Our 1st real Chinese Home, Pucheng I am so grateful we got placed in this town. Our school & town are great. We are the first westerners to live here; needless to say we are stared at as if we are colored purple, however we are also treated as celebrities. The school has provided us with 3 new computers (one PC, 2 laptops), mountain bikes, fancy cell phones and even house slippers! Everyone is welcoming and I can't lie: I love the attention!I am adjusting to rural life. Shanghai was so busy and I partied all the time, so this is a nice change of pace. I am only scheduled to teach 14 hrs a week, so I have plenty of free time. I am reading more, learning Chinese and taking Tai Chi lessons every day.
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