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2011 Xmas travels 1 - The joys of travel in China
... at present the aviation industry has too many disadvantages, not the least of which is an almost complete absence of punctuality and airports frequently being almost the same distance from your point of departure as the destination (significantly worse than any train station). In light of this and with the speed trains are achieving, a journey by train is definitely cheaper and frequently faster too.
The other alternative, buses, is just scary. Every day ...
It's about time!
... make up anything to resemble some sort of shape. Even though it was crowded with tourists, we had a good time.
Eric and I were on a mission to find matching T-shirts. Even though we aren’t a couple, we thought it would be funny to be like other couples. You can see many couples walking around with matching t-shirts, same color, same words. It’s really quite funny. We finally found some on Sunday. They were red Happy Birthday ...
The paranoid country?
... can draw a circle at the southeast of the Chinese map."
As much as anything else, it is an incredibly bold thing to say. Students in China never question teachers, especially not on first meeting when they're desperate to set a good image. Given that she also had to express her concerns in English makes it even more remarkable (and I must note that she did very well) and I certainly congratulated her in my reply whilst also ...
Books & Movies 2011
Books
1. Kimchi & Calamari ~ Rose Kent
2. The Woman Who Walked to Russia ~ Cassandra Pybus
3. Underground to Canada ~ Barbara Smucker
4. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress ~ Dai Sijie
5. Hatchet ~ Gary Paulsen
6. It's All Chinese to Me: An Overview of Culture & Etiquette in China ~ Pierre Ostrowski & Gwen Penner
7. Brian's Winter ~ Gary Paulsen
8. River Town: Tow Years on ...
The Medical Exam
... would be doubly difficult for me as I'd just used the bathroom at the clinic and my sample was on its way to the Yangtze River. In the bathroom I had puzzled over a sign that said Do not put paper in close stool. I looked at the little garbage can and wondered if that was the close stool. There was nothing in the can to give me a hint as to how to proceed. I sent the paper to the Yangtze and headed upstairs to the ...



