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Nongken Hotel Dalian

No.12 Fengguang Street, Xigang District Dalian, Liaoning, China

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Mangled

A travel blog entry by rzyirek

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Ok - it's been quite a while since I wrote - my apologies. Seasons Greetings to all!

December 13th I crushed my fingertip in a metal desk (the monitor fell down on it), broke my bone (compound fracture) and required orthopedic surgery. Yup. The surgeon put a 2 inch pin inside the top of my finger to hold the bone in place and to keep the knuckle from moving. They surgically removed my fingernail - which was completely crushed. It was the singularly most painful ...

Christmas in China!

A travel blog entry by hshannon

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We were informed in late November that the ESL teachers traditionally put on a grade 7 christmas concert with our students. This meant we had to select a Christmas song and teach each class of 30 12 year old kids how to sing and dance. I picked the song, 'Last Christmas' by Wham, or in my case, the Glee Cast. Almost two full weeks of lessons were devoted to learning the song and dance, with an evening dress rehearsal before the full concert.
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Stürmische Zeiten

A travel blog entry by hejialing

... ist mir ein Rätsel); danach wird ein koreanischer Film eingelegt, in sich dem nach den ersten 15 min die Frau einem Mann erst übers Toupé, dann auf die Glatze übergibt; ich beschließe zu schlafen

· 09:30: ohne irgendwelche Probleme in Dalian angekommen; gleich ein Taxi erwischt; zum Flughafen gefahren, kein Stau

· 11:15: Gebe mein Gepäck auf und hole mir mein Boardingticket; habe mal wieder Bedenken, dass ...

Trip to Dalian

A travel blog entry by hejialing

... ich da nix!). Koffer abgeben, einsteigen, Sitzplatz suchen (saß aus Versehen auf dem falschen und hab dadurch Chinesen verwirrt) und Essen auspacken. Stärkung vor der Fahrt muss sein. Der Busfahrer hatte diesmal eine ältere Dame dabei, deren Funktion mir nicht so ganz klar war. Vielleicht seine Therapeutin, denn er jammerte ihr fast die ganze Fahrt was von seiner Freundin vor. Zwischendrin steckte er sich immer wieder mal ...

Week 3: Teaching and stuff!

A travel blog entry by hshannon

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... students about the needs and characteristics of living things, so I spent a lot of time running around the classroom comparing students to plants and desks. My new computer works great and I have been able to use powerpoint presentations to help with teaching vocabulary. It's great because in a class of thirty, it's hard to see my writing on the white board from the back of the class, but with the projector in every classroom, they can all copy ...