Han Cheng Hotel Dalian

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...

... looked pretty dirty. Smog filled the air, resting on the water like fog. It was stinking hot, I was wearing jeans and sweat was running off me in rivulets. I had my swim suit in my bag, but I balked. 10RMB to use the change rooms, 50RMB for a locker, 10RMB for a shower, all for the dubious pleasure of swimming in water that looked like **** and would indubitably give me a rash. I love the ocean, I love beaches, I love swimming, but I grew up in Perth where the water is ...

Short flight to Dalian on a very full Airbus 300, landing at about 6:35pm. On to baggage claim, and my suitcase was about the 4th one off. Then we waited and waited for Gwen's. Eventually they switched the belt off, and one of the China Southern girls came over to see what we had lost. Bag described and found to be in ...

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 ...

... hour, so they can create the logo themselves.

There are sometimes when doing something yourself is SO much easier than teaching it, or watching someone else do it, but I persevered, and didn’t change or overcorrect their work.

After school, Daniella and I went on the hunt for t-shirts, using the supervisor’s terrible directions, and the student’s rough estimates of the stall we should look for. Our last piece of advice was not to ...

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 ...

... the contest was for, but they all were showing off what they could do, and we saw a walrus do sit-ups! Unfortunately for the walrus, the seals won. The whole show was really cute, even though we couldn't really understand anything. I also got to see a bit of Dalian when we were driving through. There were parts that were so modern I would never think I was in China, and there were parts that reminded me a lot of ...

... Nice concrete frame buildings, looks like they will be about 30 stories tall. To the left of the new towers the tall white building is called the Rainbow Building , 149m/487f, 39 stories, completed in 2002. This building has an elaborate light show on the façade, fully programmable for effects and video. It's impressive. Then around to the World Trade Center. My office buildings is next door ...

... se saisit. C'est pas tous les jours qu'un Laowai (un étranger en gros) chante une chanson en chinois et qu'il le fait bien en plus. Tout le monde tape le rythme, Fred attire tous les regards des filles et fait vibrer la salle. Pluie d'applaudissement, il a joué grand ! Direction la discothèque maintenant, on va dabord au 2046, une boite hype où même en bermuda on peut rentrer ! A mon avis ils laissent rentrer tous les laowai car on dépense pas mal. Evidement quand la bierre est ...