Jingyuan Hotel
Travel Blogs from Hengyang
So im a politician& kindergarten teacher in china?
... sit-in on her 4th period Tuesday) that there were no classes for me Tuesday-Thursday!
woo hoo i guess and i can only chuckle in this case at the lack-of-scheduling. though as i still teach the dreaded kids class Thursday night (which i absolutely will add as the eighth ring of my personal hell!) and then rings 2-5 at the JR school Friday morning- so not much room to go anywhere but a very nice break to prep/clean and mentally prepare for mom and dad's trip next week!
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Risin to the top! gettin guanxi-fied & dinnr dates
... banana gifts. before our run though come running up ELANA!
(OK so back story- little Elana is my very sweet but dreaded student from class 439. She has excellent English and apparently went to some fancy summer camps in Changsha with foreign teachers there so guessing she is rather well-off around here and thus has a bit of a leg-up and boy does she let ppl know! she's quite smart and cute but Jesus is she prissy and has been asking me to dance with her and her friends ...
Gettin the MeanGirls-social-ques &takin a breather
... teaching. so this is literally the third time we rescheduled due to:
YOU GUESSED IT!...impromptu schedule changes..for example..
first time- rescheduled the week of due to a teachers' competition here on our campus that involved the whole county yet we weren't told changed all our classes around until two days before it happened!
2nd time- our classes were canceled and we had a power outage the day before and half the day during
3rd time- this week we had ...
Deep breaths from the Orient
... up with the nan gwa (which they also call pumpkin though it is actually a variety of butter nut squash and i have been cooking substituting for my beloved north American correct and orange sweet potatoes!)..alas maybe in another season?
other news is that its starting to get pretty cold here! though i fear and sympathize for y'all at home with this crazy ass Hurricane happening! but i have yet to experience wind and rain like it is now here in China and so ...
Heng Yang Hang
... a tiny 5 year old, crying out in panic as her entire body was wracked with an epileptic seizure she was fully aware of, was beyond heartbreaking.
And yet there is hope as the ICC staff work unswervingly with the children and cultural system they are in. There is hope when one hears about children being sponsored or adopted. There is hope when within a couple of short weeks, I see a child I work with, learn to take food from a spoon properly ...
Other places to stay in Hengyang
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Yan Cheng Hotel
No.91 Jiefang Road, Yanfeng District, Hengyang | Hotelfrom $64 -
Shen Long Hotel
No.3 Zhengxiang North Road, Zhengxiang District, Hengyang | Hotel -
Linyin Holiday Hotel
Downtown, Hengyang | Hotel -
Nan Yue Telecom Hotel
No.173 Zhurong Road, Nanyue District, Hengyang | Hotelfrom $35 -
Shouyue International Hotel
Downtown, Hengyang | Hotel -
De Quan Hotel
No.1 Dongfeng Road, Zhuhui District, Hengyang | Hotel -
Le Fu Hotel
75 North Zhengxiang Road, Hengyang | Hotel -
Hu Xiang Hotel
Jiefang Road, Hengyang | Hotel -
Hui Yan Hotel
26 Guangdong Road, Hengyang | Hotel -
Chuangfu Hotel
Downtown, Hengyang | Hotelfrom $30
