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In Retrospect
... while there peering eyes silently judged me.
When I came here everything felt so foreign and strange. the crowded buses, The money, the people I couldn't understand, the stairs on the streets, the smell, the dirt, the driving, the Chinese students. Now It just seems like everyday life. I enjoy meeting new people on the buses even though I don't understand them. I don't think twice about dishing out money and bargaining with ...
Mornings in China...
... them off to lunch. By this time my own stomach is growling.
As I walk into the canteen, the familiar smell of dirty mop water greeting me, I already know what will be served. Rice and watery soup of course comes with every meal. Along with my rice I have a choice of four sides. Today I have the choice of some kind of greens (seaweed maybe? or it might just be turnips, they both taste the same) , sliced potatoes ( ...
10 reasons I love and hate China
... school of people. lol
5. Teaching Chinese kids. All I can say is that I wish I had of brought more duct tape. I can think of at least one good use for it.
6. no circus peanuts.
7. 30 hour hard seat train rides. sleepers are much better.
8. there is no 3 sec rule here. If something falls on the ground even if it is in a wrapper it is done for. Although, the other day I did drop my last Oreo Cakester on ...
Cooking in Bengbu
... in my drink and then making off with my prized pot of spaghetti. I figured that all their threats were empty . Even so I kept a close eye on my drink until the Spaghetti was done cooking. . I anxiously waited and before I knew it I was taking off the lid and scooping generous ladles of sauce onto my previously prepared noodles. It was one of the most beautiful things I have seen since coming to China. ...
The School
... separate room. I do like not having to fight over the scant amounts of water they give us each day to take a shower with .
One thing that I have learned about the Chinese is that they don't like to waste anything here. I sadly found this out at lunch one day. After refusing a side order of chicken feet and pig intestines earlier in the week I kept finding ground up ...
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