April 10, 2005

• I want to buy the first 3 seasons of The West Wing... and you should too!

  
  

  A UNIFORMED DECISION:  Clemson unveiled their new 2005 football uniforms recently... so to celebrate I thought I'd change the site a little too.

  
  

  BOOK 'EM DANNO:  The general outpouring of support for my humorous imaginary book, "Dorm Life: When being a RA is one letter away from AA", has overwhelmed me.  So just to wet your appetite further I present for your reading pleasure...

  
  

  
  

  CHAPTER EIGHT - DEALING WITH CULTURAL DIFFICULTIES AND OTHER ICEBERGS

  
  

  "Not all boarding schools are exactly the same.  Across the globe there are schools than house students from many different parts of the world from many different backgrounds and lifestyles however one thing remains a constant that binds them all together... students.  For the RA, as difficult the students may be in different circumstances attempting to understanding them, sometimes there is reason to their madness which we call culture differences, is not only difficult but time consuming as well.  Never in a million years will you ever hope to understand it... because if you did, well the students would realize that their upper hand in life has disappeared so they suddenly morph into something else thus resulting in a net loss of wasted time, resources and energy yet gaining a new understanding of levels of frustration previously unknown with a defeatist attitude on the side.  In order to bypass the obstacle of cultural difficulties is still simply:  ignore students between 3 and 10pm or just resort to plain trickery."

  
  

  As always I am looking for more endorsements... if you feel that my writings have impacted you in your life vocationally, feel free to drop me a line and I'll post it for all to see.

  
  

  YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT:  Ever have that craving for something but unsure as to what?  Well... its difficult here because my limited options include but definitely not limited to: Korean, Korean, Korean, Korean, Korean, McD's, and Korean.  I do not think I can stomach another trip to McD's but yet the smell of sea food still turns my stomach.  Oh how I long for the days of Chik-Fil-A and Troutman's BBQ with huge cups of sweet iced tea.  Drew was wonderful in sharing some of his oatmeal with me... it smelled so good with the cinnamon and brown sugar it reminded me of home.

  
  

  CHINESE WALLY WORLD:  A picture from China at the Great Wall with my girl.

  
  

  
  I am standing where the first Great Wall-mart was supposedly built... but destroyed by an angry mob of local merchant Huns 

  
  

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  Will

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