Dalian American International School

2019-07-14

USA 2019

As is so often the way we do things, this USA 2019 trip has been a long time coming. We started with planning to be at Narda’s son’s Chris’ 40th birthday, several years ago. We wanted to do a combination of Airbnb, Chris’ home in Washington DC and Home Exchanges. This is how we have Continue reading

2019 as the world turns, Colorado, Dalian American International School, Florida, New York City, USA 2019, Washington D.C.

“Imran Khan on ‘genocide’ in Kashmir and possible war with India”, Acela Express to NYC, Adelaide, Arapahoe County, Australia, Bagan, Bega, Bleeker Street, Brown Brothers of the Holy Light, Budget Ibis, Buffalo Bill, Cape Canaveral, Captain Marvel), Centennial, Cheyenne Wyoming, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Clifton Park, Coco Beach, Colorado, Cowgirl’s, Dalian American International School, Denver International Airport, Doubletree Hilton at Times Square, Johnson’s Corner, Kalank, Leo Tanguma, Littleton, Loveland, low-carb diet, Manatee Sanctuary Park, Myanmar, Narda and Terrell kayaking across Lemon Bay, New York, Olympic Park, Pasticceria Rocco, Red Rocks Amphitheater, Route Nine, Sydney to Houston, The Brown Brothers, The Holy Orders of MANS, USA 2019, Washington D.C., Westgate Cocoa Beach Pier
2014-06-24

Last!

June 18 – 24, 2014 Last! Add-on at end of page as of 8 pm Tuesday 6/24/2014 Last week at our school, Dalian American International School, Golden Pebble Beach, Dalian Development Area, Dalian, China. Last time at Discoveryland. That is good after four times. This is one of those places I would never have gone Continue reading

2014, China, Dalian American International School, Dalian China, kai Fa Qu

Adventist Hospital Hong Kong, campus village, China, Dalian, Dalian American International School, Dalian Development Area, Discoveryland, Golden Pebble Beach, Shenendehowa Central School
2014-05-25

Softball and Wedding

Videos associated with this blog: Wedding http://youtu.be/hXTnilDBg1Q Temple visit http://youtu.be/a8QCaHBe9tA Part 1 Softball April 19 – 20 I thought it was last weekend but then I was wrong; so I thought it was the week prior then the weekend prior to that but now looking at the date it was a month ago. When yesterday Continue reading

2014, about me, China, Dalian American International School, tofu

Crown International Exhibition Hotel Kunshan, Fleurieu Peninsula, Kunshan, Kunshan Economic and Technological Development Zone, Kunshan Zhoushi Middle School, McKinsey Global Institute, Mt. Compass, slow pitch softball Kunshan Grand Prix, Tooperang Road, 昆山
2014-04-07

Embedding Thailand

Embedding Thailand home Blog Index previous blog videos for this blog: train to Hua Hin http://youtu.be/tjxnVU4FoGk King of Thailand passing by http://youtu.be/XvOScADNIKQ Bangkok at night and the Chao Phraya (แม่น้ำเจ้าพระยา) River http://youtu.be/ykrkrZ06zH8 Cabbages and Condoms and Bangkok protests http://youtu.be/3lXhsVCd19M Three years ago our school, Dalian American International School, gave us our spring break unfettered. Professional Continue reading

2014, about me, China, Dalian American International School, Dalian China, Jinshitan, Thailand

airbnb, Airport Rail Link, ประจวบคีรีขันธ์ 77110泰国, สถานีรถไฟหัวลำโพง, Bangkok, Cabbages & Condoms, Centara Grand Beach Resort & Villas, Common Core, Cronkite Satellite, 的相关搜索, Dalian American International School, EARCOS, East Asia Regional Council of Schools, Guangzhou, Hilton Hua Hin Resort & Spa, Hua Hin, Hua Lamphong Railway Station, King of Thailand, Petchakasem Road, Pullman Hotel at Guangzhou Airport, Shangri-La Hotel, Suvarnabhumi International Airport, the Centara Grand Beach Resort Hotel, The Venezia Hua Hin, Tira Tiraa Condominium, 地址: 38/49 Soi Hua Hin 68
2014-02-09

Myanmar

Dala (visit to a poor village) = http://youtu.be/iVIZ1nUQmxA New Bagan = http://youtu.be/tmni8aPnHMY Old Bagan (2000 pagodas) = http://youtu.be/8KXtakb-Lc8 Shwedagon Pagoda = http://youtu.be/CauRzwJPhbo Bagan, Myanmar Children becoming monks = http://youtu.be/O4FeilB7_QY Yangon = http://youtu.be/raxs-m7SC9E PHOTOS = http://www.flickr.com/photos/neuage Blog Index Updated 23 February 2014 Korean airline flight Seoul to Yangon There are so many ways to travel, to Continue reading

2014, Dalian American International School, Myanmar

Air KBZ, Air-Mandalay, Anawyahta, Aung San Suu Kyi, Botataung Township, Burma, Cyclone Nargis, Dala Township, dəla̰ mjo̰nɛ̀, General Aung San, government-owned ferries, House of Memories, Kyimyindaing Market, Maha Wizara Pagoda, Myanmar, New Bagan, Old Bagan, Pansodan Terminal, Sons of Anarchy motorcycle club, southern bank, tʊ̀ɴté tú mjáʊɴ, The Irrawaddy, the Kyan Sit Khar, The Shwedagon Pagoda, Theinbyu Road, trishaw driver, Twante Canal, Yangon, Yangon Circular Train, Yangon river
2014-01-02

Next

A short line or two about our holiday in Ao Nang and Krabi Thailand Continue reading

about me, Dalian American International School, tofu

Ao Railway West, Aonang, Brown Brothers of Holy Light, Communication and New Media, Dalian American International School, Holy Order of MANS, Jurgen Klein, Jurlique, Klong Moung, Krabi, Noppart Thara Beach, Phai Plong Beach, Railay Island, University of South Australia
2013-12-26

Warmth

Warmth video at http://youtu.be/8Osc_Ckmz3E (Phuket) http://youtu.be/8YGAf2A7NtM (Ao Nang) (Railay) http://youtu.be/0O4WK_fCm2A (Krabi) http://youtu.be/08hPnWF7PWw Photos Saturday 21 December Warmth has many interpretations, perceptions, explanations: emotional, physical, spiritual, local, worldly, universal, chemical, mental and so forth and so here we are seeking warmth that encompasses it all. Simply put, because really who wants to hear one whinge and whine about their lot Continue reading

2013, about me, China, Dalian American International School, Dalian China, Jinshitan, kai Fa Qu, Malaysia, tofu

Adang-Rawi Archipelago, Andaman Sea, Aonang, campus village, Dalian American International School, Five Quarters of the Orange, Joanne Harris, Ko Khao Phing Kan island, Kodály, Koh Lipe, Koh Tapu, Krabi, Malaysian border, Phang Nga Bay, Phuket Town, Satun Province, Shanghai Airport, southwest Thailand, Strait of Malacca, Thailand
2013-12-08

Best Place to be

Video for this blog at http://youtu.be/AzaiYZU3zZk Where we are always seems to be not as interesting as where someone else is though why we say that I am not quite sure when wherever we are is where we are because that is the totality of all we have done so far in life and the Continue reading

2013, China, Dalian American International School, Dalian China

City of Dreams, Cotai casinos, Dàsānbā Páifāng, Governor Nobre de Carvalho Bridge, Hong Kong, Kowloon, Macau-Taipa Bridge, Ruínas de São Paulo, Shangri-La, Taipa, The Galaxy Macau, The Ruins of St. Paul’s, The Venetian Macao, Winter Charity Ball, 嘉樂庇總督大橋, 大三巴牌坊, 澳門威尼斯人度假村酒店
2013-11-17

unchain my heart

Video for this Hong kong trip is at http://youtu.be/aUYG8gn72MQ Macau two weeks later or last week http://youtu.be/AzaiYZU3zZk I was having a quiet Friday evening watching thoughts drift by of what to do on the upcoming weekend. Sort of a quiet day. We arrived home at noon from a week in Xi’am seeing Terracotta Warriors, a Great Continue reading

2013, about me, China, Dalian American International School

1965 Porsche 356c Cabriolet, 40 Stubbs Rd., Aberdeen, Adventist Hospital, Ashford Hospital Adelaide, Baltimore Maryland, Beijing SOS clinic, Bosphorus Sea, campus village, Cheyenne Wyoming, Detroit, Dr. Wilhelm’s, Ernest Shurtleff Holmes, Great Wild Goose Pagoda, Happy Valley, Hawaii, heebie jeebies, Holy Order of MANS, Istanbul, Janis Joplin’s, Kahuku Hawaii, Lamma Island, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, MRI, Myanmar Thai Palace, Old Main Street, parachuting from a great distance in the stratosphere, PET, Positron Emission Tomography, Prince Islands, psychedelic painted, radioactive dye, San Francisco, Sanatorium Hospital, Syracuse New York, Terracotta Warriors, The Emperor Hotel, The Hong Kong Jockey Club, The Science of Mind, Vitup Hospital, Wichita Kansas, Xi’am
2013-10-05

Xi’an

a Chinese holiday in Xi’an and other fun things not to do Continue reading

2013, about me, China, Dalian American International School

Bajiaxian Xihuanmen, capital of Shaanxi province, Dalian American International School, Dayan Pagoda, Dennis Rodman, 西安, Friendship bridge, Great Wild Goose Pagoda, Museum Commemorating the War to Resist American Aggression and Aid Korea, Muslim Quarters, South Australia, Terracotta Warriors, tofu manufacturer in Adelaide, Trip Advisory, Warriors Apartment, Xi’an, Xi’an B&B and Inns, Xi’an Metro
2013-08-11

Do not take my Vegemite

“Do not take my Vegemite ” Vegemite Storage Letters Chinese police using geese Best loo in Kaifaqu In-flight Movies Lenovo Baggage allowances Australians are easy going, maybe some of the most laid back of any nationality. You will hear “she’ll be right mate” more than anything else. In fact there’s not that much going on Continue reading

2013, Australia, China, Dalian American International School, Dalian China, Leigh Pitched Here, Malaysia, technology in education, Technology Integration

Dalian American International School, Dutch Salty Liquorice, Jim Carrey, Malaysian Airlines, Night Train to Lisbon, Oblivion, on-line picture poems, Promite, The Dwight School, Tom Cruise, Vegemite
2013-06-26

Lama Temple and beyond

Saturday, June 22, 2013 YouTube video clip Again. Again? Again! Never kept track of flights. Life is a flight. In-flight again. I don’t think I have done Air Canada before. Up here listening to Janis Joplin, OK I have done that before. She is my flight attendant. As one who rarely listens to music except Continue reading

2013, China, Dalian American International School

31 Beixin Hutong, Ballarat, Beijing, Candy Inn, Chairman Mao, Chinese Hooters, Classic Courtyard, Dongcheng, Dongcheng District, Friday night ABC, Geelong, Harmony and Peace Palace Lamasery, Hawthorn vs. West Coast, Hutong, Janis Joplin, Lama Temple, Nicole Kidman, Stoker, the 12th of never, the ‘Magical Dumplings of the Immortal Emperor’, Vancouver, Yonghe Lamasery, Yonghegong Street
2013-06-12

DragonBoat Festivals, DiscoveryLand, B’days

China surely is the champion of what is and what is not and perceptions mashed together to morph into possibly acceptable perceptions, but not really. Reality is a mistaken illusion – it always has been; look at religion, personal-relationships and politics and education…. Maybe it is best not to look to see but to look Continue reading

2013, about me, China, Dalian American International School, Dalian China, Jinshitan, kai Fa Qu, technology in education, Technology Integration

calligraphy, Chinese zither, Chu region, Dalian American International School, ding ji dan, Discovery Land, Dragon Boat Festival, Duān wǔ jié, Qu Yuan, the Black Pebbles, Tong li Gong Palace, zong zi
2013-06-02

Skip to my loo

It is so fundamental but the loo can so govern the day, especially in China. (Loo being Australian/British and etc. for toilet: (From Wikipedia: “When people flung their potty waste out of the window, they would shout “Gardez l’eau” [gar-day low]. That’s French for “watch out for the water”. We probably get the word “loo” Continue reading

2013, about me, China, Dalian American International School, Dalian China, technology in education

Auan Shui (markets), Bao Shu Qui, Beijing Beatles, campus village, Da Lian Wan, Dalian Station, DD Port, 轻轨, Gardez l’eau, Harbour View Hotel, Holy Order of MANS, Hou Yan, Ikea, International Club of Dalian, James Joyce, Jim Ma Li, Jin Jai Jie, Jin Shi Tan, Kai Fai Qu (5 colur city), Korean Market, kuai-gui, Metro, qing gui, Room 100, Sams Club, Shangri-La Dalian, Vutup Dentist Clinic, Xiang Lu Jiao, Xiao Yao Wan, Xinghai Square, 快轨 Lenbach German Restaurant
2013-05-19

Just another weekend in China

Just another weekend in China though with a different set of events/thoughts/wanderings…. Chinese Visa Office 11th Annual Dalian International Walking Festival Soggy day ‘Famous French and English Bands’ at the Chateau du Vin Bordeaux Beatles concerts And so much more Actually this is more than a weekend memory of what-we-did as Thursday and Friday is Continue reading

2013, about me, China, Dalian American International School, Dalian China, Jinshitan, kai Fa Qu, technology in education, Technology Integration

11th Annual Dalian International Walking Festival, Albany Academy for Girls, always-journalist, Bin Hai Road, blogging-filming apps, Chateau du Vin Bordeaux, Congressman Sweeney, Dalian American International School, Dalian Castle Hotel, 轻轨, Myanmar, Nokia Lumia 920 smartphone, qing gui, Sundance London Film and Music Festival, Terrell Neuage, The Festival of Me’, Xinghai Bay, Yangon, 星海广场 Xinghai Square Dalian; Zhongshan Square Dalian 中山广场t=中山廣場
2013-05-10

SOS China

SOS China Dinner seemed fine, just scrambled eggs with a bit of cheese and hash brown potatoes. But a few minutes later I was sicker than ever in my life. Narda was OK so we ruled out food poisoning but after getting rid of dinner and all else before and getting worse by the minute Continue reading

2013, about me, China, Dalian American International School

campus village, Dalian American International School, Ikea, Metro, Sams Club, SOS International medical emergency, transit Mars in Taurus opposite Saturn in Scorpio
2013-04-13

International Day @ Dalian American International School

International Day @ Dalian American International School youtube clips for this are at http://youtu.be/fdkrxDDErXk (overview); http://youtu.be/Y7Vpt3vXI7M (druming); http://youtu.be/sVxYglz5xfI (choral piece written for this event) neuage webpage for this is at http://neuage.us/BLOGS/42-internatiotional-day.htm Every day is international day at our school, after all we have about 25 countries and 15 different languages but once a year we call it International Day. Continue reading

2013, Australia, China, Dalian American International School, Dalian China

C-Q-T Drum Club, International Day @ Dalian American International School
2013-04-04

Tomb Sweeping Fun

Ah Tomb Sweeping Day, Qingming Festival;; the day that one tends the graves of their once-were-mates. One of those great non-Western holidays that we celebrate by not working, well working but not usual working, working in the plan-our-holidays way. The thing is about two and a half thousand years old and for the most part Continue reading

2013, Australia, China, Dalian American International School

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Morphett Vale, Penang, Qingming Festival, Sundance Festival, Tomb Sweeping Day, Wirreanda High School, Zhujiajiao
2013-03-31

walking into glass @ EARCOS

EARCOS Teachers‘ Conference 2013 Shanghai Another conference now history another system of notes to integrate into my life another direction to life; all for the forward thrust of evolution for those who come next; the children so I am told. I have been to conferences. Mostly in New York (the best being NAIS’ ‘New York Continue reading

2013, China, Dalian American International School

Beijing International School, Breen O’Reilly, Catskills, Celeste, Dalian American, David Gran, David Redmon, doubloons, EARCOS Teachers’ Conference 2013, International School of Manila, Joshua Sternlicht, Mardi Gras, Mardi Gras: Made in China, Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, New York State Association of Independent Schools, Saturn in 13 Scorpio, Shanghai, Shanghai Asia Film Festival, Shanghai International
2013-03-27

Shanghai again

3/26/2013 Staying at an airbnb, the ”lujiazui riverview room shanghai” in the New Pudong section of Shanghai with spectacular views; for example, Shanghai World Financial Center – the tall one in front, 101 stories – I went to the top, above the hanger part, on a previous trip alone because Narda doesn’t like heights. Behind Continue reading

2013, China, Dalian American International School

159 New Golden Road Pudong, Concordia International College, EARCOS, East Asia Region Council of Schools, Huangpu River, lujiazui riverview room shanghai, Metropark, Miaoqian Dajie, Ming Dynasty, Mojos, Pudong, Shenzhen’s Housing and Construction Bureau, Tong Li, Zhouzhuang and Suzhou, Zhujajiao
2013-03-17

Shenzhen for a weekend

Shenzhen, China. iPad workshop at Shekou International School stayed at Fraser Place Apartments Beijing visit to International School of Beijing (ISB); Dalian American International School A few weeks past which is what happens when life is full to live and there is no time to pause and reflect – maybe today I can get back on Continue reading

2013, China, Dalian American International School, Dalian China, Technology Integration

Ancerville, campus village, China. iPad workshop, Dalian American International School, Fraser Place Apartments Beijing, International School of Beijing (ISB), Sea World Plaza, Shekou International School, Shenzhen, Shenzhen Huangtian Airport, Ted Talks, The Minghua, 深圳宝安国际机场
2013-01-03

china again

Wednesday, January 02, 2013 See my site for December at http://neuage.us/2012/Vietnam/ We left our Hanoi hotel at 5:30 AM; similar time that we got there a few days earlier after the train from Sapa tossed us out onto the payment of Hanoi. And at the airport @ 6:30ish then landing in Guangzhou, China time, at Continue reading

2013, China, Dalian American International School, Dalian China

campus village, Guangzhou, Hanoi, HoiAn, Sapa, Vietnam
2013-01-01

Cat Cat, Sa Pa Vietnam

Cat Cat, Sa Pa Vietnam 30 December 2012 The first rainy day or actually all night previous but not to worry the rain did clear on Sunday morning with just a mist over Sapa and the one place we had not been to yet was the nearest village to Sapa, Cat Cat. Yes, that is Continue reading

2012, Dalian American International School, Hanoi, Vietnam

campus village, Cat Cat, Dalian American International School, H’Mong ethnic group, Hanoi Tourist train, Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum, Sa Pa Vietnam, Sapa, Sapa Tourist train, tribal folks
2012-11-11

Dalian Harbour View Hotel

Best Western Premier, Dalian Harbour View Hotel Sunday, November 11, 2012 home Blog Index next blog previous blog Youtube video at http://youtu.be/mfIh5gvLq9A and at http://neuage.us/BLOGS/25-Dalian-Harbour-View-Hotel.html Friday morning 6 AM waking up saying to Narda maybe we should stay in Dalian for the weekend; get away from school and campus village – take a break, stay Continue reading

2012, China, Dalian American International School, Dalian China

2 Gangwan Street, Best Western Premier, broadcast journalism students, campus village, Canyon H.S. School in Bhopal, Chinese restaurant, Clifton Park, Dalian American International School, Dalian Harbour View Hotel, Dalian Passenger Terminal, Dalian Port, India, ISA plan through the British Council Schools team, Longshan, New York, World Class, Zhonshan District
2012-11-04

Jinshitan Storming

Jinshitan Storming Sunday, November 04, 2012 blogs 2012 We had our storm. Nothing like Sandy visiting the East Coast of the US but the earth had its moments of spitting and farting then the electricity went off. I was doing non-significant stuff at 6:15 am on a Sunday morning; writing up my lesson plans for Continue reading

2012, China, Dalian American International School, Jinshitan, kai Fa Qu

Bhopal, campus village, Canyon School, Dalian American International School, Green Mango Hotel, Hanoi, HoiAn, India, Jackson Square, Jinshitan Storming, Kaifaqu, New Orleans, Viet Nam
2012-09-29

Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋節)

Saturday, September 29, 2012 How are some weekends different from other weekends? When there seems to be no end to the particular one being experienced is my favourite way; for example, this weekend syncs with next weekend in that the days between are part of the holiday of the Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋節) and no I Continue reading

2012, China, Dalian American International School, Dalian China, Jinshitan, kai Fa Qu

British Council Schools team, Charles Gregory, Collaborative Broadcast Journalism, International School Services, Kazakhstan, Mid-Autumn Festival, Mooncake Festival, Raphael Raphael, Ross Global Academy, Weihai, World Class, Yantai, Zhongqiu Festival, 中秋節
2012-09-16

Dalian Bingyu National Geopark

The youtube video for this is at http://youtu.be/nKQkC-qTqaM a slideshow with heaps of photos is at http://neuage.us/BLOGS/weekend/index.html We needed the weekend off – something different, calming, invigorating and maybe even fun. There were about 30 of us from our school, teachers and the like – well actually teachers. There was another bus, parents and children Continue reading

2012, China, Dalian American International School

Backbone Sward (rock pillar), Binguanzhuanyong, Bingyu Culture, Buddha’s Hand Stone, characterized by quartz rock peaks, Dalian Bingyu National Geopark, Dalian International Club, Dove Stone (rock pillar, Grand Iron wall (steep cliff and other formations), Hongzhenying, Moonlight Sward (rock pillar), palaeo glacier trace, River Yingna, Shanghan ice ridge, Twin Dragons (rock columns), Zhuanghe of Dalian City
2012-09-14

Parent Teacher conference

We had the first of two-days of parent teacher’s conference at our school today. I have done this at schools before, nothing new, but I did get to thinking about life in general and the turns and twists one takes on the journey. Sitting there with parents I remembered my days as the parent with Continue reading

2012, China, Dalian American International School, Dalian China, Jinshitan, kai Fa Qu

Bingyu Valley, Christies Beach High School, Dalian American International School, Meadows, Mt. Compass, Parent Teacher conference, Pt. Elliot, Victor Harbor, Wirreanda High School, 冰峪沟!