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Soccer game and Halloween!

I have been slacking off big time when it comes to my blog so I will attempt to fix this and cram in lots of info. Classes have been going very well and I feel like a real teacher, haha. It takes time to feel out each class and figure out how to get them to participate because most of them...

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cz74699 on November 1, 2009 from Chongqing, China

from the travel blog: Chongqing, China

Back to the "Closer to the Present"

As I prepare to compose an epic blog entry, I have set some cool music and turned off all the lights, leaving only the dimmed reading lights on to keep from straining my eyes. And as I slowly close my eyes, I'm off! Well, let's see, there's been so much since the last entry that it's...

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smartwater on November 1, 2009 from Wuhan, China

from the travel blog: The easy way. Wuhan, China, fall 2009

Little Guy's 1st Birthday with US

Wooohooo! More cake. Actually we didn't pick his cake out the ayi did. We have been sick and were at the hospital yesterday and the day before. I went thru with monks and my bill was quite low. Chris was charged 4 times as much as me. Usually our prior experience with illness in China is that...

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carseat tourist on October 29, 2009 from Harbin, China

from the travel blog: Life in Harbin as an American English Teacher

Fall inHarbin

This fall has been the nicest and longest we have had in China. We have taken some nice walks around campus. We enjoy the Chickens. But don't like playing Chicken! We like people watching. They seem to watch us too. The good thing about China is that is never the same place twice. Even...

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carseat tourist on October 25, 2009 from Harbin, China

from the travel blog: Life in Harbin as an American English Teacher

The water cycle

A few days ago they turned on the heat full time. Yeah, we like to be warm. In Shenyang, they waited until 3 snows before the cranked the furnace and then it was never very warm even. One of the reasons we moved to Harbin was that even though it is super cold, they believe in cranking the heat...

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carseat tourist on October 20, 2009 from Harbin, China

from the travel blog: Life in Harbin as an American English Teacher

travel Yunnan of China

Travel Yunnan is very amazing thing, There is fresh air,blue sky and kind and nice people,give me deeply impression of Yunnan,my lover place. www.lanloy.com wholesale clothing online

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viky on October 19, 2009 from Guangzhou, China

from the travel blog: lanloy

The Magical Little Tibetan Guy

Monday September 14th. Yesterday I bought a bicycle for 50 yuan. (Molly paid 300 for hers in Beijing. Boo yeah!) I purchased my fancy ride from a little Tibetan magical guy, who is around my age. He is an exceptionally talented pool player, and it was a privilege to watch him play. For...

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smartwater on October 19, 2009 from Wuhan, China

from the travel blog: The easy way. Wuhan, China, fall 2009

Autumn break, trip to Tengchong and Nujiang

We had time off from school for the 60th anniversary of the People's Republic of China and the Mid-Autumn Festival. So, I went with three friends to the northwest of Yunnan, the province Kunming is in. The first city we went to was Tengchong, directly west of Kunming, almost to the Burmese...

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agentsarainkunming on October 18, 2009 from Tengchong, China

from the travel blog: CHINA

H1n1 quarantine

oo lord. So today is Sunday and I have been in quarantine since early Wednesday, and let me just say that this is no longer fun. Wednesday I taught a morning class and I was headed to the on campus shop to get a bottle of water. I saw tons and tons of students at the front gate of the school...

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cz74699 on October 17, 2009 from Chongqing, China

from the travel blog: Chongqing, China

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