MicahJohn

Author: Micah

  • Helmet

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    Before today I had a motorcycle helmet that I liked a lot. It was comfortable (which is impressive given the size of my head relative to the average Thai head). It looked good. I’m pretty good about locking it up with my bike’s little helmet lock. Today was no exception. Yet when I was preparing…

  • Hydroelectric

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    Some of my students entered a competition among several English Program schools. I was their adviser. It was hard for me to limit myself to the role of adviser. I often wanted to promote myself to project leader/dictator. Holding myself back to the adviser role I believe allowed my students to learn more. It did…

  • Juan N Uther

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    A fanatic Jesus person isn’t someone who carries a gun and kills people; a fanatic Jesus person is someone who carries the good news and lives* people I recommend the whole sermon. *this word is read like the number of lives you have left in a game of mario.

  • Story Time

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    Tonight after dinner I sat and listened to about 2 hours worth of stories from the guard where I live. I learned a ton! Some of it was really sad, some of it was strange, most of it was just fun to listen to. A lot of it seems too personal to share with the…

  • Raw Pork

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    Tonight I was eating with friends. It is hard to tell what is in mashed-up-food dishes. (A lot of Isaan food is mashed fish and herbs, or mashed ants, or mashed chicken, . . .) To get a better idea of what I was eating I asked how the dishes were made. The first dish…