http://www.interexpat.com Interexpat feed - r�sultats pour acts of kindness http://www.interexpat.com/girls-and-boys-a277129.html http://www.interexpat.com/girls-and-boys-a277129.html Last year I taught ages 11-14. This year I am teaching 12-17. It is a whole other ball game, mainly due to the declining maturity level in the boys. While the girls tend to go in the direction up towards a mature and sensible outlook on life the boys slide quickly downwards until they are sitting in a pile of muddy, sex obsessed and rude water. It is the boys who play the nipple squeezing game ?with each other, not the girls, thank God- and it is they who pass notes, talk in class and fill... Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.interexpat.com/pickling-lime-911-a277130.html http://www.interexpat.com/pickling-lime-911-a277130.html Does anyone within a 5 mile radius have pickling lime' Calcium hydroxide.It's online, everywhere, yet why is it such a puzzle to find in a real store'I am making hominy, which will be incorporated into pozole with slow-cooked pig, for Sunday's Farm City Fair. It's a long, slow process, and the pickling lime (calcium hydroxide), dehusks the dried corn and loosens the kernels, each of which I will remove by hand.Failing lime I will use baking soda (sodium bicarbonate). Seems that pickling lime is... Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.interexpat.com/farm-city-fair-and-blue-ribbon-competition-a277131.html http://www.interexpat.com/farm-city-fair-and-blue-ribbon-competition-a277131.html On September 12th, Bergen Street between Smith Street and Boerum Place in Brooklyn will be turned into a county fair for the day. The Farm City Fair is sponsored by FIAF (French Institute, Alliance Française).I have seen no publicity for this event, but know about it through Christina Kelly, the artist responsible for Maize Field, whom I met through an interview I did with her for the Fall edition of edible Brooklyn (out soon).Christina came over today to drop off a pork belly from... Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.interexpat.com/is-this-going-to-make-you-uncomfortable-a277132.html http://www.interexpat.com/is-this-going-to-make-you-uncomfortable-a277132.html When I moved to Sweden, I was intrigued and, well, relieved by the fact that I will have my medical insurance covered. I am definitely not one of those American's that really gives a damn about 'picking my doctor' or any other nonsense caused by fear mongering in the media about health reform. Actually, I had to go without health insurance while I was home for 6 months. I felt very fortunate that nothing disastrous happened. (and if anyone was interested I should of had health insurance, but my... Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.interexpat.com/the-old-barn-a277133.html http://www.interexpat.com/the-old-barn-a277133.html click to enlargeJust down the road'around the bend,Stands an old empty barn; nearing the end.It has sheltered no animals for many years;No dairy cows, no horses, no sheep, no steers.The neigh of a horse; the low of a cow;Those sounds have been absent for some time now.There was a time when the loft was full of hay,And the resounding laughter of children at play.At one time the paint was a bold shade of red;Gradually faded by weather and the sun overhead.The doors swing in the wind'the hinges... Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.interexpat.com/the-parking-lot-a277134.html http://www.interexpat.com/the-parking-lot-a277134.html Thankfully, scenes like this (taken from my apartment window) are set to disappear from the streets of Abu Dhabi as the Department of Transport introduces dreaded paid parking to the city. The yearly permit (from Mawaqif) costs US $217 for the 1st car and US $326 for the 2nd. Violators pay US $136 for each offence. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.interexpat.com/by-the-way-im-in-the-united-states-a277135.html http://www.interexpat.com/by-the-way-im-in-the-united-states-a277135.html But this is Hawai'i, it's not the Mainland, is it'Speaking to my Korean student Edward Lee I was struck by his comment that after he gets his MA in English, he's heading back to Korea to teach. Born and raised in the US, he went back to Korea for ten years. Now he's suffering some culture shock, as the condition of the US has surprised him - the fall in living standards, the inefficiencies of banks and bureaucracies. East Asia is where's it's all happening as far as he is concerned. All my... Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.interexpat.com/back-to-school-a277137.html http://www.interexpat.com/back-to-school-a277137.html It's a bit of a social time for mums at the moment - the beginning of a new school year.  Yesterday, on the school run (for the older ones), I felt a bit like a celebrity - waving and saying hello to long lost friends who haven't entered my orbit for months.  Everyone was on top form - enthusiastic, all of us showing off our new clothes.  However, I'm a realist.  This celebrity feeling is bound to be momentary.  I'm... Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.interexpat.com/displacement-a277139.html http://www.interexpat.com/displacement-a277139.html Having just returned from a trip to the US for a week, I cannot help but feel a bit displaced. I know the US is "home" and there is no question that we will return there someday to live permanently. However during this visit back to America, flying into Chicago did not feel like we were coming home, it felt more like we were visiting the city for a while. Right now, it feels like our home is in England - and I feel a bit of comfort when we land here and drive home surrounded by fields of cows... Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.interexpat.com/trivia-question-what-countrys-flag-has-an-ak-47-on-it-a277140.html http://www.interexpat.com/trivia-question-what-countrys-flag-has-an-ak-47-on-it-a277140.html Trivia Question: What country's flag has an AK-47 on it'Take a moment to think about it........keep thinking.......seriously, there really is a country that has an AK-47 pictured on its flag......give up'.......here's the flag.......still can't figure it out, right'...The answer is...Mozambique.Yes, Mozambique's national flag has a picture of an AK-47 on it. According to wikipedia the Kalashnikov assault rifle's image on the flag is supposed to symbolize the nation's struggle for... Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT