Hunan International Convention & Exhibition Center Changsha

... to do :( but we got to do some other rides... such as the carousal ha. The best part was the animal show. It was absolutely crazy... monkeys and bears riding bicycles, a goat walking on a tight rope with a monkey on his back, and some lions jumping through fire hoops.. i felt bad for the animals though!! the guys running the show were really rude and whipped them. China's way with animals makes me sad!! I wont go on about that though. The bus ride home was nice and quick ...

... ranch, and a nice glass of Jack Daniels whiskey have been forgotten! This is to say they have been replaced by new awesome things many of which I do not know the name of. We have been living very quaint, spending much time with our students and other English teachers at our school. Here's some update about our lives..

I know it was a while ago, but for Halloween Kori and I dressed up and invited our students to the local Shwombi Square ...

Nov, 20th was my 23rd birthday. I am aging well, but I am seven years from thirty!! It is crazy!!

Anyway, I (with some help from friend) booked a suite at the HuaTian (5-star) Hotel. It was incredible. About 15 people from all over Hunan came for the celebration and it was swell.

This month my buddies (Team Sharks) and I participated in No-Shave-November ...

... Kysymykset olivat "Mitä pidät Kiinasta?" -tyyppisiä. Oppilaat olivat suloisia ja vähän ujoja, mutta hyvin eloisia ja äänekkäitä myöskin.

Koulu oli julkinen ja se näkyi luokkakoossa: Erikalla oli keskimäärin 50-60 oppilasta samassa luokassa. Kiinassa on suuri tarve englannin opettajista ja töitä löytäisi täältä helposti. Palkka ei tosin ole hääppöinen, mutta palkkaaan kuuluu oma asunto ja ja ...

I just got back from a night in Changsha. I went with three students and the heads of the English Department for an English competition. I have been training the three students for about a month now and they had their competition today.

I was unable to stay in Changsha tonight, so I will not be able to see Willow's speech. I have a ...

I have finally returned from a well needed break. The last nine days, I have been in Changsha and Shanghai. I went to Changsha for two nights and then Shanghai for seven. It has been a good adventure.

I went to Changsha to celebrate National Day with all of my fellow teachers. It was a huge day for the PRC and Changsha was wild.

Besides partying with everyone, not much was done.

Here are the few pictures from the nights in Changsha.

... off, they just forgot to tell us about it though. Today I created a video slideshow of some of my adventures and interesting things I've seen in China. When you watch the video, click the other side of the mouse over the video and you can make it fullscreen, just go the zoom option. Hope you guys enjoy.

... was truly great or that no one has had Italian food in over a month. After-wards everyone went out to the bars. Today I didn't get up until 12 and then for the rest of the day I watched the TV series West Wing on my computer. I haven't had a day like that in a while and it was amazing.

... least that's what his chinese name sounded like) and he's been teaching us Chinese. Yesterday and today is the mid-autumn or moon festival, quite an important holiday in China. I think all the students and teachers love it mainly though because it means two days off. Today some of Sam's students showed us around parts of Jianghua. One of their english names was dolphin - we're not sure why either! We went to the home/temple thing of the Yao's first ancestor, Pan Weng. The Yao people ...

... Needless to say I was loving all of the tone lowering moments... - Coca Cola - nothing kills stomach bugs like nailing a can of coke after a dubious meal. Thankyou mat cowdrey for that piece of advice. - Oreos - they bloody love'em over here. Besides them it's pretty much russian roulette when buying food for the long train trips. - 12th man on the iPod - nothing passes the time better. Having gone through them all, I can safely say Maxxie trying to get back on ...