Century Shijiazhuang

... tv's, an audi, and a BMW. This is not in any way typical, but I wasnt complaining. <br><br>One night we made dumplings together and another night we went out for beijing duck. It's very very good. <br><br>It must have been pretty comical to watch a 6'5'' white kid get led around the city by a little chinese girl, but Becky was a grade guide. (She recently graduated highschool and will attend university in Beijing.)

... Mr. Fu drops us off at the northern part of Shijiazhuang. We need to take a taxi to the north-western part where the Shijiazhuang-Taiyuan expressway is. After getting stuck in traffic for nearly an hour we arrive at a reststop on the Shijiazhuang-Taiyuan expressway. It's now dark and the only vehicles at the reststop are trucks. There's quite a few truck drivers eating at the restaurant at the reststop. We walk in, everyone stares at us, we smile and sits ...

... was pretty upset, I tried being understanding and trusted<br>him since we were friends&#8230; wrong move- he kept making up excuses and not<br>returning my calls, going on trips supposedly paid for by his friends, and now<br>he&#8217;s nowhere to be found. He owes his business partner/best friend a lot of<br>money too and HE doesn&#8217;t even know where he is. He still owes me 3500 RMB (more<br>than $500)- but after 5 months of frustration, I&#8217;ve come to ...

... biggie, we were almost out anyway. Birthday and Marriage *Went to a nice restaurant and had sushi for Sam's bday. It was soo good- I've missed sushi. Our Chinese friend Eileen surprised me with a text message that said she got married and she wanted us to meet her husband. So we went to "the boat restaurant" to celebrate Grandma &amp; Grandpa *Our new friend John (lives in our apt building and is helping the new Korean students get adjusted) invited us to have dinner at his ...

... area of 15.8 thousand square kilometers (6100.4 square miles), it has 6 districts, 12 counties, 5 county-level cities and 1 national-level new and high-tech development zone under its prefecture. Shijiazhuang has a population of 9.395 million, 2.313 million of whom live in the urban area ...

... in Europe" and then I'd give them a few minutes to write down as many as they could think of and then they'd go back and forth. I was happy to see they got really into it. The last five minutes of class I showed them money from different countries (they went nuts!) and I gave pennies to the students who tried the most during the game. The first 2 weeks we were back, I was downtown at Mickey's office every day. I was ...

... for pronunciation and meaning. she told me all about the post graduation tests she's going to have to take soon- extremely intense. before she even worries about speaking and pronunciation she has to pass the written exam which consists of 4 parts- 1. politics (everyone takes this part no matter what their major) 2. foreign language (she's doing french) 3. knowledge of english- grammar, vocab, composition, translation, and reading. 4 ...

... they can get into. since there are so many of them, they are extremely competitive so instead of working together and helping one another, they try to out-do one another. they have very little free time. jake said he was miserable during this time because there was so much pressure from his parents to do well. he's really smart though and got into the best college- he's now getting his masters in english.

... its brand new. The girls who were here last year had mentioned there being signs up promoting a new gym and its the one we joined. They have classes, treadmills, free weights, machines- took pictures so you can see. After we were done with classes on Friday we were all just hanging out in our apts and i noticed my computer screen started dimming then lighting up, dimming then lighting up so i looked at the charger and saw it was doing the ...

... The buildings are dirty and crumbly and the streets are dusty and wet at the same time. But it will soon feel like home! Our apartments are completely refinished and are great. We have our own bedrooms, bathrooms, living rooms, fridge, and microwave. The mold growing on the walls and ceiling is a minor setback but out of sight out of mind right...we will buy posters to go over it! I think that a country's or a city's grocery store is a great way to learn about the culture of a ...