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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Today’s ten thousand things
Thursday, September 24th, 2009 Posted in 10,000 Things, Teaching in China, Travel | 2 Comments »- I'm going to Suzhou tomorrow! Woohoo! - Over QQ, I told another teacher, Denzel, that I was nervous about traveling such a long way to Suzhou. Here is what he said: "nervous to travel such a long way...you ...
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 ...