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Last update June 17 2005
OK, let me put on my Olias of Sunhillow CD (or maybe Cassandra Wilson's New Moon Daughter or Blue Light 'Til Dawn, or the soundtrack to Spirited Away or The Last Emperor) and think for a moment...
I was born in 1964, so do the math. I'm married to a beautiful Chinese woman and the proud owner of a stupid dog named Beano. I taught English for four years in Taiwan.. in various bu xi ban, and also full-time in Transworld Junior College of Business in Touliu (now Transworld Technical Institute).
I recently learned that I am also a Japanese anime' character:
I acquired my MATESL from SIUE. SIUE has the top-rated TESL program in the greater St. Louis area and, as US News and World Reports cites, the top-rated public university in Illinois... I also have a Master's Degree in Economics. Currently we are both pursuing Ph.D. degrees in Applied Linguistics.
After finishing college in 1991 I worked as the Ass't Director of a homeless shelter for about two years, then joined a missionary training program for a year and a half. Working in a homeless shelter was an eye-opening experience. Our particular shelter focused primarily on mentally ill women, although of course any woman was welcome if we had room... The missionary training program was a very "hands on" thing, instead of being scholarly, like a seminary. We worked in a Juvenile Delinquent Detention Center, in inner city communities, etc. I also tutored many Taiwanese students from nearby colleges in English ...That part of the training program led to my Taiwanese contacts.
I went to Taiwan to be a missionary and to teach English part-time, but God intervened through a strange set of circumstances ...Hmmm... So I went to Taiwan, found a job teaching English in a cram school (that's pretty easy to do), and got a work visa. I first met my wife in church, less than two weeks after I arrived. We dated for a year, then married on the 16th of July, 1996.
We're pretty happy, but it's not always easy. Life is always good for my dog, since he's a little too dumb to have any problems.
Gosh, do you really really want to read more?
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