http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Guangdong/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , China , Guangdong en-us Sat, 12 Dec 09 09:54:12 +0000 Sat, 12 Dec 09 09:54:12 +0000 Zhuhai Adventure Rainy villageAfter work on the Monday we thought it would be nice to catch the underground to a new party of the city to find some dinner the first place we went turned out to be just factories so we went another stop further the rain was really coming down at this point and we were in a place called Lijiu village a really strange place made up completely of alleys with lots http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Guangdong/Guangzhou/blog-459863.html zhuhai http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/blog-459548.html Not much to report but I thought I should assure you that I'm still alive. And that I'm not sick.It's December now. The school year is one third over. Time flies when you're in a pattern. I feel like yesterday was Fridayhow did it get to be Wednesday already Wait where did November goI've done some grocery shopping this week. Twice in fact. Both times I was assaulted by music that sh http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Guangdong/Shenzhen/blog-459322.html Today it rains in China First time ive seen anything close to rain here so quite a novelty.last night we went shopping but found nothing . . . well I found nothing paris bought all sorts of odd things. we did go to a really nice restaurant in a little back alley which was fun. also we explored a big maze of alleys with all sorts of shops in it. look really cool I should have taken more photos http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Guangdong/Guangzhou/blog-458741.html Hello friends It's been a while since my last entry so will need two entries to keep each entry to a reasonable read. Life this term has been extra busy. Instead of 12 classes I'm teaching 16. Also I've averaged twice as many coaching hours 45 per week instead of 2 since more students are asking for help prepping for English exams. In addition I've had other major blog obstacles in the http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Guangdong/Shaoguan/blog-458706.html Chimelong and KpartyThe day started by getting the big scare of having Paris standing over me I hadnrsquot heard him come in and hersquos quite a scary guy to wake up to but he had McDonalds breakfast so all was forgiven a good start to the day. Then quickly get ready and catch the metro one stop away from our station to the Chimelong Paradise are. In the Chimelong area there is the worlds http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Guangdong/Guangzhou/blog-458490.html This week was an exciting week for the following reasons1. Booked our flight to Australia for January 19February 1730 days2. My Parents also booked a flight to Australia for January 18January 28much longer flight than ours3. Got a copy of the school calendarSWEET 4. Ducks won the Civil War and are going to the Rose Bowl for the 1st time in 15 years5. Didn't have class on Thursday due to th http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Guangdong/Shenzhen/blog-458461.html dumptydooo http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Guangdong/Guangzhou/blog-458457.html Greetings internetsTime flies when yoursquore having fun. I have been having dreams lately where I wake up and Irsquom suddenly transported back to America. I tell people about the stories and life Irsquove been living and no believes a single word of it. But I wake up and Irsquom still here exploring around in Never Never Land. Thatrsquos not to say itrsquos all been easy. I have b http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Guangdong/Zhongshan/blog-458188.html No sign of the police last night the people in the office donrsquot think itrsquos an issue at all so were not worried. Yesterday one of the lady bosses gave me a really cool static lamp as an early birthday present which was really cool. I think birthdays must be quite a big deal here.The office girls are all having a lot of fun with the Christmas decorations and we are still planning the C http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Guangdong/Guangzhou/blog-458085.html The profile of wedding tent just as vault of heaven with profound and ambitions internality Archy tent matches with temporary exhibition hall passage all kinds of gatherings and other environment needless to say it is the best each other The main profile adopt highquality hollow aluminum make the tall and broad environment as firm as rock towering stands Besides fabric with colorful decora http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Guangdong/Shenzhen/blog-458034.html So in breaking news I am still in China and not in Minnesota. Who would have guessed it I think living in China has increased my sarcasm to a pretty extreme degree. I blame fellow international students. I have now been away from MN for 85 days. I think the most important thing I've learned at this point is that Regardless of locationsituationetc. I can adjust to just about anything. It's in http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Guangdong/Zhuhai/blog-457927.html more travel photos from china some are early ones from joris's camera and a few from the last few days. lots of photos from Kparty the karaoke mansion 9 levels of private party rooms.and lots from out day off shopping with kate the bosses daughter. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Guangdong/Guangzhou/blog-457922.html I'm adding heaps more photos some from the start of the trip I didn't put up before..over the last few days we have been twice to Kparty a giant karaoke bar which is 8 stories tall. it is all made up of private rooms each with a a guy kind of like a butler who just gets anything we need. there is a huge free buffet there made up of about 12 different restaurants like sushi places places where t http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Guangdong/Guangzhou/blog-457896.html The profile of wedding tent just as vault of heaven with profound and ambitions internality Archy tent matches with temporary exhibition hall passage all kinds of gatherings and other environment needless to say it is the best each other The main profile adopt highquality hollow aluminum make the tall and broad environment as firm as rock towering stands Besides fabric with colorful decora http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Guangdong/Shenzhen/blog-457633.html 10 Dingehelliphellip die ich vermisseFreunde und FamilieFubodenheizungWarme DuschenSaubere Luft und sauberes WasserMorgens NICHT von hupenden Autos Feuerwerkskrachern oder der Musik im Kindergarten nebenan geweckt zu werdenWeihnachtsstimmungGute Schokolade und richtigen KaffeeElektronische Gerte die nicht nach einer Woche in ihre Einzelteile zerfallen und dann mit Tesafilm geklebt werden http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Guangdong/Zhongshan/blog-457324.html Our 1st Thanksgiving not in the USA. This week was quite different since we had to work on Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday. I taught the kids about some Thanksgiving history traditional food eaten on Thanksgiving my 3 favorite dishes 5 things I was thankful for and they had to share 5 things they were thankful for.Here are some of the things my students are thankful forMe for teaching them E http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Guangdong/Shenzhen/blog-456683.html Day 3 first we decided to go and find some socks and get a coffee so we just walked in a direct we havent been. after walking awhile we found a covered market and got 5 pairs of socks for 5 yuan. 20 cents each nzi think its cheaper to just buy new socks rather than wash them.then we found a shop that sell novelty size giant paper money and paper shirts and hats I will certainly return I boug http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Guangdong/Guangzhou/blog-456223.html photos http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Guangdong/Guangzhou/blog-455720.html Back on Saturday Nov. 14th we sent a text message to our contact teacher Wilson requesting the school to purchase us a space heater. Not a crazy request since the temperature was 9 degrees Celsius 47 degrees Fahrenheit. Our program CTLC told us to ask the school to buy them but they could say no. Well last week we found out some schools told foreign teachers NO gave them a winter coat or som http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Guangdong/Shenzhen/blog-455526.html