Some time with Buddha

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 [...]

Scenic Hills

The other weekend Stu and I took a walk exploring the hills behind the school.  From the base of the hills there appeared to be some pretty cool looking old temples to explore at the top.

At the base of them there was actually a really well kept temple area, but since he had [...]

My new home.

The first few nights here consisted of many trips to the grocery store filling up on little necessities.  Stuart, Siobhan, and I looked rather like a bunch of freaks as the only white faces in a sea of Chinese people.  The people are mostly curious, but the stares do get a little tiring, [...]