Blogs from Dongbei, China, Asia - page 6

We logeerden in het Xiangjiang shiji dajiudian (Hong Kong Century Hotel) Adres: Songzhi dajie 212, Daoliu district, 150010 Harbin Tel: 0451 - 8677 5777 en 5666; kamers reserveren (in het chinees) via: 0451 - 8677 5688 Ligging: Tegenover het het Zhaolin park, en vlakbij de Zhongyang dajie en het Stalin park. Prijs en wat inbegrepen: Tijdens het festival betaalden we 268Y voor een tweepersoonskamer met dubbel bed (Chinezen noemen dit een eenpersoonskamer), in de zomer van 2005 betaalden we 198Y voor een dergelijke kamer. De officiele prijs is 286Y. Een goed uitgeruste kamer met verwarming, airco, TV, telefoon, ijskast, waterkoker en badkamer. 24h/24 warm water, propere handdoeken. Ook inclusief zijn een uitgebreid warm chinees ontbijt, met ook brood, confituur en koffie. 's Avonds gratis fruit op de kamer en de weersvoorspelling voor de volgende dag, 's ... read more

I've always been the type to wear a serious face. It doesn't mean I'm not happy on the inside. I'm the type that when I smile you know everything's fing perfect. If I have to create a fake smile I can try but I don't know how long I'll be able to keep wearing it. You don't want me to touch you? I can try that too but it may kill my estrogen.... read more

This is a really hard country for a straight-forward person. Because no one can live here being straight-forward. When I was working for Rockies Cat and Russell used to talk about the fake smile that made their mouth hurt to wear all day long. I'm not a big huge smile person. Never have been. When I started working for Rockies Joan used to tell me I scared my students by not smiling. I never changed my smile but people got used to me and realized that I was good inside and then they liked me. Same at my new school where my first English Corner didn't go well because I didn't smile enough and scared them off but now they've become more adapt to me. When I went to Japan I learned how to smile as ... read more

Yesterday I experienced the shocker of a lifetime. I was in the gym lifting weights as usual and there was another woman in there! Now this is a shocker as there are many women in the gym. But I am usually the only woman who ever uses the free weights. So not only were there two of us using the free weights but she was lifting a lot more weight than I can. At one point she was even switching out with two of the boys and using the same weight they were. Literally the entire free weight section - of about 10 men - were all staring at her the entire time. Overall it was extremely fun! I would love to see Chinese men in a western gym. "Can you help me pick my classes ... read more

So yes, I kind of fell off the Earth in the writing sense for a little while there. I'm back! Welcome me! (Kidding.) For my new blog of 2007 I have made some new decisions that I hope to stick to (no matter how hard they are). I've decided that it would be better for me to keep my life with Cam out of this page. It has been the same for a long time and I do not predict it to go anywhere new any time soon. I have been frustrated about it and I will continue to stay frustrated about it for a while. So there is no point for you all to follow me in my frustration as it is "nothing new". So instead I will do my best to tell you about ... read more