Ti Xiang Style Hotel
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In Retrospect
... am talking about. Eventually I have to resort to making motions of eating soup or noodles, or just pointing at what someone else has and hoping it is not pig ears or goose neck.
Sometimes I do wonder, though, if the Chinese get a kick out of intentionally misunderstanding what I am saying. On several occasions I have ordered fried noodles and they have brought out something different. Once I even had our Chinese coordinator write ...
Mornings in China...
... first class, 20 minuets later I practically kick my kids out the door as a fresh group of 6 kids are ushered into my room. Over all I have to teach 6 classes.
Classes are easy. The most important thing is to act really excited about EVERYTHING! Although sometimes I feel a little ridiculous freaking out about a pom-pom glued to a piece of paper the kids love it. The more ridiculous and outlandish I act , ...
10 reasons I love and hate China
... 3. the school cafeteria. just picture an American school cafeteria and replace it with dirt covered walls and floors ( remember that hacking coughing spiting nastiness i was talking about earlier? they do it inside as well.) Then replace the food with rice , tofu, chicken feet and boiled veggies with enough red pepper in them to knock someone out.
4. I don't understand anything that is going on. One time I was in an assembly at ...
Cooking in Bengbu
... least 30 people) was concerned at the unhuman growlings of my poor stomach not accustomed to a diet that consists 80% of rice. Back at the school I was the envy of all of the American teachers. Unremorsefully, I watched as they headed to the school canteen for yet another meal of rice, vegetables, and mystery meat. I chuckled to myself and started making my spaghetti. 5 tomatoes, an onion, a small ...
The School
The school I'm teaching at is huge. It has three parks, a soccer field , a track , outdoor ping-pong tables , a work out park, a tennis court, a pool they open in summer, a lake complete with paddle boats, a walking trail, and four dorms. The weather has been really nice here the last couple of days so I was finally able to walk around outside and explore.
My favorite part of ...