#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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Alex waits in anticipation of the relay

Another of my Business English majors.

Waiting his turn

Our number 3 runner waits impatiently for his leg of the 4x100m relay.

Hang in there, Alex!

Effort showing on his face, Alex holds his lead to give our Foreign Language Department the "gold medal" for the 4x100m relay.

200m dash in the fog

It was a bit difficult to see the athletes until they came closer!

Show of strength

This young lady from the Art Department greatly impressed her male classmates with her powerful "puts". I was amused that for once one of the girls had an enthusiastic male fan club instead of the other way around!

Drive up!

The boys high jump event drew large crowds. Most of the competitors used the older scissor jump method and showed great leg power jumping over bars almost as tall as they were themselves!

Ryan flying high

One of my ex-students Ryan easily clears the bar. He had been hoping to win the event, but later was narrowly defeated in the final.

Young cheer squad

The local community is always interested in checking out whatever is going on at our college. These young ones were absolutely enthralled by the boys high jump event, enthusiastically yelling out "jaio you" meaning "come on"!

Discussing results?

Student Cooking Competition

As a break from study and exams, the student union hosted a student cooking competition one gloomy looking Sunday morning. Here contestant number 1 prepares his dish Huangpo Fish

Another contestent cooking up a storm

I was impressed with the finesse of the students in the preparation and cooking of their chosen dishes

....and another!

Have you noticed that many of the contestants were boys?

Firing up the wok

Finally some female contestants!

It's all in the preparation and presentation

As well as aroma, taste and texture, careful attention is always paid to the visual appeal of Chinese dishes.

Cola Chicken Wings

The winning entry, an original recipe created by the two second year students in the previous photo.

Official tasting

A number of students, this gentleman and I were asked to be judges. Each contestant brought their dish around the tables for tasting, nervously waiting for the verdicts. Several of them were as good as you could find in any restaurant! Impressive!

Hao chir!

Delicious! The Cola Chicken Wings were my favourite, followed closely by the Huangpo fish from contestant 1 in an earlier photo.

Don't leave a scrap, Elaine!

Students loved the idea of a free feed!

Eat and run

Once it was obvious that there was no more food, students quickly abandoned the dining room , leaving their mess behind. Not even a thought for cleaning it up to help! I still can't get used to the mess many people make while eating!

Winning chefs and friends

Looking the part and feeling very pleased with themselves!

New culinary friends

The obligatory photo whenever I go anywhere!

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
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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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