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No.60 Renmin Road Dalian, Liaoning, 116001, China
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Mangled
Ok - it's been quite a while since I wrote - my apologies. Seasons Greetings to all!
December 13th I crushed my fingertip in a metal desk (the monitor fell down on it), broke my bone (compound fracture) and required orthopedic surgery. Yup. The surgeon put a 2 inch pin inside the top of my finger to hold the bone in place and to keep the knuckle from moving. They surgically removed my fingernail - which was completely crushed. It was the singularly most painful ...
Christmas in China!
... with a step right, snap, step left, snap. Of course most of my students can't actually snap their fingers so they just pretended, and then the bell rang and my first day of rehearsal was over. After a week or so we got the dance figured all out, and it looked pretty good with the boys holding big red paper hearts in the back and the girls doing actions in the front. However, when it came to show time, I ran on stage to move a mike, all the kids stared at me ...
Stürmische Zeiten
... 13:00: Sicherheitskontrolle bestens, musste nicht mal meine Schuhe ausziehen!, Gate gefunden, gleich in der Nähe von PC mit Internetzugang, wird sogar einer frei, kann nicht schaden mal zu schauen; Email von David: „Taifun über Hainan, Flughafen in Haikou (mein Zielort) wird wohl im Laufe des Tages geschlossen werden“; zeitgleich SMS von Martha: Anrufen, mein Flug wird wohl verschoben wegen Taifun; OHA!
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Trip to Dalian
Frühs noch schnell Sachen fertig gepackt und dann Richtung Keyunzhan (Busbahnhof) losgetuckert. An der Toreinfahrt zu unserem Wohnblock stand auch schon ein Taxi parat. Das ist das Schöne an Yingkou: die Taxifahrer prügeln sich fast um einen. Nachdem ich dem Taxifahrer was von „Keyunzhan" vorgestammelt hatte (Hirn war etwas verschlafen) fuhr er mich schweigend zum Busbahnhof. Ich nehme mal an er dachte, ich verstehe nichts, ...
Sorry Boss, my Chinese ain't too good.
... though to realize that this was very much an anomaly. By and large, the Chinese folks I've encountered are Very Curious about foreigners, and Americans in particular. One has to wonder though how often curiosity is replaced by resentment, distrust and even hate. Asia in general has a reputation for racism, or at the very least, a great deal less racial sensitivity than we have. Check out the picture of the toothpaste at the bottom of ...



