Today’s ten thousand things
Friday, October 30th, 2009 Posted in 10,000 Things, Living in China, Travel | Comments Off- I want to design a video game; Grand Theft Auto: Hunan Province. At least, that's what it feels like on the buses. - Man, I hate the buses. - I took my first air-conditioned train to Hanzhong in the Sha'anxi ...
It makes everyone ill
Tuesday, October 27th, 2009 Posted in Teaching in China | 3 Comments »Well, guess what. We've got the swine flu. It was really only a matter of time; so many of my students were coughing and hacking in class last week that I'm sure we all got sick from each ...
It makes me ill
Monday, October 26th, 2009 Posted in Homesickness, Living in China, Teaching in China, Travel | 3 Comments »I've been a bit under the weather lately. I think it's a flu/bronchitis deal, but nothing too serious. If I get fevery or achy, I take two acetaminophen and feel much better. I wish I didn't have the congestion, but that's just ...
Quick update: photos have returned
Friday, October 23rd, 2009 Posted in Living in China | 2 Comments »To anyone who has been missing my photos from previous China adventures: mourn no more! My wonderful brother Steve has purchased a Flickr Pro account for me as a graduation gift, and as such, all my photos are back ...
Massive technology fail; taste of home; visiting pals
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009 Posted in Homesickness, Travel | 2 Comments »I have an enormous apology to extend. Since August 24th or so, I've been in Shimen and have been unable to get my iBook to connect to the internet. The Mail program on the iBook was apparently the ...
Philosophical thoughts, part 1
Thursday, October 15th, 2009 Posted in Chinese Culture, Homesickness, Living in China | 1 Comment »Since I got back from Suzhou, I've been thinking a lot about my experience in China so far. Many people told me that going to China would change my life. I can already tell that they're right. ...
Today’s ten thousand things
Sunday, October 11th, 2009 Posted in 10,000 Things, Chinese Culture, Living in China, Teaching in China, Travel | 4 Comments »- For no discernible reason, China has blocked every image of the Mary Poppins chimney-sweeps-on-the-roof scene. I need this image for a lesson and a Google Image search provided more broken images than I've seen in my entire time ...
Suzhou/Shanghai Holiday Extravaganza!
Thursday, October 8th, 2009 Posted in Chinese Culture, Travel | 3 Comments »So last week, I went to Suzhou to visit my dear friend Siobhan, who kindly put me up in her apartment for a long vacation. Suzhou was beautiful. I've uploaded the pictures and put them in two sets: ...