February 2008

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Ear Surgery

By Carrie on February 28, 2008

My health has been terrible this winter. Things finally took a turn for the worse last week when I came down with another ear infection. I think I’ve mentioned before that I’ve suffered from ear problems since I was a child.
In Canada, the ENT (ear, nose and throat) specialist I used to see insisted there [...]

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The Haunted Basement by Oliver Wang

By Carrie on February 27, 2008

The Haunted Basement is written by Oliver Wang. Oliver is ten years old.
A long time ago, a man trapped an evil monster in an abandoned school basement. He told his son to never go into the basement, because if the monster got out it would kill everyone. The man’s son promised that he would never [...]

Posted in Taiwan, Writing | Tagged Short Stories, Student Writers | 7 Responses

Super Writer: Meet the Author: Oliver Wang

By Carrie on February 27, 2008

Oliver Wang is 10 years old. He studies English at Gram English School in Shu-lin City, Taiwan. Oliver continued his English studies with me after moving back to Taiwan from Canada. He has been studying English at Gram for 18 months.
Oliver edits, revises and publishes his own stories. I provide some guidance by giving [...]

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Taiwanese Super Writers

By Carrie on February 26, 2008

I’m really excited to introduce this new series written by a group of guest authors from Gram English School. These guest authors are my students and I’m bringing the cream of the crop to My Several Worlds to showcase their creativity and talent.
The students featured as Super Writers are between ten and fifteen years of [...]

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Taiwan Photo Journal: Tainan to Baolai Hot Springs

By Carrie on February 22, 2008

John loaded the bike in Tainan.
We came back from our annual motorcycle trip around Taiwan just a few short weeks ago. Last year, we spent six days traversing the Central Cross Island Highway. This year, we decided to travel from west to east along the Southern Cross Island Highway.
Our first day dawned bright and [...]

Posted in Taiwan, Travel | Tagged Hot Springs, Southern Cross Island Highway | 16 Responses

Friends Like Christina

By Carrie on February 19, 2008

As I was coming home on the bus last night, I ran into my friend, Christina. We met several months ago on the bus on our way home from work. We started hanging out together as language exchange partners and it has ended up blossoming into a beautiful friendship. We just [...]

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Photo Moment: Buddha’s Footprint in Luang Prabang, Laos

By Carrie on February 17, 2008

A three meter long footprint of Buddha on Phu Si Hill in Luang Prabang, Laos.

Posted in Laos | Tagged Buddhism, Luang Prabang, Photo Moment, Photography, Temples, Travel, Travel Photography | 1 Response

A Photo A Day From Planet Earth

By Carrie on February 15, 2008

I had a nice surprise today from Rich Ward, author of A Photo A Day From Planet Earth. A Photo A Day has been in my feed reader since day one and it’s one of the few blogs I visit on a daily basis.
I think Rich does an amazing job of posting a picture [...]

Posted in Photography | Tagged Link Love, Photography | 4 Responses