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Happy Thanksgiving!

26, Nov 2009

I slept in, signed online and watched President Obama pardon a turkey. It may not be waking up to the smell of turkey roasting in the oven or turning on football, but it’ll do.
If you’re wondering what Thanksgiving will look like for me: Today I’ll enjoy a quiet day off with my team, watching movies [...]

Snowy Harbin

16, Nov 2009

I haven’t written much about the city I’m living in. I hope this is the beginning of that changing.
It’s been snowing in Harbin since Friday afternoon and I’ve been thinking about how beautiful the city looks covered in snow. It might be the giddiness of the first snowfall speaking, but it honestly feels like Harbin [...]

11.11

11, Nov 2009

Probably the most common question I get from people I meet is “why did you come to China?” Right behind that is “do you have a Chinese girlfriend?” or, more directly, “do you want a Chinese girlfriend?” Or more awkwardly, “do you like Chinese girls?” Surprisingly, those questions are a lot more related than you [...]

The weather is getting colder…

10, Nov 2009

Thus all of China is on a mission to make sure their friends dress warmly enough. In Chinese the phrase you hear most in these days is 多穿衣服 “duo chuan yi fu,” which translates literally to “wear more clothes.” So, because we all love some good Chinglish, here’s a sampling of the heartfelt text messages [...]

Water Cube and Bird’s Nest

4, Oct 2009

I visited Beijing’s two most beautiful and famous Olympic venues today and loved every minute of it. Seriously–there’s no way any other Olympic city will every have two venues as unique and memorable as the Water Cube and Bird’s Nest. Maybe I’m biased, or maybe Beijing is just that awesome. I vote awesome.
(There are more [...]

I’m alive

28, Sep 2009

Hi, Planet Earth.
Despite overwhelming evidence otherwise, I’m alive and well in the People’s Republic of China (who’s looking well for her age–just two days shy of 60)! It’s been a busy month of adjustment to life in Harbin, made a bit more peaceful, actually, by a lack of Internet access and of a computer altogether [...]

Top 5 reasons I’m excited for China

13, Aug 2009

As a group we’re leaving for Denver International Airport in just 2 hours, and we’ll spend the following 27.5 hours in transit to Beijing (via LAX and Seoul, South Korea). These are a few of the things I can’t wait to experience/live/see/enjoy again in China once I’m there:
5) KTV
We’ll spend the first two weeks of [...]

Perspectives on Team Leading

26, Jun 2009

Many of you know that I’ll be teaching at a university in Harbin (which will be pretty different than teaching Kindergarten in Beijing), but this time around I’ll also be serving as a team leader. My team will consist of a few recent college grads who are teaching and living overseas long-term for the first [...]

Expectations

25, Jun 2009

Things that will most likely happen during my two+ years in China:
I will have success in the classroom
A lesson I spend hours on will fail
My students will make me laugh
My students will make me cry
A student on my campus and maybe in my classroom will struggle with depression and possibly take their life
A student will [...]

Placement Brew

24, Jun 2009

Think this would work for a photo card?

If you’re curious to try some Harbin Beer for yourself, I found this at P.F. Chang’s. (And as per company policy, of course, I’ll only be drinking my future local brew in the States.)


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