A perfect 10
I got back to Bangkok to find out I missed the practice final exam on theory in Gem ID…no big deal they re-scheduled me for 9 AM Tuesday. That would have been perfect if my alarm clock would have co-operated. I woke up 20 minutes after I was supposed to start the exam, so I got myself together and went and took the exam. It went OK, I still haven’t got my score back. Today we had the practice lab exam. To pass you have to correctly identify 10 stones out of 10. I came to this school pretty confident, but this class made me realize how hard gemology can be. We have practice sets of stones that we go through in the lab, and I have never correctly identified all 10…until today. I was totally surprised when I got my score back 10 out of 10. My teacher must have been a bit surprised as well. She put exclamation marks after some of my correct answers, and after the 10/10. Next week I take the real exam, hopefully I can do it again.
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Back to Mordor...I guess I understand, Kids change everything. So you gonna be near Dorri? If so, thats cool, keeping the team together. That is big news....so what else is going on all over the place?
ten out of ten! woohoo!
hope I do that well on my next prostate exam(!)
Can't wait til you finish school and can party with us on a weeknight.
Loving Thailand and continuing the bold adventures of an expat.
For anyone interested, here goes a few new pix from my explorations:
Sage in Thailand
Harvey said
Congrats Mike. Nice Sage.
thats awesome mikey!! congrats.
so my news...i got laid off from work. basically they are selling out and they needed to get rid of all of those that dont fit into the corporate structure in their minds. wait...thats not me?? ha! down with the man. thats what i think. its good news for sure. i was feeling stuck and nothing was gonna kick me in the ass like a good firing! so more news? you ready?? i might...just might move to seattle with everyone! if i do though i am going to be IN seattle. you know me i need the busy crazy up all night kinda life. so im looking at all the opportunities there and here and attempting to make a decision. so hows that for keeping the team together?! i prob wouldnt leave til november, but its really starting to look like a good option. so we'll see.
love you guys and miss you all.
jenny
Louise Said
I'm not suprised Mike you have allways ben very very good at anything you have ever put youself into. You do something that many people don't do and I think that is in many ways the reason you so often suceed: You listen Not only do you listen to peple who kwow you have the ability to sort out the difference between those who know and those who don't. My Mom told me you were a very smart boy 'she kwew what she was talking about. We (Maureen and I) have been showing off your gems to our rock & gem club We have started wire wrapping Will send pictures
Hey how about this Harvey just showed me how to do a comment
Louise said
Hey Jaimie.. You will get lots of rain where you are going but if you get sick of it come visit. we get about the same amount of rain as So Cal we are in the banana belt really I live in heaven
Harvey said...
Just drive you car on to the ferry
then straight up. Do we live in Crazyworld? Jenny is moving to Washington too? WOW! I was just joking when I said Jamie and Robert should move too so I can see them when I go to washington. Thanks Jenny! Your a true team player. I just hang on to the light bulb while the world revolves around me. but seriously WOW! Harvey like. I think you guys should work on Mikey to come for Christmas! P.S. Hi mom.
Louise said
Hey Harvey Thank you for showing me how to do this This is way cool Hey Mike did Harvey tell you about Christmas if you are here you can turn Harvey's house into your house and then you can have your Friday night party here and the California guys can ferry up here maybe even Harvey will come. I go to Everett all the time it is real close. Mike Ted Pat Maureen and I with all their families will be here for Christmas They were so happy to hear you would be in the U S for Cristmas and we really want you here
Louise said
Hey Harvey My friend Gideon just called and said he would go put your tools on his credit card if you want and he lives in Culver City also he is getting me the email address of his son in law who lives in Isreal and purchases tools on the internet because there is some problem with buying tools there
love you mom
Dorri said...
Wow...I haven't been on here in a while and it looks like beans got spilled all over the place!!! I'm so excited and thrilled that Jamie and Robert are moving with me and that Jenny is actually considering it!! I mean, I would have never thought! Seriously! I have the best friends in the whole world, I swear it! So Harvey are you going to be up there for Christmas? Have you committed yet? If so, drag Mikey with you, will ya? I mean, it's going to be an insta-party any way you look at it. By then I will have my house and you guys will have to see it for sure! Well I'm at work and my boss just walked in, so gotta run! Love you all!
Dorri
Harvey said...
Yeah!
I'm soooo not slacking. I got my results from Friday,and I failed....Waaaaaaa. I'd feel worse if everyone in the class hadn't failed as well. I'm retesting tomorrow at 4:00 PM, and I think I'll be OK. I took the test written test on Monday, and passed that one. Tomorrow morning I start a new class on synthetics and gem treatments. In addition to that I'm trying to assemble my ring collection into a saleable jewelry line. Destiny is going to help me market them in LA, and Sage and his company are going to set up a website to sell from. That means I've been running aroung Bangkok getting design sorted out and meeting with my suppliers.....On top of that I caught myself a nice little cold...Waaaaaaa...I'm no slacker!
oh mikey is sick!! chicken soup baby....
Luv
AleX
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