Blogs from Jiangxi, China, Asia - page 5

So Tuesday was completely chill. We thought we were going to go traveling, but we ended up just hanging out most of the morning and then going to the local market together. The market was a lot of fun though completely chaotic. There was people everywhere, smells that made me cringe, and so much of everything that it blew my mind. I was grateful to get to go though. I got a watch that'd been hoping to find since there's no clocks almost anywhere I go and the girls all had fun looking and bargaining for the things they found like shoes and some other things like a bookbag and jewelry. I hope I get to go back sometime, though I doubt I'd ever go alone. Today has also been relaxing. I actually got to talk ... read more

Hi all! I know I have to work tommorow, but Fridays are the bomb. : ) I only have to teach one class, which equals almost 2 hours, but it's still nice to have a light load at the end of the week. I also now have groupies. ^_^ If you ever want to feel like a movie star just teach English over here in China. I have students of all kinds coming up to me and taking photos of me and with me wherever I go on campus. It's rather funny, but they have a blast coming up to me and even saying "Hi, how are you?" But two girls especially who have been trying to learn English have been visiting with me often so that we can have conversations. They're both very friendly and ... read more

So yeah. Nothing spectacular happened. I went to class, met with Anna, met with a student and had a meeting with a friend for a while. It almost feels weird to not have something crash into me and intrude on my day. Right now I'm looking forward to next week. The school's off on holiday for National Day and Cam and Pravine said I could stay over during that time. Thank goodness because I can already predict I would have been inside my apartment the whole time just eating PB&J sandwiches and sitting on my bed watching movies. So good things to come but I'm enjoying my day to day life in the here and now too. : )... read more

Hi everyone! I know it's been over a week since I've left and there's been no real updates. I'd like to blame a couple things (besides my laziness) on that. First off I did have a computer, but I wasn't able to use it without a multiple cord outlet because the outlets here on the wall only allow for one appliance. Second, my computer mostly uses Chinese characters. There are some sights it lets me use the English part of the keyboard, but sometimes I'll try to write something and I'll be "what does that say?" Finally, my internet freezes up. I actually tried updating my blog on Wed. but it froze and everything I had written went kaput. So anyway, I do appologize. I probably could have updated sooner if I had put my mind ... read more

Okay we step back a bit. This would have been a week ago this past Sunday. First we have this unplanned meet with Larry - Larry is the billionaire that owns NIT. Martin wanted to go take pictures at the administration building after the closing ceremony. Low and behold down the stairs comes Larry. Andrea mentioned how hot it was and the next thing we know Larry is going to send us to Lushan to Lu Mountains in his private car for an overnight get away with Martin as our guide. He said so we could see the beauty and enjoy cooler temperatures after our hard two weeks of teaching in the heat! We had know idea the adventures that were to follow! Check out the pictures - I will add descriptions later. By the way ... read more