Blogs from Zhongshan, Guangdong, China, Asia - page 2

We’ve been here ONE MONTH! It is such a crazy feeling – I have never been away from home for this long before. But it’s been such an eventful month! I love it more each day, my job the people the place! Everything is going so well here, I couldn’t be happier! Last weekend, Courtney and I went and got bikes FINALLY. My life has been significantly better since! Not only am I saving so much money not having to get a motor taxi to and from work every day, but it’s amazing exercise and I am able to do so much more a day! Walking was great because everything is relatively close together in the city we’re in, but it took up most of our nights getting to and from places. Now that we have ... read more

We have hit our two week mark of being here in China!! Yay us! I’m into my second week of teaching and loving every minute of it. Of course there’s those few children who are the class clowns, but I find them so entertaining at times that I don’t mind it as much as I would if I were at home. Today I walked into my Grade 2 class in the morning and said “GOOD MORNING!” The class chanted back “Good Morning Teacher Lauren, How are you Today?” – however, one boy in the first row decided to go against the grain chanting “Good morning my baby!”. Another student from grade three yesterday introduced himself to me as Ice Cream. To each his own, I say! Haha… It’s been a great few days here in China. ... read more

Ni Hao! (hello) It’s been a couple of days since I’ve written, so I’ll catch you up on everything that’s been going on … which is A LOT! Got our cell phones here and they are so old school – like, remember those old Nokia phones we used to get so pumped about in high school? Well yea, that’s what I have here – I had the option to get a really sweet and high tech phone but, I don’t really care so I got the cheapest I could find – which turned out to be about 30$ Canadian. (seriously these prices kill me!) It’s awesome to have phones here now, so that we can all text each other and call. We also got to experience a full body massage on Sunday – out. Of . ... read more

I gotta admit, no matter how homesick I got when I arrived here in China, I am feeling better and better each day and liking my town more and more! Courtney and I have been keeping ourselves busy and doing lots here. I really want to get to know the community and the places to go for good deals and food! Yesterday we went to the mall which is right by our apartment - it's four stories and in the shape of a ring - so each floor is almost like its own department store. It's hard to explain but if you picture a Sears or the Bay that has each designer's things in specific store like settings, it's exactly like that, except each store like setting is actually a store! We found a great salon ... read more

Good Morning Web Wanderer, I lost my passport. An American losing their passport in America is a very stressful event. An American losing their passport thousands of miles from home in the middle of communist China is near unthinkable… well, was unthinkable. Those who know me sadly may not be surprised I lost the only thing I couldn’t afford to lose. Gone was my most valuable item, my most important document, my ticket home, and gatekeeper of all my exploring. As a foreigner in China you need your passport all the time. Going the bank, staying in a hotel, picking up the mail, and most importantly leaving the country. I have since replaced my passport at the American Consulate in Guangzhou. Under the “endorsements” of my new passport it says “see page 51”. On page 51 ... read more