Tianxin Pavilion Hotel Changsha

... dont understand or listen to me- their choice of names were a bit odd. I now have some boy students named- Lady, Amber, and boy. And a girl named venus, who calls herself wenus because they cant make the V sound.

This week were teaching our students all about Christmas. And for the next two weeks i will be showing a christmas movie!! so i will get to hang out in the back of the class and watch the same movie 18 times... exciting! hah

Still counting down the ...

... 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 ...

... If you can't guess what that means then forget about it. So, i have taken some very beautiful head shots of the guys that did it. Roman and Pat are missing. Roman wasn't there until later and Pat was being difficult. Thanks for rounding up the other guys, Luke!!

Besides drinking and staying up all night, there is nothing much to report. See for yourself....

... ole juurikaan vapaa-aikaa. Pari oppilasta kertoi keskimääräisen päiväohjelman kestävän aamukuudesta ilta kymmeneen. Kerroinkin luokalle, että Suomen ja Kiinan erona on se, että Suomessa nuorilla on enemmän vapaa-aikaa.

Vietimme Erikan luona mukavan, pidennetyn viikonlopun, jonka jälkeen pakkasimme tavarat ja lähdimme Kiinan etelä-osaan Kunmingin kaupunkiin hankkimaan Vietnamin ja Kambodzan viisumit.

I just got back from a night in Changsha. I went with three students and the heads of the English Department for an English competition. I have been training the three students for about a month now and they had their competition today.

I was unable to stay in Changsha tonight, so I will not be able to see Willow's speech. I have a ...

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 ...

Last night was a great night, Michaela one of the world teach volunteers organized a potluck dinner and it was a huge hit. There were about 25 people that show up. I made penne pasta in vodka cream tomato sauce with pork meatballs. Everyone raved over how great my dish was but I'm not sure if ...

Today I had to go to the hospital to get checked out by the Chinese government. It is a requirement of any foreigner that comes to work in China. Luckily all my paperwork was accepted from the states and I only had to give to blood. After that we went back to the school for our Chinese lesson and to finish up orientation for the day. Next we went to dinner at a ...

... off patrons of the massage parlors. This is the only street I have seen like this since I have been in China. It is also the only street I have been on that shares an address with a large government military complex. So, crammed in between a few of these businesses is a common general store, similar to a store you could find anywhere in China. They sell the same drinks, fruit, snacks and cigarettes as a million other street side vendors. What makes this one special is the woman who ...