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Scholar Dave

I am the gatekeeper of my own destiny and I will have my day in the sun!

About Me

Hey kids, I am Scholar Dave. Yes I am ridiculously intelligent which is why I am the Scholar. My passions include museums, languages, long walks on the beach and traveling around our planet. Currently I am living it up in my hometown and working as a painter. But after 10 months in China I hope to again live outside the U.S. and make a difference for the Man upstairs.
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My Interests

Fishing, people watching, and trying "Ethnic" foods

Music:

Sufjan Stevens, Pedro The Lion, Bright Eyes, Calexico, Iron & Wine, David Crowder Band, Kings of Convenience, Mae, Jenny Lewis With the Watson Twins, Snow Patrol, The Shins, and Wilco.

Movies:

About A Boy

Television:

Lost, Monk, House, Heroes, 24 and the office.

Books:

LOTR, Wheel of Time series

Heroes:

Jesus, Our Troops, and young conservatives.

My Blog

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Posted by Scholar Dave on Fri, 17 Feb 2006 08:52:00 PST

Harbin's is cold

Before I left for Thailand I took a trip to Harbin, China.  Harbin is basically in Siberia, so it is ridiculously cold.  After 5 minutes in the -25 Celsius weather icicles began forming in m...
Posted by Scholar Dave on Thu, 16 Feb 2006 10:42:00 PST

Thailand

Hey friends, I am currently living it up in Phuket, Thailand.  I can't describe how amazing this place is, you'll just have to trust me that I am having a blast snorkeling, swimming and drinking ...
Posted by Scholar Dave on Fri, 27 Jan 2006 04:56:00 PST

Hutongs

Last week I went to the Hutongs, here in Beijing with some friends.  The Hutongs are the old neighborhoods of Beijing.  The buildings are all constructed from Brick and Mortar.  The doo...
Posted by Scholar Dave on Tue, 10 Jan 2006 10:48:00 PST

Always wear your seatbelt in Beijing

At the beginning of the year I was amazed at how I heard these tales of crazy Chinese drivers and how they were always taking huge chances with death when they got behind the wheel.  But I was am...
Posted by Scholar Dave on Mon, 19 Dec 2005 05:44:00 PST

Please think about this

Recently I became aware of a situation happening with a friend of mine here in China.  His wife has a mental illness and he has recently discovered the full reality of the world in which she ...
Posted by Scholar Dave on Thu, 15 Dec 2005 11:54:00 PST

UTP Visit

A week and a half ago, my team and I left for a trip to a city in China name Rizhao.  (Never ask me to say the name of the city because I will just butcher it)  We went on this trip to Rizha...
Posted by Scholar Dave on Wed, 30 Nov 2005 05:41:00 PST

Hu died?

Recently I held a class with my grade 2.1 students (11th graders), in that class I began a unit entitled what do you want.  In that Unit introductory class we read a story entitled Hollywood Kid...
Posted by Scholar Dave on Wed, 09 Nov 2005 06:24:00 PST

Be For Time I was Lost in The Magic of Love

So in the first weekend in November the guys and I hit the ground running doing some exciting things here in Beijing.  For all of you who do not know my team, there is Ryan, Jon and our team l...
Posted by Scholar Dave on Sun, 06 Nov 2005 06:22:00 PST

Halloween Madness in Beijing

So last friday I had the unique opportunity to ride a bike through Beijing China dressed as Santa Claus.  A number of foreigners living in  Beijing decided that it would be a good idea to ma...
Posted by Scholar Dave on Wed, 02 Nov 2005 06:57:00 PST