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Date: 4th May 2010
most beautiful?
Lovely to read your reports/ sad to hear Guilin getting over-devel'd, but not surprising....Yes, having been there in early '80s, I'd still say it's most beautiful city I've ever been in.... Did Yangshuo clear up and contest for the title in the end? xoxox
From Blog: Rain, rain, rain...
most beautiful?
Lovely to read your reports/ sad to hear Guilin getting over-devel'd, but not surprising....Yes, having been there in early '80s, I'd still say it's most beautiful city I've ever been in.... Did Yangshuo clear up and contest for the title in the end? xoxox
From Blog: Rain, rain, rain...
Date: 26th April 2010
Thanks!
Great to hear from you. Grandma will be so pleased that you are following in her footsteps. I am on my way to CA for a week. Elena is making a "dactyl" for Renfair. Love you....
From Blog: Making progress
Thanks!
Great to hear from you. Grandma will be so pleased that you are following in her footsteps. I am on my way to CA for a week. Elena is making a "dactyl" for Renfair. Love you....
From Blog: Making progress
Date: 16th April 2010
Grateful
Pleased to see that you're on track to do a new blog series.
From Blog: Back on the road
Grateful
Pleased to see that you're on track to do a new blog series.
From Blog: Back on the road
Date: 15th April 2010
Great to hear from you. The earthquake in Tibet is in the news here. What's the reaction where you are?
From Blog: Back on the road
Great to hear from you. The earthquake in Tibet is in the news here. What's the reaction where you are?
From Blog: Back on the road
Date: 7th November 2009
Hainan vacation
Sounds great - any plans to visit Beijing?
From Blog: Hainan vacation, part the last
Hainan vacation
Sounds great - any plans to visit Beijing?
From Blog: Hainan vacation, part the last
Date: 28th October 2009
colds
Hi - have to look at my journal ... I remember battling colds my whole month in China too.
From Blog: Blech
colds
Hi - have to look at my journal ... I remember battling colds my whole month in China too.
From Blog: Blech
Date: 15th October 2009
Nah, I still have both of those (brought the '90s camera on my trip), but my cell phone has a pretty good camera, and I figured I couldn't go another entire year without sharing my pictures with anyone.
From Blog: Hainan Vacation, part 2
Nah, I still have both of those (brought the '90s camera on my trip), but my cell phone has a pretty good camera, and I figured I couldn't go another entire year without sharing my pictures with anyone.
From Blog: Hainan Vacation, part 2
Date: 15th October 2009
Hainan beer
Not very good, unfortunately. Pretty watery (I guess very light and refreshing for their very hot summers).
From Blog: Hainan Vacation, part 2
Hainan beer
Not very good, unfortunately. Pretty watery (I guess very light and refreshing for their very hot summers).
From Blog: Hainan Vacation, part 2
Date: 15th October 2009
Did you get a digital camera at last?! Gone are the days of Polaroids and 90's cameras?
From Blog: Hainan Vacation, part 2
Did you get a digital camera at last?! Gone are the days of Polaroids and 90's cameras?
From Blog: Hainan Vacation, part 2
Date: 14th October 2009
Mooncake
Love the mooncake story. I'll have to see if I can find the Inquirer article about how AAU decided to have a mooncake eating contest to celebrate the mid-Autumn festival. I guess mooncakes have even more stories about them than matzoh-balls.
From Blog: Hainan Vacation, part 2
Mooncake
Love the mooncake story. I'll have to see if I can find the Inquirer article about how AAU decided to have a mooncake eating contest to celebrate the mid-Autumn festival. I guess mooncakes have even more stories about them than matzoh-balls.
From Blog: Hainan Vacation, part 2
Date: 9th October 2009
Glad to see you are enjoying (???) some exciting moments---but did it have to be a typhoon??? Well--- the Margolis line is seriously weather phobic. Perhaps you will teach us a new way..... Love, Aunt Vivi
From Blog: Typhoon!
Glad to see you are enjoying (???) some exciting moments---but did it have to be a typhoon??? Well--- the Margolis line is seriously weather phobic. Perhaps you will teach us a new way..... Love, Aunt Vivi
From Blog: Typhoon!
Date: 27th September 2009
Yeah, one of my coworkers is planning to go to Manila (and maybe some islands) for our break, and he said that the fact that everyone was telling him Manila was not an interesting city for a tourist was increasing his desire to go there, and I thought of you.
From Blog: Scenic travels
Yeah, one of my coworkers is planning to go to Manila (and maybe some islands) for our break, and he said that the fact that everyone was telling him Manila was not an interesting city for a tourist was increasing his desire to go there, and I thought of you.
From Blog: Scenic travels
Date: 26th September 2009
Very interesting. As you can guess, this is my favorite kind of travelogue sb
From Blog: Scenic travels
Very interesting. As you can guess, this is my favorite kind of travelogue sb
From Blog: Scenic travels
Date: 23rd September 2009
I do hope that, even if my goal is to introduce more Western-style teaching and learning to Chinese education, I can still learn important things from Chinese schools... respect for teaching as a profession is certainly a refreshing aspect of the culture. And don't feel too bad about your blueberry muffin, I would give up my mounds of Chinese food for some real, American baked goods these days.
From Blog: Happy Teacher's Day
I do hope that, even if my goal is to introduce more Western-style teaching and learning to Chinese education, I can still learn important things from Chinese schools... respect for teaching as a profession is certainly a refreshing aspect of the culture. And don't feel too bad about your blueberry muffin, I would give up my mounds of Chinese food for some real, American baked goods these days.
From Blog: Happy Teacher's Day
Date: 23rd September 2009
I am very close to both Hong Kong and Guangzhou. I don't know whether their trip is taking them to the south of China, but if it is, they will probably go to at least one of the two. Let me know! So far swine flu doesn't seem to be a problem at our school, though I do get at least a once-a-day temperature check.
From Blog: Happy Teacher's Day
I am very close to both Hong Kong and Guangzhou. I don't know whether their trip is taking them to the south of China, but if it is, they will probably go to at least one of the two. Let me know! So far swine flu doesn't seem to be a problem at our school, though I do get at least a once-a-day temperature check.
From Blog: Happy Teacher's Day
Date: 23rd September 2009
I don't ever remember doing anything when I was in school, but I'm glad to hear that teacher appreciation day does exist. A potluck might be nicer, anyway... a chance to actually talk to the parents and each other. The food and ceremony at banquets here seems to be so overwhelming that you don't actually feel like you've socialized with anyone.
From Blog: Happy Teacher's Day
I don't ever remember doing anything when I was in school, but I'm glad to hear that teacher appreciation day does exist. A potluck might be nicer, anyway... a chance to actually talk to the parents and each other. The food and ceremony at banquets here seems to be so overwhelming that you don't actually feel like you've socialized with anyone.
From Blog: Happy Teacher's Day
Date: 23rd September 2009
humialtion is cleansing
Hi Robin, In dealing with with my own many embarrassments over the years, I've decided that humiliation is cleansing. It scrubs you clean of all that sticky, tarry ego. So you are fresh and light -- and you have your wallet! Jeff
From Blog: Bad China Days
humialtion is cleansing
Hi Robin, In dealing with with my own many embarrassments over the years, I've decided that humiliation is cleansing. It scrubs you clean of all that sticky, tarry ego. So you are fresh and light -- and you have your wallet! Jeff
From Blog: Bad China Days
Date: 22nd September 2009
I'm going to send this on
I'll send this out to the teachers and student teachers I work with. It will help them feel better about their profession -- at least as it plays out in China. I am worried, though, that it will make them unduly hungry. In fact, the image of the wall of vegetarian options is making my sad breakfast blueberry muffin seem all the sadder and less significant.
From Blog: Happy Teacher's Day
I'm going to send this on
I'll send this out to the teachers and student teachers I work with. It will help them feel better about their profession -- at least as it plays out in China. I am worried, though, that it will make them unduly hungry. In fact, the image of the wall of vegetarian options is making my sad breakfast blueberry muffin seem all the sadder and less significant.
From Blog: Happy Teacher's Day
Date: 22nd September 2009
happy teacher's day
Dear Robin, I'm so glad to hear that you are in China and getting settled. I hope all the getting legal rigamarole is soon completed and that you can settle in to your actual work with pleasure. My sister-in-law and brother-in- law are going to China in October . Where exactly are you? Are you near any big cities that they might be likely to visit in their travels? I hope you have a wonderful time this year. Stay swine flu free. Love, Aunt Shosh
From Blog: Happy Teacher's Day
happy teacher's day
Dear Robin, I'm so glad to hear that you are in China and getting settled. I hope all the getting legal rigamarole is soon completed and that you can settle in to your actual work with pleasure. My sister-in-law and brother-in- law are going to China in October . Where exactly are you? Are you near any big cities that they might be likely to visit in their travels? I hope you have a wonderful time this year. Stay swine flu free. Love, Aunt Shosh
From Blog: Happy Teacher's Day
Date: 20th September 2009
yeah, pickpockets have certainly stressed me out some places; I've fantasized about planting easy-to-snatch wallets with thousands of dollars of play money.
From Blog: Bad China Days
yeah, pickpockets have certainly stressed me out some places; I've fantasized about planting easy-to-snatch wallets with thousands of dollars of play money.
From Blog: Bad China Days
Date: 18th September 2009
There is actually a national teacher appreciation day here in the States. At my school, the parents organize a potluck luncheon for the teachers..... less food than you apparently received but the idea's the same. Thanks for keeping us in the loop.
From Blog: Happy Teacher's Day
There is actually a national teacher appreciation day here in the States. At my school, the parents organize a potluck luncheon for the teachers..... less food than you apparently received but the idea's the same. Thanks for keeping us in the loop.
From Blog: Happy Teacher's Day
Date: 13th September 2009
a very belated happy teachers' day to you ... how many pounds did you put on?
From Blog: Happy Teacher's Day
a very belated happy teachers' day to you ... how many pounds did you put on?
From Blog: Happy Teacher's Day
Debbie
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Wow!!!
I had no idea you had become such a hiker! I'm so impressed! And very glad you are finding nice folks to hike/travel with from place to place. xox
From Blog: Over the halfway hump