Blogs from Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China, Asia - page 6

Hey oui je suis presentement en Chine en un seul et unique morceau! Enfin en un seul morceau à moitié endormit. Je suis tres fatigue j'avoue XD Mais j'ai tellement dormit dans l'avion et ensuite je me suis couche directement a l'appartement ou je restait a beijing que presentement meme si il est 4h du matin au Quebec mais 5h du soir ici, j'ai pas du tout sommeil. Je vais faire un petit résumé de tout ce qui c'est passe demain parce que la je vais aller me reposer un peu. Salut a tous !!... read more

A good friend of mine here in China came up with the bull’s-eye theory. The bull’s-eye theory is that there is this mysterious force that follows you around, waits till you get comfortable and then WHAM! Something hits you right between the eyes. It can be anything as simple as losing something or the incident that I had with the provincial police. Well, the bull’s-eye has left my friend and returned to me…F***! I guess I was due. Things never seem to stay stable and calm for long. I won’t delve into what it was this time, but I will give you the end result. There is a time and place where a man takes a stand, when he really means the “I wouldn’t do it for all the money in the world, and I can ... read more

Life begins when…wait…YOU MEAN THERE IS AN END! As most are aware there are milestones in ones life… Your first words, your first bicycle, your first day in school, first kiss, first job…I could go on adinfinitum about the significant points of my life, but I won’t bore you with that. Well I will bore you with one point…holy SHIT, I am turning 40! First off, I never thought I would make past 21, well 25 at the most. I review and analyze, change and delete, add and subtract it all, but it still comes up to being forty. I watch as the world around me is swallowed in its own mirth and smiles as I feel like I am sometimes sitting on the sidelines waiting for the coach to say “Ok Johnston, get you ass ... read more

Any teacher worth his or her salt comes to a crossroad in their ESL career. Now grant it I have been only teaching for 7 months, so career may be too strong of word, but never the less, I do sometimes wonder why I am teaching. When I first came to China it was very exciting, fresh faced, bright eyed curious Chinese students hanging on every word, the reactions to telling them things about the USA, or other parts of the world was very fulfilling. But now, well, with all the changes taking place in China, the economy, the struggle for awareness, the Socialist state, the Communist state, it just has stopped making sense anymore. I suppose the job offers time to see the world, relax, try new foods, be something different than your friends ... read more

Experiencing fall in another country for some may just mean the passing of time till you go home or the return to natural colors that invade the white spaces of our black and white world here in China. For me it’s the latter, I love colors, I miss the large Canadian Maple tree that would go from a bright red, to golden yellow, to brown, all the while staring at me through my window as if saying…”I am even more beautiful as I fall sleep than I am when I am alive”. Perhaps that is the tone set by fall, the world around us never sleeps, and it now more than ever reminds me that we have to be fully awake every moment of our lives, but, there is a peace that comes over us as ... read more