MontanaRon » work http://montanaron.com/wordpress Just another ordinary English teacher eclectic expat blog about nothing in particular. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:57:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Nose to the Grindstone http://montanaron.com/wordpress/2012/01/10/nose-to-the-grindstone-2683 http://montanaron.com/wordpress/2012/01/10/nose-to-the-grindstone-2683#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 21:52:05 +0000 montanaron http://montanaron.com/wordpress/?p=2683 Well, it’s back to work after the nice vacation. Unfortunately, I’m up to my eyeballs with classes and lesson planning for the next few weeks. After next week, my schedule becomes much more manageable, but until then I’ll probably post only on the weekend. I hope to get a few photos up of my trip [...] Related posts:
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]]> http://montanaron.com/wordpress/2012/01/10/nose-to-the-grindstone-2683/feed 0 Vacation Time http://montanaron.com/wordpress/2011/12/14/vacation-time-2-2679 http://montanaron.com/wordpress/2011/12/14/vacation-time-2-2679#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 13:01:45 +0000 montanaron http://montanaron.com/wordpress/?p=2679 It’s the end of the fall semester, so, as usual, I’ve been busy with final assessments, grading, paperwork, meetings and other duties. But soon, however, I’ll be vacationing in Laos (mainly) to visit with my friend Nai and his family. Korea’s weather is starting to turn wintry cold, so spending some time in a more [...] Related posts:
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]]> http://montanaron.com/wordpress/2011/12/14/vacation-time-2-2679/feed 0 Field Trip Postponement http://montanaron.com/wordpress/2011/11/05/field-trip-postponement-2632 http://montanaron.com/wordpress/2011/11/05/field-trip-postponement-2632#comments Sat, 05 Nov 2011 01:36:59 +0000 montanaron http://montanaron.com/wordpress/?p=2632 Once every semester, our special English class (Vision English) students and teachers go on a field trip to various attractions around Yeosu. (Here’s a previous post about the field trip.) We were supposed to take the trip today, but it was postponed until next Saturday because rain was in the forecast; we were told of [...] Related posts:
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  3. Student Photos From Field Trip Hi, guys and gals. Here are a few photos from...
]]> http://montanaron.com/wordpress/2011/11/05/field-trip-postponement-2632/feed 0 Final Vacation Photos http://montanaron.com/wordpress/2011/07/24/final-vacation-photos-2495 http://montanaron.com/wordpress/2011/07/24/final-vacation-photos-2495#comments Sun, 24 Jul 2011 08:10:06 +0000 montanaron http://montanaron.com/wordpress/?p=2495 Here are a few more photos from my recent trip to Laos and Thailand. This is one of my favorite views of Bangkok, looking into the Silom area and taken from the statue of King Rama VI in Lumphini Park. I probably should have tried to take a panoramic shot to give a better sense [...] Related posts:
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  2. Rainy Day It’s been raining off and on all day, at times...
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]]> http://montanaron.com/wordpress/2011/07/24/final-vacation-photos-2495/feed 4 Back to Work http://montanaron.com/wordpress/2011/07/03/back-to-work-2-2465 http://montanaron.com/wordpress/2011/07/03/back-to-work-2-2465#comments Sun, 03 Jul 2011 03:13:02 +0000 montanaron http://montanaron.com/wordpress/?p=2465 I arrived back in Yeosu yesterday afternoon, tired after a nice vacation, but ready to settle back into the daily routine of work, which begins again tomorrow. The flight back from Bangkok took off in a steady rain at 11:20 Friday night, and landed in a very dense fog at Incheon airport around 6:30 Saturday [...] Related posts:
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]]> http://montanaron.com/wordpress/2011/07/03/back-to-work-2-2465/feed 0 Semester Finals http://montanaron.com/wordpress/2011/05/30/semester-finals-2450 http://montanaron.com/wordpress/2011/05/30/semester-finals-2450#comments Mon, 30 May 2011 01:46:33 +0000 montanaron http://montanaron.com/wordpress/?p=2450 No, I haven’t forgotten about posting or been too lazy to do so, but we’re beginning the final part of the spring semester, which means assessments and lots of paperwork. I’ll try to get something posted soon, but I’m making no guarantees. I’ve got lots of photos just begging to be put here, so I [...] Related posts:
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]]> http://montanaron.com/wordpress/2011/05/30/semester-finals-2450/feed 0 Field Trip Time http://montanaron.com/wordpress/2011/05/20/field-trip-time-2433 http://montanaron.com/wordpress/2011/05/20/field-trip-time-2433#comments Fri, 20 May 2011 05:27:43 +0000 montanaron http://montanaron.com/wordpress/?p=2433 It’s that time of the semester again, when the Intensive English students and teachers go on a field trip to tour some of the attractions in Yeosu as part of the English course. We’ve had two of these events in the past, about which I’ve written here (in 2009) and here (in 2010). Both of [...] Related posts:
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]]> http://montanaron.com/wordpress/2011/05/20/field-trip-time-2433/feed 2 Buddha’s Birthday and Other Holidays http://montanaron.com/wordpress/2011/05/10/buddhas-birthday-and-other-holidays-2403 http://montanaron.com/wordpress/2011/05/10/buddhas-birthday-and-other-holidays-2403#comments Tue, 10 May 2011 10:35:57 +0000 montanaron http://montanaron.com/wordpress/?p=2403 It’s kind of holiday “season” here in Yeosu. From May 5th through June 9th, there are four holidays, all of them on weekdays, so no work on those days. Unfortunately, we have to make up the classes that we miss because of those days off, a demand by the university that irks me to no [...] Related posts:
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]]> http://montanaron.com/wordpress/2011/05/10/buddhas-birthday-and-other-holidays-2403/feed 0 Busy, Busy, Busy http://montanaron.com/wordpress/2011/03/10/busy-busy-busy-2346 http://montanaron.com/wordpress/2011/03/10/busy-busy-busy-2346#comments Thu, 10 Mar 2011 04:34:12 +0000 montanaron http://montanaron.com/wordpress/?p=2346 Yes, it’s been rather busy around here with the start of the new semester. In addition to the usual paperwork, lesson planning and getting used to the new schedule, I was assigned a new office in another building. At first, I kind of resented being asked to move, but the administration had a whole floor [...] Related posts:
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]]> http://montanaron.com/wordpress/2011/03/10/busy-busy-busy-2346/feed 0 Time Off and New Schedule http://montanaron.com/wordpress/2011/02/19/time-off-and-new-schedule-2307 http://montanaron.com/wordpress/2011/02/19/time-off-and-new-schedule-2307#comments Sat, 19 Feb 2011 10:16:47 +0000 montanaron http://montanaron.com/wordpress/?p=2307 Whew, the previous seven-week session finally finished yesterday and none too soon, what with all the kids’ and other classes. Lots of overtime, so I’m not griping too much. Still, most of us foreign teachers have a very welcome eleven day break until the spring semester begins.

Usually, the spring semester begins on March [...] Related posts:

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