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Asia » China » Jiangxi » jiujiang October 9th 2009

I taught my first classes today. There was some confusion, (I only recieved my schedule yesterday) but now everything is sorted out. Friday is my "hard" day, with three groups of students to teach. Each group is stuck with my for about an hour and a half. My first class begins at 8 AM. There were 19 students, all freshmen who are majoring in English Education. I introduced myself, telling them my name, my place of birth, my major in university, and my reason for teaching English. They seemed very pleased when they heard that, for many years, it has been a dream of mine to teach in a university. Very few had English names, so I was able to assign them myself if they did not have a preference. After having each student introduce him ... read more

Asia » China » Jiangxi » jiujiang September 25th 2009

First I'd like to give a quick shoutout to my buddy Travis. Thanks for the phone, it's good for photos even without a simcard. I think I passed my medical inspection! The Chinese nurse seemed to draw quite a bit of blood, and the operator in the X-ray room was smoking a cigarette, but besides this everything went quite well. I got a tour of the campus from a student. There are many new buildings, and a new park area that is only one year old. Looks like I came here at a very good time! I've met many other Westerners working here. There seems to be a solid group, two have been here for five years. Must be a pretty sweet gig. These veterans are good for advice regarding where to eat and shop. Yesterday ... read more
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Asia » China » Jiangxi » jiujiang September 22nd 2009

Slept well, got up early and was taken around campus by a student volunteer. Perhaps they have a sense of humor in selecting these facilitators, because mine was about 4 feet 10 inches tall. At any rate she had me introduced to my boss and had me registered at the police station. Tomorrow I have my Chinese physical examination. When I got back to my place, I met my neighboor who lives directly acrosss the hall. He is also a foreign teacher on a nine-month contract (he teaches medicine). And wouldin't you know it, he hails from a land where the people speak the fifth most spoken native language in the world. That's right folks, he's a Bengali! We were both very pleased by our mutual serendipity. Apparently there is a large community of South Asian ... read more

Asia » China » Jiangxi » jiujiang September 21st 2009

Well. A big jetlagged and tired so apologies for nonsensical ramblings. They rennovated the airport in the main city of the Renegade Province. Got some glam, lost some charm, but they still had free internet! Once in Guangzhou had to pass through a quarantine check. All went well. Of the foreigners walking around the airport, I'd say fully half were South Asian, maybe 15% African and the rest white folk. There was an African guy in a shiny gold-colored kutra with matching pants and a shaved head. I was impressed. On the domestic flight to Nanchang they showed a cute little viedo right before the main meal. (Hey America, they have free food on 1.2 hour domestic flights in China!) There was a pig, a duck and a person. At first I thought it was going ... read more




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