Blogs from Dongbei, China, Asia - page 5

So it's finally happened. I didn't know it would happen this fast but I'm finally starting to get old. I slept 9 hours last night and again fell asleep the entire bus ride from my school to my work. For some reason I always seem to be tired, no matter how much sleep I get. Also I'm getting lovehandles! Darby with lovehandles, can you imagine? I mean really! I never thought it would happen. I think I just need to sleep and exercise more. I've not been exercising recently because I've been so tired but maybe I'm tired because I'm not exercising. The only thing I do all day long is work and eat and sleep. Not good! I want to start going running outside during my long breaks when it gets a little warmer. Maybe ... read more

I'm back after a business trip to China. 5+ hours to Shanghai, then an internal flight from Shanghai to Dalian. Stayed at the Shangri-La, and our gracious hosts made sure we were well taken care of, from providing cars and chauffeurs to taking us for fantastic lunches and dinners. Oh yes and of course there was the business part of it too! ;) Good trip, more on it later. For now, am going to start reading the non-movie version of emThe Prestige/em by Christopher Priest. Have a great weekend, everyone! Updates: Some pics from AA's camera for the time being: I know it looks like we just went there to eat, but really there emwere/em important discussions going on! Really! ;) In this pic, we had just arrived from Shanghai - Dalian. (My Frontier Technology ... read more

I believe that after three classes of teaching english to children I can classify myself as an English Teacher. A big title. It comes with a lot of responsibility. I am responsible for the future of these children. Their lives depend on my ability. Well, I wouldn’t carry it that far. I think my first day is worth mentioning though. I got up very early, for me, in the morning because I was determined to take the bus to my destination. I left my apartment at 8 o’clock, and walked to the end of Lan Qing Jie, eyes open, for the Bus 31 stop. I kept walking along Huang He Lu. No bus 31. It was one of the haziest days Dalian has had since I arrived, but I was definitely not overlooking a Bus ... read more

Haven't really been blogging lately. Don't really know what to write about. Can't write about Cam any more and don't really have a great feeling about writing about what I do every day all day long - teaching and studying. Not really much of a change. Someone kind of said it once a long time ago when I was blogging, my blog isn't a travel blog and that's what the site's for. I live here and have a life so I haven't really thought that people would want to read about it. The things I could possibly write about are the changes in my daily activities - like yesterday my class had a get together so I went and got to meet a bunch of Germans. There aren't any Germans that I know of besides them ... read more

The Ice Festival is probably the main reason why many tourists visit Harbin in winter - it may be the only reason to visit Harbin all year round. A 2.5 hour flight from Shanghai will get you there. Upon arrival, some guys from Beijing were hovering around in the -10 cold, deliberating about taxis. 'These guys here are major rip offs' they warned. My companion and I hopped on the bus for 20 yuan into town and to the main railway station. Some other friends caught a taxi and it cost 100 yuan which is the going rate. It's difficult travelling sometimes when you aren't sure of what's what. I know of a few people first-hand who have been conned in China (including myself - more on that later). Of course it happens everywhere, all I'm ... read more