Chengshi Yizhan Express Shijiazhuang

... hui ren (black person) and took a picture because it was so rare. We thought this was pretty funny, and greed to pose in a few pics with people from the city.

One night i ran into some Spanish teachers from Spain, but they were unfriendly so are chat was very brief.

The city has better weather than beijing. The polution was thinner and some days you could see blue sky!

For two nights we ...

... no I goes out the the parking lot and intercepts each driver as they go to the covenient store and the bathrooms. Two hours goes by and we had asked about 30 set of drivers with no success.

It's 10:30pm. Finally just as I am about to give up I see two guys standing close to Liu Chang. They must be truck drivers. I go up to them, offers them some cigarettes from Germany I brought with me, sweet talks them into giving us a ride. Fortuantely they are ...

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We went to dinner and had a party for Eileen’s birthday-
everyone met at a restaurant downtown- Sable brought her to the restaurant and
we surprised her- she cried of happiness- really going to miss Eileen. Went to
Sable’s apt afterward, everyone caught up with one another and we played
drinking games. Then went to 7 club for a bit.

Some things I’ve done with my Middle School students over
the last few weeks ...

... house. The live in a storage unit where they sell children's books. We made dumplings and Willie got drunk with the grandpa. Kara and I bought some fun books- I want to give em to the kids I tutor as going away gifts because a lot of em are in Chinese and English. I think Young Young would really like one for her son too. Day of Fun in the Sun with Sunny and Jassi's families *I teach these two little girls and their moms always ask me do things with them but because ...

... in Shijiazhuang. No one could have predicted that this small, unknown village would have developed rapidly into the modern capital city of Hebei Province. Lhasa China Travel Beijing China Travel China Hotels China Highlights China Tours Though it is a relatively young city, it is located ...

... a dorm or having so many roommates. When I tell them about American dorms they often ask if we get lonely. They do not have their own computer and are only allowed to use the computers in the library on Fridays at the Teaching College. They do not have to type their papers for their classes so they rarely need a computer. At the Teaching College none of the students have jobs but they say they are required to volunteer however, it is ...

... her daughter's friend.  We went to a local restaurant where we had never been before.  It looked like a hot pot but we were told that is was not spicy.  The wait staff was bringing in dishes that looked like refried beans and tortilla chips.  You should have seen the looks on our faces.  We have only been talking for weeks about how much we miss Mexican food...beans, nachos, Chipolte, tacos, guacamole.....   Let's just say that were were excited and hungry.  THEN the bowl of ...

... A tv station put on this party and invited our school basically because they knew the foreigners would come. When we were waiting for the bus we met a 10 year old boy named James who had the best English that I have heard since I've been here. We started talking to James and from that moment at 3pm until 11pm he didn't stop talking- he told us all about himself, his family, how great of a student he is- he was extremely confident and he ...

... laundry and on which day because you see this! Makes china look very colorful To the North of my building is this street where people sell tons of fruit and veggies and nuts

... the increased sex ratio is not confined predominantly to rural China, as has been previously assumed . . .. There is a marked gradient across birth order: in rural areas, the sex ratio for the first birth is 1.05 (within normal limits), but it rises steeply with birth order. In urban areas, the sex ratio is 1.13 for the first birth and peaks at 1.30 for the second birth but decreases for the third and fourth births (which are rare in urban areas ...