Missing pieces
Sunday, May 16th, 2010 Posted in America, Chinese Culture, Homesickness, Living in China, Travel | 1 Comment »After having been away from the blog for a long time, I just read the post I wrote a week after having returned home. I can't believe I said, "I don't really miss China." I do miss China. ...
My trip by the numbers
Friday, April 2nd, 2010 Posted in Chinese Culture, Living in China, Teaching in China, Travel | Comments OffI've been meaning to do this for awhile, but haven't got around to it. Here's my China trip by the numbers, just as a point of interest: Days spent in China: 201 Days spent on vacation: 75 Classes taught each week: 15 Hours ...
Home again
Thursday, March 4th, 2010 Posted in Chinese Culture, Homesickness, Living in China, Teaching in China, Travel | 1 Comment »I arrived safely in Chicago yesterday and had some good deep-dish Chicago-style pizza with my dad, stepmom and brothers. Pretty awesome way to arrive in America, I'd say. I'm still processing about everything. It was weird to get dimes ...
The deep breath…
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010 Posted in Homesickness, Living in China, Travel | Comments Off...before the plunge. Waiting in Beijing - surfing the internet. Can't go see Mao's preserved body tomorrow (as was the plan) because they've closed it for maintenance from 3/1 to 3/20. Blast. Uploaded all the photos from Chengdu. Photos ...
Leaving Shimen, Beijing via Xi’an
Friday, February 12th, 2010 Posted in Chinese Culture, Living in China, Travel | 2 Comments »I had fully intended to write long posts about everything that's been going on, but it really has been the most hectic crazy time of my life. I'm going to try and give you the shortest version possible. I left ...
Crazy Beijing
Monday, February 8th, 2010 Posted in Chinese Culture, Living in China, Travel | Comments OffTrust me when I say things have been too crazy for me to update. My family is here safely and we are enjoying ourselves, despite some random craziness. But I don't have time to talk about it now! ...
The decision I have made
Monday, February 1st, 2010 Posted in Chinese Culture, Homesickness, Living in China, Teaching in China, Travel | 1 Comment »The decision I have made has been well-deliberated. The decision I have made has been debated and argued and thought about and meditated on and processed in all ways possible. The decision I have made is to come ...
Chaos and stillness
Sunday, January 24th, 2010 Posted in Living in China | Comments OffApologies for the very long delay, but things have been in a bit of an uproar, not least of which because my mom and my stepdad are coming in two weeks and I'm trying to pack up everything I have ...
Today’s ten thousand things
Sunday, January 17th, 2010 Posted in Living in China, Teaching in China, Today's Ten Thousand Things | 5 Comments »- Today, I went to Changde with Nevill (one of the Chinese teachers) to see Avatar. Sadly, they were only playing the dubbed-in-Chinese version, so I didn't understand any of the dialogue. But it was an interesting experience ...
Google and censorship are not friends
Thursday, January 14th, 2010 Posted in Chinese Culture, Living in China, Tech/Site Issues, Travel | 1 Comment »It looks like Google might be packing up and moving on, having decided that it can't work within the framework of China's Golden Shield project (otherwise, and more famously, known as the Great Firewall of China, or the GFW). ...