Harbin Friendship Palace Hotel
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Too late in Harbin
We came for the ice festival. But we came too late. It was over since one week due to too warm temperature. We saw just how the pulled the ice onto the frozen river. So I decided not to take any pictures but to come back in one year.
Lazy Sunday
... a new one, but the depressing part is that this chapter is incredibly fun. It's about holidays and festivals, and the grammar is not difficult.
On the other hand, I am getting to work with Jill's students, and I am actually having quite a good time with them. They like being able to use Chinese with me, and I love being able to teach them, since they do have an additional year of maturity, and they help me work on my Chinese, too. I am "Gao ...
Giving Thanks- Chinese Style
... a lifetime. I was told that I would appreciate what I had when I am without it, and that I absolutely true when it concerns my family and friends from home. Even so, you can learn so much more when newfound friends don’t merely fill the void of holiday traditions, but they create memorable traditions and experiences of their own that, while different, are just as ...
"Meiguoren lai le"
... wrong for both teacher and primary school….lao shi (pronounced “l-ow (like ouch) shi (like sure) means both teacher and old poop, depending on the tone you use. To top it off, the word for primary school sounds a lot like bathroom, no lie. It is like something out of a movie. So of course, when she asked me to tell her what I do and where I work during one lesson, I proudly answered that I am old poop that works in a bathroom. She just about ...
Not a happy camper
This morning, I had a more-fun-than-usual college class, but still, I think that 8:20 AM on a Monday morning is an incredibly ineffective time to try to teach a room of college-age Chinese girls English. I ended up playing Charades with them, which made class go by much, much faster.
When I trudged in the bitter cold to the back of the campus, to where the middle school is, ...