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 ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
Photos updated; Today’s ten thousand things
Sunday, September 27th, 2009 Posted in 10,000 Things, Chinese Culture, Living in China, Teaching in China, Travel | 7 Comments »I am on holiday in Suzhou. As such, the updates will be infrequent for the next week or so. I added some more pictures to the Shimen album and the Shimen No. 1 Middle School album (a picture ...