In Motion

Today is Thanksgiving, and I have so much to be thankful about. I'm a child of God, happily married to my husband, life is wonderful and relatively stress-free, we have a great church community, and we finally got a dog! Life with a dog is wonderful. It's definitely been an incentive to come home/stay home and to wake up earlier in the mornings (to let Jasmine out). And I love how she's such a snugglebug. We make her sleep in the dog bed at night because there simply isn't enough space on our bed for another creature, but in the morning she gets on the bed and snuggles up to us. If you've never had a dog snuggle up to you quietly, you don't know what love is. =P I also like taking her out on walks and seeing people smile at her (because she's such a cutie). I used to go all mushy with other people's dogs and now I have one of my own for others to go gaga over! The other day at Duke Gardens, two girls came up to us to asked to pet Jasmine. I was onl...

You know that dog I'd set my sights on adopting? Turns out she was returned to the shelter by the other person who snapped her up before I could. So here's a picture of Jasmine in her new home : She's a smart one, gotta give her that. =P

When I started dating Jia Wern at the young age of 17, my mum was concerned that I hadn't lived enough of my life as a single lady yet. When I got married at the age of 23, my (Chinese) friends were incredulous. Most don't see marriage in the near future yet. When I decided to put my career on hold to move to the States to join my husband, many questioned if I was making the right move. After all, the typical Asian mentality is to "finish your studies, get a good job, save up and THEN get married and have kids". I apologize for the mental agony I put all of you well-meaning folks through. =P Yes, I have definitely missed out on being single and free to travel, but guess what? I don't miss being single, and I detest travelling anyway (I know this opinion is going to make me very unpopular with the hip crowd, but whatever). I don't regret getting tied down at all! I love the commitment, responsibility and stability of being married. And I'm not being bia...

One of my latest undertakings is signing up for an online TESOL certificate by Arizona State University through Coursera. The course started this week, but it's a pretty laid-back course since it only demands about 2-4 hours of study each week. The downside is that it would take perhaps a year or more to get my certificate since it's going at such a leisurely pace. What I do have is time, however, so I'm not too concerned about that. Anyway, I completed my first assignment two days ago, and felt like posting it up here. The assignment was to state my opinion in 1-4 paragraphs on the statement "Anyone who speaks the language can teach the language". Since many believe just about anybody can teach and that teachers aren't really professionals, here's my two cents about it. Not Everyone who Speaks the Language can Teach It My name is May, and I strongly disagree with the assumption that “Anyone who speaks the language can teach the language.” My reason...