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By carriebaron
November 28th 2006

more expat stuff

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shenme?

Ok, so a bunch of people are leaving in February, end of a era. We'll be saying goodbye to Zack, Jessie, Chelsey, Logan, Robby (oops, nevermind, he changed his mind and is STAYING for his Chinese girlfriend!) Tracy, Brad, Alex, and Pete. So here are some more pictures of us westerners. Now, keep in mind, life's not always a party in the Dong. We also watch movies and play with Greg's girlfriend, X-BOX 360. She's a Pisces. I've added captions to each photo. You'll have to double click on each photo to see all the text, plus it will be nice [View Full Entry]

By carriebaron
November 22nd 2006

Playing with money

Asia » China » Shandong

My sophomores

Video and picture 1: MONEY DAY!! I spent about four hours creating enough fake money for about 150 students to play with in class. I wanted them to practice making change, so I had every monetary value from 20$ down to the penny. Good thing they loved the activity. Otherwise I might havae thrown myself down an oil hole, it took so long. They went CRAZY. I had never seen any of them so animated. In addition to money, I created wares for them to sell. (basically drew a bunch of random stuff on notecards.) They really got into, especially the [View Full Entry]

By Jean Guy Louise
November 8th 2006

2e partie de notre voyage

Asia » China » Shandong » Ji'Nan

Bonjour a tous de nouveau, Apres avoir quitte Beijing pour aller a Jinan par train - finalement l'horaire fut change et nous sommes partis a 13h30 au lieu de 10h00 a.m. pour arriver a Jinan a 18h00. Juste se rendre a la gare de train fut toute une experience - des milliers de personnes - en veux-tu en vla..... tout le monde te regarde - on est comme une aiguille dans une botte de foin..... finalement arrives dans le train c'etait la follie furieuse pour trouver de la place pour nos valises et nos places. Malgre tout, le voyage s'est bien [View Full Entry]

By carriebaron
November 4th 2006

Around Dongying

Asia » China » Shandong

home sweet home
Here is the hotel where I live.......a slightly nicer picture than before.

Well, not a lot to report here. I haven't been on an crazy adventures lately. I've pretty much just fallen into the routine of things. It's actually starting to feel like home here. I've got a cozy little apartment and the regular food places I go to, it's nice. I've joined a Chinese gym, which I have to admit is hilarious, especially the spinning instructor. It's a pretty good gym, and by pretty good I mean pretty clean. In other news I'm not freezing anymore. They don't turn on the heat in China until November 15th, and that's just north of [View Full Entry]

By Preston_66
November 2nd 2006

Quiet on the set. Action!

Asia » China » Shandong » Qingdao

Bodyguards and Bev
We're some bad ass looking body guards and Bev is just so purdy.

Living in Qingdao is very interesting for many reasons. It may not have the most history of any city, but it definetly has alot of oppertunity in bussiness. Recently a production/movie company has come to Qingdao to film a movie about the British take over of Hong Kong. Well why not film it in Hong Kong. Well manly becuase Qingdao is so beautiful and also becuase it is much cheaper to film here. Kindof like the movies being shot in Regina. Well becuase its about the British they obvioulsy need some foriegn actors. I had done a previous role in a [View Full Entry]

By Preston_66
November 1st 2006

There's a new sheriff in town

Asia » China » Shandong » Qingdao

LoaShan Beach
One of the best Beaches to go to in Qingdao/LaoShan District

I have waited and waited and waited for the day when I could finally tell Bev that she had to do the dishes and clean her room and so on and so on as she did to me through the many years of Childhood. Sadly my first attempt was a failure. So I have given up. haha But Bev has arrived safely and has been having a great time. We have been walking her into the ground showing her every cool spot in Qingdao. By the end of the day of sight seeing and teaching I'm dead tired. But each day [View Full Entry]

By Munerz
October 27th 2006

Biiiiicycle Biiiiicycle....

Asia » China » Shandong » Qingdao

Peak Hour, Qingdao inbound, traffic a mare!
This is about 100m before my pedal gave way, such a nice night for a ride!

’TWAS Tom Munro, from Ningxia Lu, that caught the cycling craze; He turned away the good old bus (11, 226, 205, 31) that served him many days (6 weeks); He dressed himself in cycling clothes (jeans,tshirt), resplendent to be seen; He hurried off to town and bought a shining new machine (300yuan, $45aus); And as he wheeled it through the door, with air of lordly pride, The grinning shop assistant said, “Ni hao, can you ride?” In case you havnt guessed already i have purchased a bicycle. There has been talk of this purchase circulating for weeks now and in typical [View Full Entry]

By Preston_66
October 20th 2006

There Ain't No Tear In This Beer

Asia » China » Shandong » Qingdao

The pic speaks for it's self

First off I just want to say sorry to everyone especially my aunt's for not getting in touch more! Its been amazingly busy here. But rest assured I have not forgotten about anyone. I have a picture of all my aunts and Grandma right beside me at my desk at school. Thats right.. I have a desk. But lets get down t the nitty gritty. I wanted to just do a quick blog about how rockin' the beer is here mainly for the fact it's a great beer, but also for the fact we spent a good coin to go to [View Full Entry]

By Munerz
October 16th 2006

Xai Jian Tazza!

Asia » China » Shandong » Qingdao

Mystery
..And what kind of mystery meat is this? (Seinfeld, 1997)

Hello and welcome, well what a big fortnight it has been not only in the Peoples Rublic Of China, but back in Terra Nullius and lets also throw in North Korea for good measure ! Unbelievable really, we'll start with home first. Thanks to the information super highway, and i emphasise 'super', i'm able to keep up to date with all the goings on back home. With the footy season done and dusted for another year, and Taz heading across the Nullabor to become a docker, theres nothing much else to do than think cricket! (Just for the record, Solomon and [View Full Entry]

By carriebaron
October 13th 2006

the cool people

Asia » China » Shandong

I LOVE THIS STUFF!!

Tamar Alexis Luke and Ben ROCK MY WORLD!!!!!! This entry is long overdue. About two weeks ago I received a care package from these four fine fellows. The pop rocks you gave me totally came with a science experiment, and I documented the whole thing! But I'm having trouble figuring out how to make the video small enough to post. So I will have to add it later. Sometime AFTER evaluation week. Next week the University is being evaluated. (and blast it all, the week of halloween. Totally kills the fun.) The whole freakin thing. Good school? Bad school? Soon to [View Full Entry]

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