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. ...
Renewed bike bruises; holiday travel plans
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009 Posted in Chinese Culture, Homesickness, Living in China, Teaching in China, Travel | Comments OffI rode my bike downtown on Monday night - it was great. It didn't take me very much time (about 5 minutes less than walking out to the bus), and it saved me Y1-Y10, depending on if I'd taken ...
Information updates; the roller coaster continues
Sunday, September 20th, 2009 Posted in Chinese Culture, Homesickness, Living in China, Teaching in China, Travel | 3 Comments »I just spent the past hour or so re-reading all the posts on this blog, and I realized that I raised some issues in earlier posts that I didn't answer. Regarding my delayed flight in Toronto, Air Canada will ...
Sending packages, first teaching week, homesickness
Saturday, September 5th, 2009 Posted in Chinese Culture, Homesickness, Living in China, Teaching in China | 5 Comments »Long post warning! This one covers a lot. Let me get the "business" out of the way at the beginning. If you're planning on sending me a package, please note the following: - I don't know shipping rates to ...