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How Music Moves Us

14. January 2008

Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. —Berthold Auerbach In late fall of 1997, while living and going to school in Tyler, Texas (a beautiful East Texas town), I had one song that I played over and over in the evening time after dinner. That song was Leann Rimes’ “You Light Up My [...]

Happy Holidays 2007!

24. December 2007

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MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR! Photo: Merry Christmas by TIO I would like to wish the readers, loyal visitors, and subscribers of Beyond Behaviors a very Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year. As I look back on this past year, I have so much to be thankful for. First, I am thankful for my wife, Miwa, [...]

Thank You Saipan!

14. July 2007

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Dear Fellow Saipan Bloggers, Former Colleagues, and Saipan Friends: It’s now been 3 days since our departure from Saipan. We’re currently in Tokyo right now (apparently the typhoon has followed us here). We’re sorry that we were not able to meet up with everyone before we left but the many errands and tasks that were required [...]

Happy Independence Day, America!

4. July 2007

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Happy 4th of July everyone. Growing up in Texas this U.S. Independence Day is particularly close to my heart as my family and I immigrated to the United States in 1980 and settled in Dallas, Texas. Coming from a third-world, Communist-controlled country of Vietnam to the land of milk and honey was a dream [...]

Garapan Elementary and Ms. Nikki’s Class

6. June 2007

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When I stopped by to wish my friend Nikki a safe and fun summer, her students asked me to take their picture. Unfortunately, I didn’t have my camera on me (since I normally don’t carry it around). So I hope this class photo of you guys will do (thanks to Dale Roberts, Garapan Elementary’s Vice-Principal). I [...]

George Badillo & Inside Outside: Building A Meaningful Life After The Hospital

19. April 2007

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What a treat it was to listen to George Badillo earlier tonight as he shared about his experiences being institutionalized 17 times! George is one of eight people featured in the documentary, “Inside Outside”, a movie of hope created by former patients and film-makers Pat Deegan, Ph.D. and Terry Strecker. The film depicts the lives [...]

Life Skills Group at GTC Elementary

25. March 2007

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Photo above: Here are the GTC group members holding up their newly designed life skills bookmarks. For the past 7 weeks, I have been conducting (with the kind assistance of Principal, Charlotte Camacho and Vice-Principal, Marty Dalsaso) a Life Skills Group at GTC Elementary here on Saipan. This last Thursday, Mar. 22nd was my last time [...]

Sharing My “Boat People” Experience at Whispering Palms

23. March 2007

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A few days ago, I was invited to Whispering Palms to share with Kathy Arriola’s (”Aunty Kathy”) 6th-8th grade social studies & literature class about my experience escaping Vietnam as one of hundreds of thousands known as “boat people.” We had about 23 students as well as two parents who attended. What a powerful [...]

What It Means to Be Human

7. February 2007

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In Kanji, one of the three scripts in the Japanese writing system, the word for person or human being is “hito”. Written like this: 人 What’s unique is that Kanji represent ideas rather than words. My wife tells me that the character “人” is two people supporting and holding each other up. How simple and yet [...]

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