A Year and Eleven Months Worth of Laundry Later...

...I realized that I had been putting fabric softener in the liquid detergent tray this entire time. To the best of my knowledge, I have now remedied the situation, with only a little over a month to go. Yay, me.

Good thing I have been buying most of my hygiene products at home. I can't wait to be literate again!

Kids, stay in school -- knowing how to read pays off. But God help you when you move to a country that uses over 2000 characters AND creates an interesting hybrid of your language (known as Engrish) that's even harder to decipher sometimes.

That's all for tonight, folks.

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words, Part 3

Life is full of awkward moments.  Like that awkward moment when...

... you're caught laughing at someone's shirt, while taking a picture of it. And no one around you knows enough English to understand why it's so funny.

...you forgot you were wearing Christmas socks, until you took off your shoes in someone's home, in the middle of March.

... your childhood obsession becomes a symbol for Hooters.

... you find out someone had been using your desk while you were out. They forgot to hide the evidence one day!

...your pastry is larger than your planner.  I'm half kidding, since this particular oversized dorayaki was actually a gift from someone. But there have been others...

...the student you randomly chose, to present in front of the class, had this to say about his summer vacation. Ok, I'm kidding about this one, too. Still an awkward response, though.