Jinjiang Hotel Qian'an
West of Renmin Square Qian'an, Hebei, China
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Apples, a student ‘A’ & IKEA
... they were selling. She said it was apples. She also explained why but most of what she said was in Chinese so I didn’t understand what she said.
Tonight, as I was finishing my last class about 9 pm, a student, A, popped her head into my classroom and asked if I was going home soon. I said yes, and she said she would come with me. I thought that meant we would share a taxi as she told ...
T, t, t, testing (Important to English Students?)
... their careers, how to set objectives, why the customer is so important and decision making processes.
The last question, in the context of brain storming, asked the students to list some attributes that should be considered when Wall Street was employing a new Foreign Teacher, my position.
I considered listing here all the responses as I didn’t want my bias to appear in the filtering. ...
Red Wrapping (nope, not rapping!)
Today, as I got on the 518 bus at 8:30 am to head to work, I noticed that most of the vertical grab bars or rails that you hold as you stand or navigate the aisle have been wrapped in red cloth.
Is that because it is now cold outside? But ...
Cold, or colder anyway
When I got up this morning at 7:30 am I saw it was a clear, cloudless day outside. We had seen it was clear when we came home last night, with J checking out the stars as she does. As I usually do I checked and was a little surprised when I saw on my thermometer that it was 5 degrees outside, much warmer than I guessed. Clear skies ...
Poverty, what is poverty?
... it is difficult to compare. However, some costs are indicative:
- J & I can have dinner at our local restaurant – two plates of hot cooked food including meat (not much), vegetables, rice and a bottle soft drink – for about Y35, about $NZ7. The Coca Cola soft drink makes up about 1/3 of the cost of the meal. (If we have dinner at a fancy western restaurant it costs ...


