#89 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College-Semester in Synopsis

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April 5th 2008

Published: April 5th 2008

Finally, I can publish this blog after it being "almost" completed since January. So, for those of you who have wondered what has become of me, here is a synopsis of the last semester in Taizhou Teachers College! From the arrival of our freshman last September, through our Autumn Sports Carnival in November and the many activities and cultural events since, I hope you will enjoy this overview of m... Read Full Entry

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Susan Storr

Sue Treadie

This blog was started in 2006 when I embarked on a new life adventure teaching English in China. It was a wonderful, enriching and enlightening experience. Many of you came on this journey with me. For those of you who are searching for more meaning and satisfaction in your life and feel that teaching languages overseas might fit the bill, I enthusiastically encourage you to take up the challenge as I did nine years ago. You will never regret it. In fact you will probably say "Why didn't I do this years ago?" I then began a journal of my journey home to Australia- the long way round! U... full info

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Guests of honour view the proceedings

Hans accompanies college and CCP officials in appreciating the achievements of the students in just 2 short weeks of training.

Saluting the VIP stand

Impressive cadet officers

Cadet officers do a march past

Our German guest Peter

Peter was taking the opportunity to immerse himself in the culture and spent 10 days or so at our college. With him is Jiang Ying Ting (Jocelyn) ,one of our English teachers who met Peter in Germany on her year exchange in Germany in 2006/7. They were practice speaking partners (he is learning Chinese), so she extended an invitation Peter to visit us.

Yet another wedding

Ren Yang and Zhu Yi Cai, both English teachers in our department, celebrate their wedding in style. Unfortunately I was away and could not attend the wedding. Photo courtesy of my colleague Hans.

The New Team

Our new foreign teacher language team with Ken (from Japan) and the delightful Kim family (from Korea) enjoy the wedding dinner with gusto.

The Old and the New

Our beloved and very heavily pregnant Chinese co-teacher Vivian joins our new co-teacher Susie in a toast- with orange juice, of course!

Meet Lin You Ran

Vivian's beautiful new daughter at 4 days old. Congratulations!

Crowd at English Corner Halloween Night

Gary, Oliver & Yama sport their lucky bat hats

The bat hats had lucky numbers on the back for ghoulish door prizes!

Paul & his student harem

Kevin, Lionel & Friends

Kevin is moving on from Taizhou to Shanghai for a job working for big American company GSI. Good luck, Kevin!

Adam & Coldice

Adam and Coldice are highly active members of the student body at neighboring Taizhou Animal Husbandry and Veterinary College.

Birthday Boy Coldice

Everyone wanted to wear the pumpkin hat!

including Angelo!

Stef and Yama looked stunning!

Happy Halloween!

Stef and Gary pose for a Halloween shot. Gary was intrigued by having a Halloween "party" at his restaurant.

Checking last minute details

Day of the annual Autumn Sports Carnival in November dawned grey and foggy. This did not deter the start of the event, even though the athletes at first could barely see in front of them!

Official guests

Lots of pomp and ceremony always accompanies such events.

5th April 2008

Pete Rider
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great to see you back
great to see you back Sue ,ive missed your insights into life over there

6th April 2008

judy ashcroft
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Hi Sue, I'm back in HK again. Good to see you are still there. Judy Ashcroft

7th April 2008

john mcneill
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John McNeill
It's Good to see your blog back on track. It brings back memories of my days in China, especially the students and concerts. I look forward to your North China details Enjoy this next adventure at your school John

12th April 2008

Vivian
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Beautiful blog,beautiful photos! Thank you for putting my baby's photo here, I don't even have it myself,and I has copied this one on your blog!

18th April 2008

betty
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unforgettable memories
I graduated from school for 2 years. i saw many familiar teachers from your blog ,Vivian was our counsellor, and Jocelyn taught us the subject of reading ,i saw the lovely baby ,Vivian's daughter. Many thanks to you for sharing us so beautiful photos,they brought us the memories of the wonderful lives at school.

24th April 2008

Sue Treadie
Susan Storr

Hi Betty
Lovely to see your comments on my blog and glad they brought you good memories! My apologies for taking so long to review and respond but our internet has not been very good lately. Just so you realize, your comment will not appear immediately as I have to review it first to accept it to be shown on the blog. So, there's no need to keep posting the message. It may take me a day or so to check for comments, so don't worry! You can always send me a private message from the blog site to check if your comments have been received! look forward to reading more of your comments in future blogs! Regards Sue

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