Mingchen Internatioal Hotel Changsha

... but not ha. After this they took us to a Buddhist temple that was really amazing. It had some beautiful statues and a lake outside... i didnt get any pics but im sure ill go back. It was pretty brave of the student to take us around (most who dont know english are hesitant to even come by our house).. but i love when students take us out to do something new.

Some good news- i have a new little baby pup! His name is Bucket (Adam liked the name) .. but hes soo ...

... of Hunan Province where we live and teach. It is a huge city! I had Thursday and Friday free from class, as my students had an exam. We were able to get Kori's class canceled on Friday, along with our FAO Brown. It is about a 6 hour drive to Changsha. When we arrived, we checked into a hotel room and went out to explore. The shopping was quite amazing in Changsha, and we walked around shops for a few hours. We stopped at McDonald's or KFC ...

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 ...

... Kuinka sitä ihminen voi erehtyä! Kiinassa pieni kaupunki tarkoittaa jotain ihan muuta kuin Suomessa. Kyselin asukkailta, paljonko kaupungissa on asukkaita, jolloin sain vastaukseksi että noin 1-7miljoonaa ihmistä. Tarkistin asian wikipediasta: Zhuzhoussa on vaatimattomat 3,65 miljoonaa asukasta. Eli ei ihan maaseutua varsinaisesti.


Erika itse asui kaupungin laitamilla, Zhuzhoun Foreign ...

... I am very proud. They listened well and gave great speeches.

The competition consisted of:

- 3 minute prepared speech on- "Culture Smart or Science Intelligent"

-Two questions about their speech.

-A 2 minute impromptu speech (i already forgot the topics, they each had different ones)

-Peace

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.

This morning I woke up at 7am to try and watch my Gators play against Charleston Southern, but unfortunately for the first time my internet was down until 10am. I was only able to watch the last minute of the game. Also I had no running water until 12 b/c they are doing construction on the new gym and shut the ...

... with flags and mega phones there is also a massive river hear but also has some intresting musems and some realy nice parks with lakes

i am going to a place called jhangjiajie tomorrow yer dont try to pronunce it its very difficult

i will update my blog when i get to gangzhou in about 5 - 7 days

take care

peter xxx

Changsha's main attraction is without any question the Hunan Provincial Museum and its most important tenant: the well preserved mummy of the "Marques de Dai" (Lady Dai) who was a noble woman belonging to the upper class and who died at the age of 50. 2100 years ago.When her body was found by Chinese archeologists, it was applauded as one of the most important excarvations in modern history, to compare only to the pharaons in ...

... differentiates a pet dog from a "food dog," and I haven't found a Chinese person who can clearly explain it to me either. In my mind it's one step away from cannibalism, but obviously to them it is just a meal-another reminder of the vast cultural differences I encounter everyday. Dr. Qiu felt awful and evacuated me as quickly as possible to the nearest western restaurant, then took me to a karaoke party to get my mind off of ...