Hey , sorry if you have not been getting updates. Travelbolg was having some problems but they fixed them now. I was really glad to read everyones comments. So if you are interested back up a few blogs to catch up. As for this week well..... I always get this way. Effete. After my birthday I got depressed with my life that I am older and not doing anything with my life blah blah blah. I had an amazing time in Shanghai and then a great time with they guys for New Years but all my Chinese friends were away with family and I was alone. I started getting really homesick and depressed. I have come to realize that it’s important to do things with people and not just what you see. Because touring around ... read more

Yeah!! The Internet is working at normal speed! So I can now catch up on all that went on while the Internet took a break. School finished with a bang! I can now say I made it through a semester of teaching with out to much heartache and next semester I know what I have to do and how to prepare. I got to know Alaina and Ruth much better. I am now addicted to Bollywood and Indian music. And I do believe that my next teaching job will be India. I am in love with that country and its *cough * cough** men, well one man. I went to Wafugin with Alaina and when I am with her I do things I would never do alone note the pictures of me eating crickets on a ... read more

I am back from Shanghai and I really love that city. The Wellings are the nicest people you will ever meet. They took me into there home and were the greatest hosts ever. They took me shopping and fed me western food they are the greatest ever! Shanghai is very different from Beijing. More modern, starbucks on every corner, so many foreigners they don't look at me twice, everything goes up, warmer. It is the fashion capital of China. People dress very well and all the big name brands are being bought. When I got off the plane I was taken to the clothing market where I was fitted for new clothes it was great. I got to pick out my fabric and had pants made that fit me! I then went walking around on Nanjing ... read more

Top story of the China Daily BEIJING - China will have 30 million more men of marriageable age than women in less than 15 years as a gender imbalance resulting in part from the country's tough one-child policy becomes more pronounced. The report predicted that by 2020 the imbalance would mean men of marriageable age — especially those with low income or little education — would find it difficult to find wives, resulting in possible social problems. The problem is not just a rural issue, with the newborn gender imbalance also widening in cities. In the first 11 months of 2006, there were 109 boys born in Beijing for every 100 girls. China Daily said one way to solve the problem would be to create a proper social security system so rural couples would not feel ... read more

This week has been really good. I met Allison and her family downtown. I really like her family a lot they are kind easygoing people just like Alison. It was so good to catch up on the Green Street news. I also love hearing what other peoples impression of China is. I wish them safe travels as they make their whirlwind tour of Hong Kong and then back to Shanghai and home. As go into my weekend and my junior high classes the Christmas parties started. I have now taught the Christmas story three times my drawing improves with each telling. You would think that my art lessons would have paid off. Maybe it is because they have to draw all the Chinese characters but my students are really good artists. So when I started drawing ... read more