test- but in Asia, it’s the way they do things. Most the parents really care about points and performance more than ability. This is why in some countries all students learn English and can understand some, but lack the ability to speak. My class tried to incorporate more speaking and practical use… but I still need to give written tests that students can show parents. Any suggestions?
Last class of the day is the most difficult. I think it’s because the teacher and students are tired. Another problem with this class is that the students will graduate elementary school this summer. So they like to have fun, which is fine, but sometimes they take it too far ;)
Todays first class we are reinforcing vocabulary with word searches. They are fun and we have a contest to see who is faster. Do you like this game?
Now we finished the word search and played a vocabulary board game. Now it’s time for my student to listen and write. The sentences are scrambled, so it’s kind of easy.
Now it’s break time. To help the students relax, we play Uno. The perfect game for language learners of all ages.
Our weather was really nice, sunny, and hot. But now we have nothing but rain for a week. Thank you to all of you posting beautiful weather. It really gives me energy.
My students mother dropped off some donuts for the teachers. These are Krispy Kreme’s. I’m was very surprised because I didn’t know Taiwan had them.
Now that we finished dinner. My son and his friend are playing switch. They are both happy because in the family there is no one the same age to play with.
Need time for the little monkeys. We had lots of fun but it’s 10 and time to sleep. Good night and sweet dreams.
Sleepy students. A quick remedy is a quick game of good old Uno. It’s guaranteed it brighten eyes and excite students of all ages.
Last half an hour of my morning private class. New we are playing a vocabulary game. I describe a word and he finds the card and spells it.
Here’s my verse if the day. Remember to give your worries to the Lord and trust in Him. He is always on your side, even when it’s difficult.
Here’s my dinner. I didn’t have time to cook, so I ordered our. It’s noodles with lots of vegetables. Especially sprouts. Anyone want to try!
every spring students bring their umbrellas. Unfortunately, they forget to take to them home. Then the next day they bring another. They keep forgetting. We tell them to their names on them, but they forget. So we run out of room. That’s goes on until we march all the students out and hold up umbrellas one at a time and put a sticker with their name on it. We still will have a number of unclaimed umbrellas.
Now in class we have a writing game. The students have to listen to the question and and write the answer on the board neatly. Who will win? The lion team on the left of the or the elephants on the right?
What a day. Finally got home and had a late dinner. Took a shower and I’m exhausted. I’m going to retire and hopefully get some sleep. Have a sweet dreams.
What a terrific and strange morning. It was nice with a warm breeze. Then it suddenly started pouring. Then it stopped and started. Then we had a lot of loud Thunder. Then stop and the sun can out and then rain again. Very unstable weather. But very exciting to.
The weather is continuing to switch between sunny and stormy at a minute notice. I finished work and went home. What to do on a rainy day…….. make mini waffles!! Of course. Place your order now;)
Here are some our rainy day waffles (minis). I wanted to get a picture of a full plate to post, but people keep eating them …oh well. I have to start cooking dinner.
Here is The dinner food tonight. We have some extra family to feed so we are also preparing a dish of fried rice. We have squid, shrimp, chicken, omelette, vegetables, soup and tofu. I also put the rest of the mini waffles on the table for dessert. Come and take a break.
Good morning. Again the weather is rainy stormy and off and on. Here is a picture of a beautiful flower. I believe it’s an orchid. Have a blessed Sunday!!!
Unstable weather again. Stopped raining for a minute. I went for a quick walk. Saw this beautiful orchid. Different from the earlier one I posted. My neighbors do such a good job with his garden. Nice and relaxing
Coffee time!! Let’s have some coffee. I don’t have any biscuits.
Had trouble attaching this photo. Wish I had more to show. The weather is really unstable. This picture is during one of the down pours. E we also have thunder and lightning. Then it will stop for an hour or so , then repeat.
Verse of the day. I love it! It’s simple and to the point. Keep these words in your heart.
If you ignore the cups in the back ground, my sister-in-law’s stone table is decorated quite nicely. The little pink tree is a lego tree. At first, I thought it’s real, from a distance. If you Blow up the image, you can see pink frogs on the branches.
Good night dear friend. We had a rainy day. And it looks like a rainy week. But I have you, so I don’t worry. Sweet dreams!
First thing in the morning. E we check and correct our homework. He did a good job, but needs to be more mindful of the lines. Good morning.
Recess on a rainy day. Poor kids. No where to play. Just stay in the class and try to find something to do.
Hope you had dinner. I had some delicious and seriously spice kimchi noodles. It was very nice but my eyes are watering and red. The students are laughing at me. ;)
The students were tired today, so we are playing a quick game of hide and seek. Unfortunately, there aren’t any good hiding places. Here’s Jake hiding under my desk. They are so quite. Anyway it had the desired effect. They are happy and alert. If they are good we will play after the lesson.
The students did a good job on their lesson. So we aRe playing hide and seek again. They feel it’s fun, so I pretend not to see them. Can you spot Roy in the picture? Looks like he’s in an earthquake drill ;)
Todays verse reminds us that everything we do we should do through the Lord and include Him in our plans. We are His followers and Cc not the other way around.
We are having a luncheon meeting. Anyone want to join?
Here’s the second course. This buffet is amazing. I’m going to have to walk home or my pants don’t fit ;).
Here’s dessert. It’s frozen yogurt and coffee. It’s espresso, so it’s strong. It goes well with the three yogurt.
Today we stopped at a cooking store. It specializes in cooking ingredients and tools that are uncommon in regular stores. It’s always fun to look around. We will have a DIY to make custard and other pudding in our school, so this is a fun place to go.
Test time. The students are getting ready for the admissions test to junior high school so we have to push them harder. I wish there was a better way to train them. The Junior high school test is really hard and they have trick questions. We have to explain all the answers that they don’t get right. Then we have to retest.
Today we are working on emotions. Even though this is a a very easy lesson, it’s a good one because it opens up a lot of conversation.
Oh no. I intercepted a note in class. We have a policy that any notes in class get put on the board. But this is a love note. Ohhhh. Did you ever have this happen when you were a student?
Another sticker activity!! This book is really good because it has lots of activities for students. Stickers are fun. Don’t you think so?
Today my sons friend had a birthday, so we Cc invited him over for dinner and surprised him with a birthday party. It was short notice, so the cake was a simple cake with fruit on it.
Now we are playing Uno before bed. It’sa nice game. Everyone loves to play it.
What should I cook for lunch? I have a little kimchi, instant noodles and an egg. So we’ll have kimchi ramen! I have enough for one extra serving. Who wants it?
Here’s my little grand niece eating a towel after s bath. I love this shot because he eyes are open so wide. What do you think?
Hide and seek on by a classroom is fun, but a little easy. Here are Roy and Lucy hiding under my computer desk. I walked past then a few times to build up the excitement.