Lack of allergy; plethora of videos
Thursday, September 17th, 2009 Posted in Teaching in China | 2 Comments »Alright, two videos doesn't constitute a plethora, but it was the first thing I could think of that was an antonym to "lack." Anyway, we are 2 days without an allergy reaction. I took some Benadryl yesterday morning, ...
Photos and location updated; Today’s Ten Thousand Things
Tuesday, September 15th, 2009 Posted in 10,000 Things, Chinese Culture, Living in China, Teaching in China | 3 Comments »I have updated the photos to include pictures from Changsha, and also, shock of all shocks - Shimen. The weather was actually semi-clear today, and you could see the mountains with the naked eye. It has actually been ...
Rebounding
Monday, September 7th, 2009 Posted in Living in China, Teaching in China | 2 Comments »It's a wonder what walking into a classroom full of squirmy 14-year-olds can do for one's mood. Whether or not I am good at it, teaching really is my calling. I don't like to act in theatre, but ...
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 ...
Today’s Ten Thousand Things
Thursday, September 3rd, 2009 Posted in 10,000 Things, Chinese Culture, Living in China, Teaching in China | 7 Comments »Yet another collection of moments and thoughts - I'll write a long post over the weekend detailing my first week of school, but for now... - Every time I tell my students I have 5 brothers, they go BALLISTIC. We're ...
Today’s Ten Thousand Things
Tuesday, September 1st, 2009 Posted in 10,000 Things, Chinese Culture, Living in China, Teaching in China | 5 Comments »- I got downtown by myself yesterday and tried to find a Bank of China. The staff of the hotel I stopped at didn't speak English, but I showed them the characters from my increasingly-handy iPod Chinese-English dictionary app, and ...
Preparing to teach and adventures in food
Sunday, August 30th, 2009 Posted in Chinese Culture, Living in China, Teaching in China | 3 Comments »I got my teaching schedule today. I am teaching 5 lessons on Mondays, 2 on Tuesdays, none on Wednesdays (woohoo, day off!), 3 on Thursdays, and 5 again on Fridays - whew! I'll need that weekend when I ...
A bit of a weather respite
Sunday, August 30th, 2009 Posted in Living in China, Teaching in China | 3 Comments »I should have addressed the previous comments about how much I love the heat - I do love the heat...just not the humidity. I can handle 80-90-100 degree days, as long as I'm not sweltering at the same time. ...
Train anxiety; safe arrival in Shimen
Tuesday, August 25th, 2009 Posted in Chinese Culture, Living in China, Teaching in China | 3 Comments »A guy offered to carry my bags up the stairs to the train station (I think), but since I wasn't totally sure what he was asking, and I know I might have gotten charged for it, I told him no. ...
Leaving Yangshuo
Tuesday, August 25th, 2009 Posted in Chinese Culture, Teaching in China | 4 Comments »In about 30 minutes, I'll be leaving Buckland for the bus station. I have a 4-hour bus ride to Liuzhou, and then I get on a train for 14 hours to Shimen. As I sit here waiting to go, I'm ...