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The ink in my pen runs dry as it sits idle; a journal page full, not of text, but of botched attempts to set my thoughts to paper. Dark marks that represent the inability to compare where I am now to where I was fill the once empty space. It is difficult; rather, nearly impossible to comprehend how another country, society, culture…being…how another being embeds traces of influence on the self. Each step I take as ...
Wedding Fireworks are ringing
... house which is just around the corner from her parent's home. We were driven to the village by her father and a family friend. Now when ai say village, I mean it. This place was the kind of rural China that you always picture. Small brick building surrounded by fields of corn and rice. Little rickety old motorcycle carts racketting down the road. Even the bathrooms consisted of cobbled together wooden squat outhouses. At one point I was afraid I was ...
Celebrities and monkeys...
... was very much appreciated.
It is amazing the bonds that form even after such a short time. Many of the students were very disappointed when we had to leave after lunch and expressed their desire to return. We had been treated like celebrities throughout the trip and had felt such warm hospitality that it was difficult to leave...but the trip must continue.
Our next stop for the afternoon was Monkey Mountain. This is actually the area ...
Our first full day in Lianyugang...
... school day in China starts at 7 and finishes at 6pm and consists of 9 lessons of 45 minutes with 10 minutes break between each class. From 11:40 - 2:10pm the students go home for lunch and a rest before heading back to school for the afternoon session. The mass migration to and from the school is a site to be seen. The photos below hardly give it justice.
Lessons included Maths, Physics and what's known as VCE which is a sort of ...
Who's up for a Chinese road trip?
... is a boiling water dispenser. This is great for making a coffee or making noodles which they sold at the shop for 5RNB (80c).
To make the time go more quickly many of the students got some more sleep, listened to their music or broke into some impromptu sing-alongs. Finally after a full days travel we arrived at the school at Lianyugang at 3:30pm to a very warm reception.
Once off the bus the students ...