Some highlights from November of 2015, as follows:

All time-stamps are in Pacific Standard Time (PST) unless otherwise noted: the local-time in Vietnam was in the Indo-China Time (ICT): for five years, I lived in the ICT time-zone: ICT is 13 hours ahead of PST (in the summer):

Speakers

2015-11-01 - Sunday - 12:11 AM PST: 02:11 PM ICT Monday - I replied to mom's email which contained an article written by a doctor. I wrote: "Too loud is too bad. Agreed. Omni-directional speakers are better. My runners high is not as high as it was before but I try to listen to my body and try not to be too lazy or abuse it​."

See Me

2015-11-01 - Sunday - 05:38 AM - Facebook - 18 Likes - 6 Comments - Liked by Park Chayma of Tunisia - Khánh Vân of Phu Nhuan

English

2015-11-01 - Sunday - 01:27 AM - Hiếu Min messaged me: "I want to improve E, can u help me?writting and speaking are not good! Please!!!"

Coffee Shop

2015-11-02 - Monday - 12:42 AM - Le Duyen Tran messaged me: "hi Joey. how r u. Did u remember me? Few Months ago, i learned with u. Now, i wana invite u come to my coffee shop that i promised. u can come whenever u want, just leave message for me. hope u agree. i have just call u. but i meet ur friend. can i have ur number..." 01:45 AM - "01282065373 is not working, right?"

Class Notes

2015-11-02 - Monday - 04:39 AM: 06:00 PM ICT - 07:30 PM - Medium Class - You can pay by credit card... Delegate: assign: give; divide; share...

Class Notes

2015-11-02 - Monday - 06:11 AM: 07:30 PM ICT - 09:00 PM - High Class - Environmental Pollution... Vague: general, simple, not specific, open-ended

Vietnamese Hat Pic

2015-11-02 - Monday - 08:38 AM - Picture - 19 Likes - 2 Comments - Liked by Thiều Thúy Huệ - Kitty Lucky

Candy Bar Joey

2015-11-02 - Monday - 07:52 PM - Shirtless Bald Joey with a Nutrition Bar - 42 Likes - 3 Comments - Liked by Eu Fritz

Hi

2015-11-03 - Tuesday - 02:04 AM - Linh Kem messaged me: "hi."

Class Notes

2015-11-03 - Tuesday - 06:09 AM - Do you get lost? I got lost at Chinatown in District 5. A student of mine said she or he was in China. I think, a female. 12 AM is midnight.

Class Notes

2015-11-03 - Tuesday - 06:06 AM: 07:30 PM ICT - 09:30 PM - 2015-11-03 Tue 730 PM Mediums - Sales monitor at Philips... The seaport in Q.4 was more popular before the Q.2 seaport came along, maybe around 2012... BOM: Business Official Manager

Thanks

2015-11-04 - Wednesday - 12:02 AM - Khánh Vy messaged me: "thanks sir." 03:52 PM - Luyên Thuyên - Thu Uyên messaged me: "what 's up?"

Park English

2015-11-05 - Thursday - 02:30 AM - Hồ Ngọc Hân messaged me: "When do you go to 23.9 park? If I want to learn with you." 05:48 PM - (08:18 AM ICT, Nov 6) Trần Hương Lan messaged me: "Me baby." 05:59 PM - Mẹ SuBi messaged me: "ok thanks." 05:59 PM - Nhiễn Lê messaged me: "Oki, I'll call you."

Class Notes

2015-11-05 - Thursday - 06:14 AM: 07:30 PM ICT - 09:00 PM - Medium English Class - Refrain from drinking more beer. Stop yourself... Coffee energizes me... Questions during job interviews... How does the promotions help the companies and not just the customers? Family Mart has a sales on ice-cream... Will they make money from the ice-cream that is on sale? How will they money (profits)? From selling the other stuff that is not on sale...

???

2015-11-06 - Friday - 02:58 AM - Annie Lam - Lâm Ánh Nhi messaged me: "???" 03:07 AM - Ắn messaged me: "Hi."

Park English

2015-11-06 - Friday - 05:33 PM PST: 08:03 AM ICT - Phuong Thuy Nguyen of the AAA Spa messaged me: "I in here." We had class at the park around 8 AM ICT in the morning, a few days each week. Good student. Many other messages from the first few days of November, 2015.

Big Teachers, Small Teachers

2015-11-07 - Saturday - 07:13 AM - Facebook - 54 Likes - 9 Comments - 7 Shares - Liked by Lê Thị Thương Thương - Angelina Tran - Hà Phương Đinh - Sara Hadidi of the Netherlands - Lê Trung Hiếu - Hàng Thái Trân - Gürsel Sezer - Comments by Maruko Chan - Fungai Kapuya of Zimbabwe

FYG English Pic

2015-11-08 - Sunday - 08:16 AM - Selfie Picture - 43 Likes - 5 Comments

Bé Nhi

2015-11-08 - Sunday - 11:31 PM - Blogspot - Bé Nhi messaged me: "..... I steal bread for you. I'm still in love with you.... Why don't you teach us anymore?... Me and Khoi miss you...." Me: "did you get a new English teacher?" Nhi: "Yes, but I don't like her.... Yup. It's boring. It makes me bored..... Teach me how to dance Joey.... When will you go back to your country? This country is no longer safe... Why did you quit? Mr Cuong and Mrs Dung didn't like you? .... Have your visa expired? .... Vietnam is not a welfare state. Go back to the USA, you will have much more support.... 090-855-6131 is not your mobile phone number by the way. It's the mobile phone number of a woman name Tien Nguyen..... Come to my house again sometimes. I have just met a new friend, she's very nice.... You should have gone back to your country last year. But you didn't.... You have caused a lot of trouble here, that's why people do not like you. They think you are crazy. You should go back to your country... I'm an alienist. I come to help you. Don't worry.... You are harrasing girl. Stop sexual abusing on Vietnamese girls.... Marilyn Mitchell is your step mom.... I have a house in slumdog area. I think it's suit you.... My alternative name is Kahy (KATHY). How did you know that? .... You misunderstood her. She didn't steal your bike. She had your agreement to sell your bike... You are ungrateful, do you know how much money did she spend for you? You ate a lot from their house, you took a lot from their house and now you are telling lies about them. Shame on you!... Have you ever asked why. a lot of people hate you? From the leaf pagoda, to Remy Cafe, Dai Trinh, Kathy... Nobody likes you. Have you every had a thought about that? Everything happens for a reason!... There are no Jesus in this world, wake up! This earth is made from the Big Bang explosion.... There are no God!... Simply, when you die, your body become rotten... You have a nickname, it's called Tây Điên, Crazy Westerner.... You should go back to the USA to cure your autism... My sister hates you. My mom also hates you... I taught my baby to say I hate Joey.... How do you know that I've got a babay? *by ... Are you spying me? Are you a spy? I will call your mother. I will call the Vietnamese police. they will catch you, they will deport you. they will throw you to jail, then will throw you back to your country. I have a meeting with Dai Trinh, Remy, Mr Cuong, Mrs Dung tomorrow. We will discuss about you. See you at 23/9 Park tomorrow." Facebook Marriage - David Duke - Daniel Smith.

Mistake

2015-11-09 - Monday - 07:54 PM: 10:23 AM ICT, Tuesday - Phượng Chick messaged me: "hi there... are there any mistakes in this sen tence? There always is nearly a crowd at the door of the theatre asking for returned tickets."

Class Notes

2015-11-09 - Monday - 04:42 AM: 06:00 PM ICT - 07:00 PM - Medium Class - Anime... Congested: crowded... She's selling bread in a basket on her bike... Medicine... Fairy tales; legends, myths... Rabbit vs turtle story. Why did the turtle win? Focused on the job at hand... He overcompensates for what he lacks... Are you calm? Peaceful? Patient? Stretch: reach, extend, bend... A student said he or she studied bacteria... Worth: value: price...

Class Notes

2015-11-10 - Tuesday - 06:43 AM: 06:30 PM ICT - 08:00 PM - Medium Class - Have you worked & go to school at the same time? Exhausted. Pessimistic: negative: opposite of positive... Do you like famous people? Your best friend is getting married. She did not invite you because you eat all the food. You feel left out. You feel depressed (very sad), rejected, worthless... Did you make (design) your business cards? Can your friends help you make money?

Disappearing Fire

2015-11-11 - Wednesday - 05:59 PM - Blogspot - 2015-11-12 Thurday, 9 AM - Saigon Balo Hostel: 203 Pham Ngu Lao, P.PNL, Q.1, TP.HCM.

Policed Tied Up Joey Arnold

2015-11-11 - Wednesday - 06:33 PM - Blogspot - Facebook - 45 Likes - 16 Comments - 4 Shares - Mister James Duncan - English Teacher from the UK - Chùa Lá - Gò Vấp - YouTube - Phóng sự: Lớp học ở chùa Lá - Leo Tran - Phan Kim Long Liked by Dinh Nguyen - Lương Thảo - Nylannohj Etnoralliv - Holding Love - Hồ Thị Hằng - Ngọc Hân - Bích Triều - Võ Như Phụng - Ai Phan - Nguyên Đoàn - Đinh Trần Ngọc Anh - Ngọc Yến - 李昆莹 - Trần Hương - Liên Phạm‎ - Hoài Nguyễn

Learn Past Your Limits

2015-11-11 - Wednesday - 08:54 PM - Blogspot - Local authorities report recent arrests - 2015 - Nov. 11 - 12 - It Mentions a Joey Arnold, age 40, of Texas, not me, as I was in Vietnam. This Joey was accused of "Disturbing the peace appearing in an intoxicated condition."

Me on Craigslist

2015-11-12 - Thursday - 12:32 AM - Blogspot - Craigslist - Pic 01 - Pic 02 - Pic 03 - Pic 04

Twenty English Words: Business Vocabulary

2015-11-12 - Thursday - 09:32 PM - Blogspot - 09:38 PM - Facebook - Liked by Sandra Vuckovic

New Room

2015-11-13 - Friday - 12:10 PM: 02:40 AM ICT Saturday - Thuy Tran messaged me: "did you find a room? I asked friend and she told me don't have room more... If you still need, i ask other place."

Hostel Agreement

2015-11-14 - Saturday - 07:02 PM: 09:32 AM ICT Saturday - Tien Nguyen Jolie of FYG messaged me: "you know. we are always ready for u to live there in morning, afternoon, night( not over night)... If We ( me and my cousin) live there at any time, you also can live because there are more than 2 people lving there (not only one boy and one girl) so when we are there, you can be there and when there are nobody there, you also can be there. That girl often lives there on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. So tmr you can come earliest is about 10am... That girls lives there on Tues, Thurs and Fri that means you just live there there in the morning and evening on those days because We are there at those times and on those days, you know." Tien was talking about the new FYG English classroom in District 1 where we started our English club back up again in October 2015. They also sold things as well as their main job. Memory.

War OSU.org

2015-11-15 - Sunday - 01:35 AM - Blogspot - Warosu - Comment - Comment - Posts 01 - Posts 02 - Posts 03

2007: Travel Abroad With Bags

2015-11-15 - Sunday - 01:52 AM - Blogspot - L4OJ.I8.COM - Room & Board - Blog

VN Mike English

2015-11-15 - Sunday - 06:50 PM - Mike emailed me 2 pictures from Saturday of me, Mike, & others at the 23/9 Park - Mike wrote in that email: "Hi. Joey. Have a nice day and Get Great Week. I'm Mike who talked with you in the park yesterday. You are good guy and Great Teacher. We have learned so many thing from you. We are appreciate your teaching skill and your kindness that you supported and changed many people life in the park. Now, I'm trying to find Good room for you. I will tell you know when i get information. About Teaching, Our Group have one class which really want to work and collaborate with you. I tried and made a deal with Our group. Our group is available to give you 300.000 vnđ/2 ours for your teaching. Hope we can work with you. Our class will start at 7.00 p.m, Wednesday, 18/11/ 2015, at Hoa Huong Duong Coffee, near 23/09 park. Looking forward and listenning from you. Thanks and Best Regards." On the 18th, I replied saying that I felt stood-up. Maybe a no-show by them. I showed up. Saw somebody who might have been in the club.

Help This Psycho

2015-11-15 - Sunday - 08:49 PM - Blogspot - Pic

Class Notes

2015-11-16 - Monday - 06:04 AM: 07:30 PM ICT - 09:00 PM - High Class - Terrorist Attack - Can you hide the truth without lying? Accepting faults? Joking around? When is it ok to lie? Happy wife, happy life. Make it rain. Make a lot of money....

Forty Emotion Words: English Vocabulary

2015-11-16 - Monday - 05:10 PM - Blogspot - 2015-11-17 Tuesday 8 AM ICT SBH Q.1 TP.HCM - 40 vocab words.

Class Notes

2015-11-17 - Tuesday - 05:13 AM: 06:30 PM ICT - 08:00 PM - Medium Class - Pronunciation practice. Tongue twisters.

1. Stacks, stuck
2. Tasks like ask
3. Tax
4. Text; T-Rex (dinosaur animal)
5. Last

Why are you going to Dalat? Are you going there on vacation? There are waterfalls there. How often do you go on vacations? Three times a year: 3x/yr. I'm going back to my hometown on Saturday. I like going swimming. I like going to the cinema. I like going out with my friends... Do you feel comfortable in HCM? No, because it's too noisy & it makes me feel so tired all of the time. They both have pros and cons (good & bad things). They have different features (things). The lifestyle in hometowns are peaceful & laid back (relax). People lay back = people relax, are lazy, play, do some work, rest, and are calm (not angry: quiet, peaceful). They're family-friendly: they are friendly to families: suitable (fine: right fit; good place) for children.... Hospitals... helping cats... Cu Chi Tunnels...

Mob-Rule Hostel

2015-11-18 - Wednesday - 09:42 AM - Blogspot - Saigon Balo Backpacking Hostel: 203 Pham Ngu Lao, Q.1, TP.HCM - "We go or he goes." 2015-11-18 Wed 11:46 PM Anh Coffee: Q.1, TP.HCM. Mr. Chau (Mark): 0167-253-7970 - Ms. Tien Nguyen: 090-855-6131 - Joey Arnold: 0168-478-5542.

Mike English

2015-11-18 - Wednesday - 09:45 AM - I replied to that Mike Email from the 15th: "I was at that tea shop from 6 - 7 PM. As I left, I saw some Vietnamese that might be in your class but I did not see you."

Cherish Life

2015-11-19 - Thursday - 09:00 PM PST - Email - Uploaded to Facebook on Friday, the 20th, at 07:26 AM PST - Facebook - 144 Likes - 12 Comments - 68 Shares - Liked by Naomi Solange - Quỳnh Everlasting - Hằng Phạm - Vân Nguyễn - Hà Thủy - Hạt Cải - Bảo Trang - Lê Ngọc Hân - Chi Hà - Niệm Thương - Egoro Collins Ohmsford Nobel - Huệ Dương - Vũ Mai Kim Hà - Xanh Ngọc Nguyễn - Lilly Tuyet

Class Notes

2015-11-20 - Friday - 06:03 AM: 07:30 PM ICT - 09:00 PM - High Class - Marketing... Ginseng & milk powder for pregnant women & for newborn babies, babies, & children up to the age of fifteen... Today is special for mothers because mommys are like teachers... I went back to my high school today to visit my former (old) teachers... Smooth men may use tricks and moves and games to get girls to like them. When they wake up, they may be like surprise... They may also cut out the Vietnamese History class as well someday in Vietnam... Honesty is the best policy...

Morning

2015-11-21 - Saturday - 05:48 AM - Hoàng Biếng Ăn messaged me: "Joey, morning can you drink with me and ms Diem? Pls relay me. Thanks." She might have been one of my students.

Twitter

2015-11-21 - Saturday - 09:54 AM - Facebook - My Twitter is @JoeyArnoldVN

Anh Cafe English

2015-11-21 - Saturday - 06:16 PM - Facebook - 06:42 PM - Blogspot - Tu Hoa Bach - TutorSchool.vn - Liked by Mai Hương Bíp - Jheza Napitan - Virgo Kay Kay - I wrote: "Learn English with me at Anh Coffee, Q.1, TP.HCM..."

Overcoming Shyness

2015-11-21 - Saturday - 06:16 PM - Facebook Post - 3 Likes

Early or Late

2015-11-21 - Saturday - 07:53 PM - Trịnh Hiền messaged me: "some people prefer to get up early in the morning anh start the day's work. Other prefer get up later in the day and work until late at night. which do you prefer." Her birthday.

Bình Dương

2015-11-22 - Sunday - 09:24 AM - Le Nhi messaged me: "Hi teacher, I like English, I want learn English because my job, but I living in Bình Duong , I can't go to Q1. I want learn English with you. I'm working all days and my weekend is Saturday and Sunday. Can you teach for me in Bình Dương???? My job is: personnel management field and I want learn about more it."

Two Options For Learning English

2015-11-23 - Monday - 04:56 PM - Blogspot

Class Notes

2015-11-23 - Monday - 07:35 PM PST - Tuesday - 08:30 AM ICT - 10:00 AM - Medium Class - Nothing like before.... Life is stable, predictable, consistent, normal, boring, ordinary, average, simple... Invited people (everybody) to her church in Cu Chi for a Christmas party or Christmas dinner or Christmas gathering... I feel peace because I'm Christian... Defining Christmas... Blessings are gifts... God needs nothing... Aqua means water in Spanish... As we age, we seek for safety, protection, legacy, inheritance, purpose, eternity, joy, love, & more meaning...

Class Notes

2015-11-24 - Tuesday - 06:51 AM: 08:00 PM ICT - 09:30 PM - Medium Class - Where have you been? What's new? My company welcomed in new workers. Five new staff members. They trasnferred to Vietnam... Telesales... Gift shop... procedure... up to them...

Class Notes

2015-11-24 - Tuesday - 06:54 AM: 06:30 PM ICT - 08:00 PM - Medium Class - I saw my best friend today... Last week for Teachers Day, I bought my teachers some gifts... It has coconut oil... Airlines... What is real-life? Anything not online (wifi)... Something that is tangible (touchable: can touch it): something you can interact with (with most of your senses of sight, touch, ears, taste, smell, feel)... Conveyor belts for bags... Escalators for people...

ESL Classes

2015-11-24 - Tuesday - 09:08 PM - Facebook - Blogspot 01 - Blogspot 02 - Blogspot 03 - Blogspot 04 - 10:05 PM - Blogspot 05 09:27 PM - Phuong Thuy Nguyen of AAA Spa messaged me: "I want to write briefly to hang on the wall. thanks. a brief inscription and polite."

Morning

2015-11-25 - Wednesday - 05:28 PM - Vũ Thị Hiên messaged me: "good morning. hihi." 08:53 PM - "hi teacher... could I ask you a question?... what's word to call a young person who works volunteer at the church as a teacher... this person teaches children about the God???"

Free Drink English

2015-11-25 - Wednesday - 10:16 PM - Facebook

Hello From Hanoi

2015-11-26 - Thursday - 03:40 AM - Soren Kirchner messaged me: "Hello from Hanoi. What is the rate I should charge for private English lessons? I'm thinking about doing this rather than getting a job at a center... Keep up the good work I'm a big fan up here!"

Class Notes

2015-11-26 - Thursday - 06:43 AM: 06:30 PM ICT - 08:00 PM - Medium Class - Happy Thanksgiving: holiday. Last Thursday of each November. Giving-Thanks for Thanks-Giving... Help the wife with the housework, chores, errands, with raising the children, & so on... Close the door & double lock the door with a lock & key... Check-in: attendance verification or confirmation... Reverse is go backwards to where you were before...

Diem Pham

2015-11-26 - Thursday - 05:53 PM - Diem Pham (one of my favorite students) messaged me: "Hi Joey. Have you get class this evening?? If you are free we can cf this evening."

Park English

2015-11-26 - Thursday - 08:13 PM - Picture - 112 Likes - 7 Comments - Met this girl. Phương Đông commented: "joey.. we are very nice." Liked by Trần Lan Hương - Xuân Juliana - Precious Tabares Silvias - Pinky Pink - Nguyen Lan Chi - Minnie - Htee KaLay

Anh Coffee Pic

2015-11-27 - Friday - 07:25 PM - Picture - 17 Likes

Smile

2015-11-27 - Friday - 10:19 PM - Facebook Picture Rerun - 49 Likes - 2 Comments - Liked by Uyên Nguyễn - Htee KaLay - Nguyễn Ngọc Duy Uyên - Nguyễn Ngọc Thảo Anh - Pic Rerun - Pic Rerun

30 Years of Inspiration

2015-11-27 - Friday - 10:22 PM - Photo Album - 253 Pics - 39 Likes - 4 Comments - 0 Shares - Liked by Christen McClure - Hanh Clinton - Robert Gall - Carole Wigant

Park English

2015-11-28 - Saturday - 12:41 PM - Pictures - 42 Likes - Liked by Sonia Abreu - Akina Nevaeh - Thanh Tuyen - Maychelle Hidalgo - Night Picture - Liked by Jannet Hernandez

Meet Foreigners

2015-11-28 - Saturday - 06:53 PM - Blogspot - Pic Rerun

Park Meeting

2015-11-29 - Sunday - 02:00 AM: 04:29 PM ICT - Hoàng Biếng Ăn of FYG messaged us: "Hi teacher. Ms diem has a meet with you... At 5h20 at park 23/9... Have you remember?"

Park English

2015-11-29 - Sunday - 04:04 PM - Picture - Liked by Liên Võ - Alari Wary - 04:10 PM - Picture - Liked by Angelina Reimers - 04:15 PM - Picture Pound - 04:21 PM - Picture - 18 Likes - Liked by Trần Thu Thuỷ

Breakfast & A Movie

2015-11-29 - Sunday - 05:37 PM - Blogspot

Treasure Today

2015-11-29 - Sunday - 05:40 PM - Blogspot

Lift or Elevator?

2015-11-29 - Sunday - 10:31 PM - Blogspot

English Tutor

2015-11-30 - Monday - 12:10 AM - Blogspot

Class Notes

2015-11-30 - Monday - 06:04 AM: 07:30 PM ICT - 09:00 PM - High Class - Asian-style basketball. Got to be tough. Dog eat dog world. Survival of the fittest. Ling ling, you forgot your bling bling... Existence: survive: live: continue to live longer. Judges in courts. Don't judge me: don't say something bad about me. Referees are like judges in sports. You are a killer. I say you are a killer. You say, “Don't judge me.” But I say, “But you are still a killer. My mother is still dead.” ... Cosmetics: makeup for girls or sometimes guys too... Sneakers: not Snickers... Nudism focuses on simplicity... Do the laundry (clean the dirty clothes)... Luxurious: rich; wealthy; sophisticated; make it rain... Cleavage: chest (upper front body area below the head & neck): breasts (muscle), boobs, tits (nipples); headlights; honkers..

Learning

2015-11-30 - Monday - 09:26 AM: 11:56 PM ICT - Thái Phượng messaged me: "i want to learn speak enghlish,...so what mút i do?"