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Teaching Tribulations
... sing a song or two and have a more lighthearted lesson. However, we just found out today that we will have a day or two off for the New Year; so that means I'm short on lessons to complete the tests. I was trying to discuss a way around this with the Head of English at Gubei Lu school (Miss Sour-face) when she suggested that I don't test the second half of the students at all. I told her that wasn't an option because ...
1 month down, 9 months to go! (yikes)
... because we actually don't even get our first real paycheck until October 20th (LONG story). We had to get an advance on our checks and we need it to last for a few more weeks so we are trying to be mindful of that. Also, like I said before, during Chinese National Holidays, EVERYONE is on vacation and they flock to the touristy spots. So, we've been staying pretty close to home as much as possible. Last Saturday was one of the other teacher's birthday (Alex). ...
Wǒ bù zhīdào (Chinese for "I don't know"
... Chinese people will wear long sleeves or use umbrellas when it is really sunny because they are afraid that they will turn black. They don't want to get dark. Funny story...so yesterday I went to go print my pictures for Anita's scrapbook since she leaves this Friday, this woman came up to me and I thought she was begging for money. It was a street ayi, a woman who uses a straw broom to sweep the streets. The word ayi means aunt but it's a ...
Counting the Days
... and destruction that meat consumption causes the Earth. Perhaps I will return to that old, healthier, more environmentally beneficial and animal friendly lifestyle. All I know for now is that Malachi helped to remind me why I was Pescatarian before, and showed me once again how delicious vegetarianism can really be. Professor Shang and Ni came and met with us later, and we all chatted and talked about our time in China and had a generally good time. There was some confusion ...
Touring Shanghai
... make sure we had food we could eat. Usually they order for you, but she we very kind to make sure that we got what we needed. It was a very nice lunch and we went away happy and full.
Next we headed to the Shanghai World Financial Center. It is the tallest building in Shanghai at 100 stories. It also holds the world record for the tallest observation deck. The building is unusual in that it has a "hole" at the top of the building. The ...
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