Learning activity: picture analysis
Friday, November 20th, 2009 Posted in Chinese Culture, Living in China | 2 Comments »Observe the photo of my fridge below carefully. Analyze it for clues that tell you Shimen is famous for its oranges.
When I’ll be online
Thursday, November 19th, 2009 Posted in Living in China | 2 Comments »Edited 12/3 to better reflect the times I have been online. I turned off the computer at about 9:30pm last night and didn't turn it on again until 5:30pm today. In the morning, I sat in my sunny (and thusly, ...
Cold weather and electricity blues
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 Posted in Living in China | Comments OffToday, I finally bought a winter coat. It's warm and fluffy and fits me well and it wasn't prohibitively expensive (though it's much more than I would normally spend). I think it's interesting that everyone says the clothes ...
Floodwaters rising
Saturday, November 14th, 2009 Posted in Living in China | 1 Comment »My bathroom flooded into my bedroom a little two days ago - luckily it didn't extend to the back corner where I keep my suitcases. I took them up off the floor and called the maintenance folks. The ...
Another location update
Thursday, November 12th, 2009 Posted in Teaching in China | Comments OffQuick additional note: I also updated my Location Map to include my trip to Hanzhong...it's officially the farthest north I've been in China. And I didn't realize just how far north Shanghai was until I just looked at it ...
Relaxing week, invention lesson, professional writing
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009 Posted in Living in China, Teaching in China, Travel | 7 Comments »This week has been extremely relaxing. I returned from Hanzhong and taught two days of class, spent the whole weekend knitting, taught two days of class this week, and today, sat around and talked to some old friends on ...
Guest author: Liu Fei
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009 Posted in Chinese Culture, Homesickness, Living in China, Teaching in China | 1 Comment »My friend and fellow teacher Laura wrote an email to her friends and family with the following commentary in it, and I asked her if I could repost it to my blog. I think it's an extremely well-thought-out account ...
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 ...