Zhengding Guohao Hotel Shijiazh Shijiazhuang

... with a chinese host family. I hit the jack pot. I stayed with "becky" and her parents. Her father is a meteorologist and her mother works at a bank. They showed me all over town and gave me a nice wooden good luck bracelet. (They are not normally worn by tourists and other Chinese people have found mine pretty funny when i where it out)

Becky's family was loaded. They had a large 2 story apartment, flat ...

Mr. Fu who's giving us a ride from Beijing turns out to be a businessman driving to Shijiazhuang for a meeting. Once he got comfortable with us he agrees to take us all the way to Shijiazhuang. The visibility is about 50 feet with heavy down pour as he drives slowly south. Both Liu Chang and I can't believe we're finally on the road. We seriously considered spending the night at the motel at the gas station. That would have been downright depressing!
Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China whereskyle

... I’m never
going to get it and I just have to take this as a learning experience. Although
I’m upset about it, I’ve done everything I can so I’m just letting it go now. I
believe karma and that makes me feel a little bit better, ha.

I’ve continued to teach at Ai Hua, Ugly Duckling
Kindergarten and Jessi’s School and meet with Young Yang, Sunny &Jassi, and
Peter- sad to say goodbye to ...

... biggie, we were almost out anyway. Birthday and Marriage *Went to a nice restaurant and had sushi for Sam's bday. It was soo good- I've missed sushi. Our Chinese friend Eileen surprised me with a text message that said she got married and she wanted us to meet her husband. So we went to "the boat restaurant" to celebrate Grandma & Grandpa *Our new friend John (lives in our apt building and is helping the new Korean students get adjusted) invited us to have dinner at his ...

Guilin China Travel China Attractions Yangshuo China Travel Located in the vicinity of the North China Plain, Shijiazhuang, the capital of Hebei Province, neighbors Beijing and Tianjin in the north, Bohai Sea in the east, and lies against the continuous Taihang Mountain in the west. Covering ...

... boss, Jack is really cool. He runs the school as well as teaches, he's in the process of opening a new school and he also has an international trade company. He's a busy guy but always makes time to call us to give us a heads up for the week. He has a lot of connections in our city and he asked me to work with one of his friend's hair school students for a weekend. They're all going to take a test in May which will ...

... so i think he realized i wasn't upset with him. Since we have a 7 day holiday, the school told us we had to work Saturday and Sunday this week. Since I don't have Monday morning classes (which were taught on Saturday morning this week) I told Young Young (the lady I tutor) that we could meet for a few hours. We worked on a lot of pronunciation- she read a passage out of one of her english books and i'd stop her and go over certain ...

... are the most stressful/hectic years and i believe it because our students have class every day of the week including saturday and sunday. they get a 2 hour break for lunch and free time which is usually spent doing homework. and they have class til about 8pm. they have a very important test at the end of their junior 3 year and another one at the end of their senior 3 year which determines which ...

... them write chinese symbols- they're so fast and it looks so cool. On Wednesday, Helen and Nina (another assistant in the foreign affairs office) went with us to sign up for gym memberships- the man who worked there said it was gonna be 450 RMB for a year but after a little negotiating between our favorite waiban ladies and the gentleman, they got it down to 365 RMB so we each got our membership for $60!! crazy huh? and our gym is really ...

... I am using "quotes" when I name something based on what I know and how it looked and tasted! Long story short, we arrived in Shijiazhuang yesterday, Aug. 26 around 10 am. I really hope that Monday, Aug. 25th was not my day to win the lottery or that nothing huge happened like finding the cure for cancer, because we missed the entire day! Our school is in a neighborhood that is for poor or middle class, according to Helen. it basically looks like it has been through a war ...