Skyline Hotel Dalian

... mushroom. OR, shave off one side of your hair, and have a long emo fringe that covers your face. (These styles were very popular at the hairdresser I went to (where no one spoke English) so as you can imagine, I was very nervous. But coming out looking like I just come from a preppy private school in the English Countryside is better. Phew way to dodge a bullet Peter J.)

... maybe Canada. He worked for a guy but the guy stole his recipes and Eddie left. Then he came back and opened "The real Eddies" Not sure if all that is correct but hopefully it is close. I guess there is another restaurant in Kai fa qu called "Eddies" Anyway, he serves western food and has a delicious bakery. I had some of the chocolate chip cookies. They were tasty.

Again, back to the story, we went to ...

... for a while. I decided I ought to call the hotel I had booked online for my stay in Dalian to explain the situation and ask if they would be able to keep my reservation. They are only supposed to keep rooms until 18:00 and I was worried the plane had been delayed for long enough that I would not make it in time. The woman I talked to was a stupid cow. I don’t usually call complete strangers stupid cows, but she really was. Instead of a polite refusal, she told ...

... one in Kai fa qu was rocks. So, off with the shoes and into the waves. Not very deep though. After our beach adventure we headed back to the park and caught the bus back to the train station and bought our light rail tickets and I headed home to Kai fa qu. All in all, it was a nice day in Dalian. Oh yeah, my roommate had a friend over and made homemade pizza while I was gone and had saved some for me when I returned. It was good too.

... didn’t fess up right at the beginning. She was happy with her massage, but after some comparisons I definitely think I got the more skilled masseuse.

To top off the evening, we headed to Susan’s, one of the only true western restaurants in this part of China. I went all out and ordered an orange Julius and a poutine. It is not quite the same, but a pretty darn close replica, especially for China. The ...

We have all been volunteered to help the school put on an English Festival. I was very reluctant to get too involved in something I had no interest in, because there is a lot of other activities the school does that is more up my alley... but we had no choice.

The most Chinese thing about the whole event was that the slogan was incorrect grammar, for a festival celebrating English. Classic. We will, we will English You! Good lord.

So, when given a ...

... time.

But, to accurately demonstrate the era we were teaching—The Stock Market Crash of '29—suddenly the stocks started to drop, and of course the banker recalls all the loans... Still more frantic trading and the prices keep falling. The game ends when stocks are worthless, people have been cleaned out by the bank, and thus the discussion begins.

Who says that there is no capitalism in China? The students’ awareness of the emotions ...

... All consist of a park surrounding a North-South series of characteristic Chinese buildings with symbolic forms and colors housing remains and artifacts of each emperor and their families. 23. Qingdao City Plan, Beaches. Developed by the Germans in the ...

... appliance repair, watch repair, ipod (calculator, cell phone) repair, eyeglass repair, and, of course, any kind of food prep you can imagine. Streets are also the advertising space for tradesmen who put their tools in the gutter for display, maybe prop up a simple sign, and then wait for the customers to come by and pick them up. Oh, and the sidewalks are the parking lots too. The pedestrian has to contend with all these uses if he ...

... and act upset as you slam your cards on the table. 9. Taking a number two while squatting down in a restroom, preferably with a lack of ventilation or stall doors. Interestingly enough, Chinese people prefer to do their duty this way at public facilities. They believe that sitting on a toilet seat that has been used repeatedly is unhygienic. And we thought we were the civilized ones. 10. Get married, have one child, and spoil the **** out of your kid.