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... a new friendship, and a look into real life in the Middle Kingdom. What we lack in the West in terms of culture and community we make up for in mass consumption and convenience. China is no doubt inconvenient, but verbal inabilities and lack of vocabulary fail to exclude one gwai lo from the community found so close to home. Fate brought me here and the opportunity is one I cannot pass up. Follow the path set before you and opportunity is ...
Wedding Fireworks are ringing
... bunked down at Snow's old home. Anthony and I were situated on a large flat, heated traditional sleeping space called a conk. Did I mention that altogether five of us were laying lengthwise on this thing? I slept surprisingly well to tell you the truth. The next morning we got around to had next door for the wedding. It is interesting to note that at most traditional weddings people don't dress to the nines. They dress in every day clothing or ...
Lao Shi Lao Shi - Teacher Teacher!
"Teacher Teacher! Play Football?"
"Yes Tom, Play Football!"
How lucky we are; a stable job, good kids, and laughs abound. There are many problems at my new school, but so far it has been a good experience, for me at least.
To set the story, my school was been set up in Linyi, Shandong Province with huge support from the central government in hopes to bring more development into the area. In fact, the whole ...
Gwai Lo In China
... have shown only kindness towards me and that is something I truly am thankful for. Just as they say, when you are willing to work with them, they are willing to work with you. A healthy balance of give and take, a quasi “ying and yang” approach …something to learn from. Funny, I was originally supposed to work in Beijing, but Linyi will be my home for the next two or so years. I like where the chips fell…this time.
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Qing Dao and the crazy bus ride
... Finally we were off...or so we thought. After about 15 minutes we stopped on the side of the road to pick up 4 more people. Suprisingly they fit, it was crowded but they made it. Then we stopped at a gas station, only to find out that there was no gas. No gas at a gas station, interesting. So we had to stop again. Finally we thought we were on our way. Only to stop about an hour later on the side of the highway. There we picked up a box. The box was about 5x3x3. One would think that ...
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