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My mom has arrived in China and we are busy touring around. Beijing then Xi’an and now finally in Yangshuo! It is strange and cool to see China again through the eyes of a newcomer. I’m surprised now how many things here I take for granted. Some good, some bad. I love [...] Sometimes life presents choices that you know will have profound effect on your future. I am at one of those now, and I came across this article to remind me of what I should do. Enjoy. Whatever scares you or excites you, go do it. Something I try to live by, though not always succeeding. [...] Well, I don’t know really how much teaching will be done. I’ve got games planned for most of my lessons, and several classes are finishing up their end of the year movie I promised. How is it that I can watch Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom six times and still like it, and still [...] One month of traveling and three thousand pictures later – still much left to explore. Want to skip right to the photos for part 1? Click here. The beginning of February was the mid-year break between semesters at my school and in schools across mainland China. Oh being a teacher is nice during these holidays! [...] This new year’s eve I went with a friend to a big party in Shanghai. Lots of DJs and many pretty people filled the scene, which took place in an old German Slaughterhouse in Shanghai. Now renovated into artists lofts and space, the rooms were spacious and filled with posh and shabby party-goers alike (I fell [...]
This was my first Christmas away from home and outside of my home country. Here I expected the holiday to go by without much fanfare, but to my surprise, Christmas decorations seemed to be hung up in every little store front from my town to Shanghai, and the shops were filled with the [...] In the run up to all hallows eve, Siobhan, Stuart and I were busy trying to come up with decorations for the students’ parties and designing our own costumes.
On the 30th we went to the kindergarten Halloween party, and I finally got to meet all the little ones that Siobhan teaches. Quite a [...] Our October “holiday” didn’t turn out to be as eventful as I had hoped. There was some odd problem with our bank, and lo-and-behold, nobody at the school was paid … until the day before school started back up again. Needless to say, I was a little miffed, but … Siobhan, Stu [...]
The celebration of China’s 60th birthday was an interesting time here at the school. My junior classes had a little party and they asked me to host. I thought this seemed like a rather un-chinese idea, but as it turned out I was co-hosting with the dean of the junior grades. There we [...] Eek. H1N1 hit one of my classes yesterday. What did this mean? I went to the class and found out it was canceled, all the student had gone home for the week and I had an extra afternoon off. I am pretty sure I know which of the students was the vector – during a few lessons [...] |
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