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Changsha Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Changsha, China
Mary, the sluggish pop star airhead
I'm feeling a bit sluggish right now. One of my classes was cancelled this afternoon-- the students told me that their head teacher wanted them to study. Fine with me. I'm not really in the mood to teach.... I think I really need to get a job that is not ...
Ämtermist
... Straßenkreuzung ist zwar ein Laden von China Telecom, der repariert und verkauft aber anscheinend nur iPhones (beachte: es gibt ein China MOBILE, das eigentlich für Handys zuständig ist). Ich habe sie dann genötigt, mir die Adresse des zuständigen ...
My practice lesson
This morning I missed breakfast because I woke up a little late, and wasn't hungry enough to face the long, hot walk to the restaurant at which we eat all our meals. A Chinese breakfast seems to consist of an assortment of things such as rice ...
scene 105: Girl and Guy Make Eye Contact on Bus
... , I asked if he lived alone and he said, in English, "No, with my girlfriend.." And..... halt fantasy. He suddenly became quite unattractive (actually there was something a bit odd about him anyway). Changsha city buses: where fantasy meets reality. ...
P.S.Impromtu Singing, Teacher Brian, Money rewards
So a few extra tidbits about last week........ *In class 127 on Wednesday, one kid was singing Wang Li Hong before class-- a song that I knew. I was really excited to hear it. Then during class, I mentioned High School Musical and the class got really ...
Pre-Teaching Nerves and other stuff
... a few people from Earlham that I knew too! Small world, eh? Actually, apparently, Tai met a girl at Earlham who is from Changsha. So after dinner, we all walked to this convenience store to buy some beers and the light rain turned into ...
Crossing Streets, Donna Klein, Stinky apt, Washing
... /vegan cookbooks that she has published-- Donna Klein is her name. She said that she's going to make one based on her experiences in China. It was cool to talk to her about it. After dinner, we went with Lon and her mom and this administrative Chinese guy ...
Mean Teacher Mary
A new Mary came into being today. Few people have seen only mere glimpses of this Mary. This new Mary surprised me-- I knew she existed in very wispy, faint forms, but she burst through unexpectedly and shockingly strong. I never yell ...
Chinese lessons ....
I have just returned from my third Chinese lesson and I have to confess here that it was extremely boring. Last week wasn't very good either but I gave them the benefit of the doubt because it was just the first two lessons. Today was probably the worst ...
School Assembly
It's only 2 p.m. but I'm exhausted! I had to get up early this morning (6:45 a.m.) to get ready for the school assembly at 7:30 a.m. All the foreign teachers had to write a mini-speech to say in front of the whole school (6000 students + faculty). Rodger ...
The day off from teaching
Hey, I was so ridiculously ill still so I had to take the day off from teaching. If the school had it their way I would have still taught all my lessons and they made a massive fuss over how they have to find replacement teachers for only a couple of ...
I'm thankful (lucky) for field trips &ndays off!
... I've been doing a good job on my own. In conclusion... I'm very thankful for this opportunity in China, for the entertainment and pleasure I get every day from my students, for every second of learning and experience that I have ...
First Days of a Second Beginning
... , I only have to do the walk if the bus decides it wants to stop at the foothill of the city. Back to Changsha. I like the city. The cultural appeal isn't too thick for foreigners but Chinese regard the city fairly highly. Economy ...
Advantages and disadvantages about Aged Extra tall
For anybody who is keen on UGG also known as after you have can you browsed also known as plunged against all nitty gritty about itahead of, as you know certainly a baby eminence of the extra tall Ugg a pair of boots. About it a symbol define about ...
Adventures in Shaodong
... heard my voice, he was kind of surprised and was like, 'wait where are you from?" It was kind of annoying actually, that he gave me this baby voice when he thought I was Chinese. The next day, I left for Changsha around 9, and was back at Nanya by ...
Baby Shower LOL and other thoughts
... it seems like yesterday and today compared to just a few days before just jumped from cool to really warm. A teacher told me that Changsha really only has two seasons-- winter and summer. Unfortunate but at least I get to wear a summer-y dress today. One ...
Back to school
As I type this I can hear fireworks going off outside. There were loads going off earlier but I couldn't see them. Jaclyn said that they let off fireworks when there is a wedding or when someone dies, as well as on other occasions. (Jaclyn ...
Our new home - Changsha
We were met at the airport by Youhoolee, our superviser/minder/boss etc. We were taken to a restaurant, about a two minute drive from the college. It was fine. ...
Survival Chinese
... our advantage since it allowed us to take out time to see all the artifacts they pulled out of the Han tombs discovered outside Changsha. The mummy of the woman they found was very eerie to see, and is apparently the best preserved mummy ever found. Her ...
Oral English Exams
So this week, we are giving students their oral English exams, which I have many comments on.... 1. Each foreign teacher had made up a set of questions to choose from to ask the students and each teacher has different standards-- thus, I feel like it's ...
Bunny angels
So the reason they didn't want me for the modelling thing is that I’m too short. My tall and beautiful friend Nicole, however, was accepted by Adonis’s agent. So even though I wasn’t going to be modelling, I went along to the ...
Mia has a cold
K here. Well, I am sitting here at noon in Changsha and listening to the fireworks -- wow, fireworks during the day, how funny....can't see them of course! Mia has a cold, runny nose, fever and is teething. But we are ...
Awkward moments, Discomforts, and Guilt
... a very loud loudspeaker, announcing something in Chinese. It sounded like some kind of demonstration but I don't know. Other sounds of Changsha: fireworks. It seems like every night, every morning, at random times, I hear so many fireworks. I'm not sure ...
Just teaching
... ). We're trying to make some plans for the 4-day break that we've got coming up. We're probably going to head to Changsha city for a couple of nights and then visit an ancient town in Hunan province which goes by the name of "Phoenix Town" (apparently ...
Is life boring?
... too many tests, etc... Certainly there are days when I do think that life is boring-- recently actually, the excitement of being in China has slowed and well, there's not a lot of new things happening. However, I hate to say that life is boring, because ...
Untitled update
... day. I watched The Last Emperor, which was interesting. Then.... didn't really do anything.... listened to music, looked at a map of Changsha, read some news.... Today.. pretty much the same ... Danny and I went to Pizza Hut for lunch (he wanted pizza, I ...
Drill Photos, New Chinese Friends, & More
... can have long talks with, friends to learn Chinese from, friends that I can go out with, friends that can help me around Changsha. I've been around a lot of English speakers though. I think I'm going to need to put more effort into the language learning. ...
Changsha
... slikar adstaedur. Vid drottudumst tho frammur rett fyrir hadegi og fann Marta ad einhver pest hafdi fest klaer sinar i halsinum. Changsha var i raun bara millistopp til ad komast til Fenghuang svo ekkert var planad annad en ad kaupa nesti fyrir ...
Badminton, Yuelu (#6), Decisions
I forgot to write about last weekend... It was a good one too... On Friday, after class, I went to Elsa's house. She invited me to cook dinner with her so I went over around 4 but ended up just sitting on her couch for two hours because she was busy ...
I'm back!! Hello Changsha!
... ;So, with that behind us now let me feel you in with what's been going on with my life in China. I arrived in my new city, Changsha, about two weeks ago. From my past experience teaching in Zhangjiajie, I assumed that classes would start around September ...