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... off writing, so I will save some other stuff for the next entry and pretend it happened closer to then haha, but for now here is; "Kids say the Darnedest things"


"Kids say the Darnedest things"
In the intro to NZ class, the questions were meant to be about NZ and Me, but meh.


one kids stands up and goes; "My firend has more money then me. So I went home and asked my mum for money and then the next day he still had more money ...

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 ...

... restaurant and I really couldn't decide what I wanted. Burger or Enchiladas and somehow I had a vision of Randy Hansen telling me to order the Enchiladas. So I did. On the menu it says (all in English of course) that I would get three chicken enchiladas served with rice, beans and tortilla chips. Count the chips in picture. Tortilla chips must be very valuable in China. In case you don't see it, I received three (3 ...

... for me. She replied that if I did that I might lose my booking. I hung up, muttering to myself "and what a bloody great shame that would be!" The people hanging out by our gate looked at me wide-eyed in disbelief. I assume this was because of the whole “foreigner speaking Chinese on telephone” thing rather than the “foreigner completely losing her cool in public” thing, but I could be mistaken.

Take off from Ningbo was delayed yet ...

... of the owner, who is also the school’s librarian, told us how long it took him to teach the local bakery to make real hamburger buns, both in shape and taste—they couldn’t understand why he didn’t want sugar in the recipe like their sweet buns.

It is amazing what kind of impact ‘comfort’ food can have when you are travelling, or away from home.

Yum... cheese.

~Ashley

... I felt more at home. So I tried to encourage them to think about design, what they want the t-shirt to say, or represent... I drew an example on the board of a simple combination of ‘E’ and ‘A’ and that was it, they were sold. I would have changed things around and been a little more creative if I knew I was suggesting ideas rather than suggesting examples... Oh well. Next challenge, teach the students how to use InDesign from scratch in ...

... would have felt was bang on. One student said: "If this had been real life I would have jumped from the building." The dejected way he said it was pretty funny, but under the circumstances, that is exactly what some people did.

Certainly some of the students did make money, but there was enough variety that it better demonstrated the result across the nation, rather than for a few individuals. One of the best parts was the first and only person to go ...

... any plan for a library, but when they tried for their BC accreditation, they wouldn't approve them without a couple, so they had to close up what were meant to be courtyards and covert them. It has led to bright, friendly libraries, but apparently they can also leak. The rest of the day was all boring class stuff... Read, discuss, and group work... That sort of thing. But we enjoyed a wonderful group dinner at the Kerrin Hotel buffet, and stuffed ourselves full. -Ashley

... shower, double bed - ah luxary! Dandong, for those of you who have no idea where on earth it is, is on the North Korean border in North east China. I took a walk down to the river front - the only thing that seperates china and N korea. Here is a wried place, you look across the river and the place seems deserted, all the land is barren and brown with no colour, so bizare. I hopped on a boat which takes you over into N korean waters and you can see the N koreans ...

... fieb**, v**stopfung und KOpfschm**zen....seit ein** woche geht das so.... und h**pes hatte ich auch :) ...alles gratis von mein** freundin...ich hoffe sie hat jetzt AIDS! ;) AUUUAAAAA...ich yhab auf ein** Disk einen gaaaannnnnzzz langen text ueb** Myanmar welch** auch furchtbar int**essant is, leid** **lauben die chinese inet cafees keine disks :( Ich bin hi** schon eine woche in dalian, welches in d** Bible als sup**toll empfohlen wird...wohne ...