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Travel Blogs from Daqing, China
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Never Witness An Almost Crime in China
... didn't get anything. We later learned that we were only brought to the police station because we were witnesses, apparently in China they detain their witnesses for whatever reason, since the main "fight" was between another teacher and one of them. Oh, ...
A-A-A for Apple!
... in front of a class of 20 students, all eyes on you. Also, I'm not sure if I have touched on this before - but in China, parents watch you through a one way mirror outside of the classroom. Meaning you can't see them, but they can see you. You have a ...
First Impressions
... ask, I didn't do a damn thing but stay in the hotel in Beijing because I didn't want to get lost alone. Yesterday I flew to Daqing around 10:30 and landed around 12:30. I was greeted outside of baggage claim by Ruby, my boss' assistant. She is really ...
134 miles by bike & puff the magic dragon? SCORE!
... often split up so that we could go at our own pace. We went though, what I understood to be, either the biggest wetland in China or in the province. The air there ended up being really nice. It almost seemed like I was back in the northwoods it was so ...
A mighty golden dragon
... you were in charge of the World Expo in Shanghai this summer, what kinds of things would you show the rest of the world about China and Chinese culture?" It's a really good question, I think, and a lot of the kids came up with some really good answers. ...
"That's a cross." "Across from where?"
Setting Molly's classroom, EF English First, Daqing, China. Nine TrailBlazer 4A students, approximately 14 years old, sit in their desks at the sides of the room. The 6 boys and 3 girls sit as far away from each other as is humanly possible in the small ...
It's going
... would be more of the same. But moving to a completely different country is a lot harder than moving across your own. Daqing is a small city for China - 1.5 million people, ish, but because we're so far north and this isn't a touristy town, very few ...
Made it to China!
I'm not sure this is actually gonna work, but I'll give it a shot! I'm in China! The internet in my apartment doesn't work, both Facebook and Twitter are blocked here, and I have no service on my phone. I'm at the school I'll be teaching at so I can use ...
"No plans" never lasts long
... in America definitely don't have the easiest time of it, especially when people are all pissy when they don't speak English. I'm in China and don't speak Chinese, and while I am planning on fixing that, I still feel pretty guilty about being here and not ...
Talkin bout the language barrier
... have to learn Chinese extra fast to make up for their lack of English - which is one of the big reasons I chose to come to Daqing instead of a bigger city. In a place like Beijing, with tons of foreigners, there are a lot of people who speak English, and ...
Chinese bluntness; or, "You have fat legs."
... years old? And one of them was from America, so we had to talk for a while, haha. He was a nice guy, he's been in Daqing for a while, and his son recently moved over here too. His son was like, the MOST awkward person I've ever met though. Super nerdy ...
Ups and downs
Well yesterday was not the best day ever. In fact, I might go so far as to say it was my first actual bad day in China, which isn't too terrible since I've been here a month and a half! It was just one of those days where I was feeling kind of off anyway ...
Amalgamation
... stereotypes. We got talking about this because he went to his parents' friend's kid's wedding last weekend, so we discussed weddings in China and America, and I mentioned the "speak now or forever hold your peace" line. After our 15 minute break, we did a ...
Another long-overdue post about Xi'an - Wednesday
... was totally legit and didn't overcharge us at all, woo! I highly recommend this place, it was some of the best food I've had in China. We think we're gonna go back again on Sunday night. We came back to the hostel for a sec then went to the square ...
Surviving a year in Daqing, China
... compared to life in China. But there’s still something to be said for not having everything be so simple. I know Daqing isn’t exactly roughing it, especially on an English teacher’s ridiculous salary, but just because we have the money ...
A most relaxing day
... get along awesomely. And he's Anneliese's dad (and Renier's dad in law), so it's a big family group we have up here in Daqing! I got back to my desk at 1115 and got a call from Anneliese about getting massages, so I ran downstairs to meet her. I knew ...
Being a grown up
... that I needed desperately to be a goddamn grownup and do some real grocery shopping so I can cook for myself at home. Living in China is a lot of firsts for me. I may have moved to New Orleans and Orlando without knowing anybody and trusting that I could ...
For once, a lazy day
... I sat around feeling sad so far, and I’ve been here a month. And that night of being sad wasn’t even from being in China, it was just some loneliness. I love the school and I love my friends, but it’s weird being the only American, much ...
Errand-running in China
... NEVER get American movies apparently, so I'll just have to buy burned copies of stuff), and god knows what else. Apparently girls in China walk arm in arm so Nadia and I walked down the street like that. Total culture difference. First we went to the ...
The first lesson
... that I'll be moving around, haha, but it's still important. The medical exams are at the hospital, but just like everywhere else in China, you can't really make an appointment, you just have to go and hope there's no line. It's like prompt care in the ...
A million tiny lights
... Pat! Pat is a Canadian, she's like 60 years old, and she is the most hardcore awesome grandma you will ever meet. She came to Daqing 6 years ago intending to stay just a year, but now she teaches at the university. We left the bar to get a cab to Henry's ...
Driven to madness
... and fake hamburgers made from chicken instead of beef. I have less than three months remaining in Daqing, I'm close to signing another contract in the south of China for next year, and I'm sad that I missed Thanksgiving and am going to miss Christmas ...
Dinner party
1030pm Went out to dinner with Kirsty, Kevin, Eric, Rob, and David. Apparently I'm the only American teacher at the school, so crazy! But there are Americans at the other English schools in town. We met at a bar about two buildings down from the school, ...
Getting things done
... I love that all three of the top teams had amazingly inappropriate names, haha. Clearly we are classy folks here in Daqing. -Passed my 3-month evaluation officially, which means I'm officially finishing out my contract here and not getting fired, not that ...
A very manly Women's Day
... out to the Orange Bar. This guy Dave from another school is leaving to go around Thailand etc for like 3 months then moving to southern China, so it was a big goodbye party for him on our side of town. We went to the Orange Bar, then to the dance club ...
One Plus Two
... and sister got on Skype too, and we chatted and I talked to my sister on the webcam for the first time since I got to China, that was exciting! I was showing her all my crazy Chinese stuff, this blog post title comes from that - my coffee is "1+2" because ...
Earpocalypse 2010
... a chair, and another TA, Cherry, showed up to stay with me too, since Ash had a meeting to go to with Truman (the big boss of both Daqing EFs) all day. I feel bad that I'd dragged her out of bed at 5am when she had a huge meeting. :( I paid my Y20 for the ...
A trip to the doctor and the market
... a cab really fast. We took a cab to Saertu (wo yao chu Saertu - I want to go to Saertu). Saertu is another district of Daqing, like I live in Ranghulu district, this is like the shopping district. Our goal was to shop for cell phones for me. I was ...
Catching up
So! There have been no updates from me lately! I have a good excuse. For real this time, not just "too busy" or "China is too awesome" or whatever. I moved apartments! My old place was nice, but my friend Leo left EF to teach at a public high school ...
Everybody's workin for the... Tuesday
... plane ticket for my summer holiday! I'm leaving a week from today (the 27th) for Xi'an, which is a 3 hour plane ride from Daqing. I'll get there around 430pm on Tuesday, then I leave early Monday morning for Harbin because there were no flights back in to ...
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