Dalian Sunjoy Hotel

The people in Dalain, omg, I dont know how they get up in the morning, look in the mirror, and think they can step out in public. Heres some tips of how to fit in in Dalian:

Perm- The perm is IN. Get a short perm, wax it down with excessive wax but with fuzzy bits fraying out everywhere. Maybe like a huge afro waxed down I guess, but shaped like a bob.

Shinny ...

... meal cost 32 yuan. When I compare it to American prices, it is less than $5 so I should be fine with that. But to compare it to China meal prices it is quite expensive.

As a bonus I am adding some KFC pictures. This is taken in Dalian and my western friends call it the KFC church. Because ... it looks like a Church. None of the others look like this one. So, I wanted to share it with you. Enjoy...

... behind me were ok since they would honk to let me know they wanted to be where I was. But one time I looked up and saw a car coming toward me – IN MY LANE!!! I had to go around him but check first that I didn’t pull into the path of a car screaming down the road. Finally, I made it to the beach and then I rode on the sidewalk as much as possible. I know, I know – I am a chicken.

The view was still clear, but by now the sun was getting lower in the sky so I had ...

The first time I had even heard of Dalian was when I asked my Hangda (name of a company that repairs airplanes and makes some joint thingy that connects the gas thingy to the plane so it can refuel) class where they would choose to live, if they could live anywhere in China. One of my students said Dalian, because it is clean, modern, beautiful and by the sea. People I asked about Dalian since have all given positive feedback. I even looked into working in Dalian, fairly ...

I gave in to two vices today... melted cheese and a massage.

Kirsty organized for us to go to this little place in Jinshitan for a message, and I was really excited. For Y80, we would get pampered for nearly an hour—one of the strongest motivations to moving to China.

We walked there after school, and I wasn't totally sure what to expect. The lady led us to this backroom that was decorated... I am trying ...

We have all been volunteered to help the school put on an English Festival. I was very reluctant to get too involved in something I had no interest in, because there is a lot of other activities the school does that is more up my alley... but we had no choice.

The most Chinese thing about the whole event was that the slogan was incorrect grammar, for a festival celebrating English. Classic. We will, we will English You! Good lord.

So, when given a ...

It is Heidi first full day of teaching, and we are launching our Stock Market Game. The premise is simple, randomly handout six cards to every student that is either $100 or a stock (A,B,C,D) explain to them the goal of the game is to amass the most wealth that they can. It works best with two people, because one person can be in charge of randomly changing the price of stocks (all going up) and the other can be the bank, loaning out $1000 for every $100 of insurance ...

... Besides ourselves, there is also three other students here on their long practicum from UBCO and UVic. It all went pretty smooth, until we were done and Marion, the VP, took back chairing the meeting and made a point of saying. "There is a rumour that one of the student teachers has great Chingway elbows... where's Ashley?" The reference here is that in order to get on and off the Chingway, there is no hesitation or ...

... before it gets too long, and early enough so that when 8 am hits we are very near the front. In this aspect, we succeeded. When 8 am strikes, we are standing in a line that is now MUCH longer, maybe 60-70 people, and we are near the front, at about position 8 or 9. A good feeling indeed! We are going to get our train tickets, and I will still have time to take a cab to be on time to my 8:30 am Chinese class. The line we are ...

... wied**lich 29.08.04, Illegal 2004 part 2 wied** da...heute hol ich meine visa extension ab. hmmm...polizei hat uns kein formular gegeben, ab** psb hat es nach ewig** diku doch gemacht...puh... dabei kassi**en die 18 euro fu** die v**laeng**ung... gest**n war in china ein fest. Jed** is auf den Friedhof gepilg**t, dann in die gaststaette... Abends wird dann Papi**geld v**brannt..ich hab mir fu** 10 cent 100 millionen euro gekauft...gut ...