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Wan Sheng Jie in China

"Happy Halloween!" I have taken the opportunity to celebrate Halloween for the past three days. Friday I dressed up in my costume for my students at SEPIS. I was only teaching two classes that morning, but most of my students got to see me, because all of my classes are on the fourth floor...

permalink written by  Warner on November 1 from Tai'an, China
from the travel blog: Tai'an City

Q: What is pictured on a 5 RMB banknote?

I like to practice my Chinese with taxi drivers. I have what I have dubbed my "taxi driver conversation." It is essentially the same conversation-- but I can have it over and over again with a different audience each time, because I never have the same taxi driver. And they are usually quite...

permalink written by  Warner on October 5 from Tai'an, China
from the travel blog: Tai'an City

Out and About

The weather is cooler now in Tai'an. I can go on strolls in the afternoon and early evening. Yesterday I went out with a Chinese friend who only can say, "Girl", "Boy", "May I come in?" and "Thank you." in English. We walked around town for three hours while she patiently let me stumble along...

permalink written by  Warner on September 16 from Tai'an, China
from the travel blog: Tai'an City

Home Again! Semester Two Has Begun!

Hi There! I'm back in Tai'an! It is my second week of teaching and I finally have a little time to catch you all up to speed as to how my time in Beijing and Shijiazhuang went. I just spent some time this weekend moving back into the old building. Boy-oh-boy does it feel good to be...

permalink written by  Warner on September 2 from Tai'an, China
from the travel blog: Tai'an City

Summer 2009 -- Where's Warner?

Well, the SEPIS students took their semester English exams on the 27th of June and I spent the next week grading the exams in the comfort of the Tai'an Ramada hotel. I took my time grading the 450 + exams and enjoyed the hotel's amenities-- swimming pool, sauna, spa and free breakfast buffet. ...

permalink written by  Warner on July 14 from Tai'an, China
from the travel blog: Tai'an City

The Wheat Harvest

I know some of you have been worried about my teeth. I will be ok.....thank you for your prayers. I think I have seen some small improvement in numbness. So, I am optimistic that it is a bruised nerve and not a cut nerve. Land Preparation, Planting, Growing, Cutting and Threshing are all...

permalink written by  Warner on June 22 from Tai'an, China
from the travel blog: Tai'an City

Wisdom?

For some time now, I have had gum pain. I went to see a dentist at a clinic recommended to me by another teacher here at my school. He'd had good luck there. After taking x-rays, the dentist (I'll call him Dentist #1) told me that I need to have my wisdom teeth removed on my right side. ...

permalink written by  Warner on June 8 from Tai'an, China
from the travel blog: Tai'an City

Thirty-Four Blessed Years and Counting!

My Birthday Cake On May 26th I turned 34. I invited a few close friends to come to dinner in a lovely Chinese restaurant in town. A Chinese friend, Minnie, had a classmate of hers from university (who had studied food science and who now owns his own bakery) make my birthday cake. It was a...

permalink written by  Warner on June 5 from Tai'an, China
from the travel blog: Tai'an City

Mao1's Second night

I brought the fish home and got them situated on Sunday afternoon. They slept happily Sunday night. Monday night was fine, too. This morning, Wednesday morning, I woke up and went to do my fish count. I have to admit that I've never been lucky with goldfish and the first thing, I do...

permalink written by  Warner on March 25, 2009 from Tai'an, China
from the travel blog: Tai'an City

My new family in Tai'an

A few weeks ago I saw a beautiful glazed ceramic bowl in the lobby of a restaurant restroom (where the sink counter is) here in Tai'an. It was being used as a fishbowl and I thought that was a clever idea so I asked a hostess where they'd purchased it. She found out for me and wrote the store...

permalink written by  Warner on March 22, 2009 from Tai'an, China
from the travel blog: Tai'an City

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