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English camp

There is something in the air and it seems like things are turning crazy. Someone in Chris's class ran away last night. He was caught. Then in my class, the little guys have been fighting.Not just a little shove here and there. A full throw down with punches that you can hear go thunk. These...

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carseat tourist on July 15, 2009 from Hefei, China

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

Day 2 teaching

My biggest frustration with the for-profit education scheme is the cheapness when it comes to supplies. In Dalian, I was issued 2 dry erase pens for the whole summer of teaching. They lasted about 3 days because they were old pens from the last teacher. Now this summer, I have blackboards. I...

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carseat tourist on July 14, 2009 from Hefei, China

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

Bonne fete Guillaume, bonne fete Guillaume, bonne fete, bonne fete, bonne fete Guillaume!!! (sur l'air de Bonne fete)

Bonjour tout le monde! Aujourd'hui c'est la fete de Guillaume!! J'espere que tout le monde va etre ici a 19 heures comme je vous l'ai demander pour le surprise party !!! Non sans blague, pour l'occasion, nous allons manger dans un restaurant et j'ai meme louer une chambre d'hotel.. enfin...

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Guiless on July 14, 2009 from Lijiang, China

from the travel blog: Asie du Sud Est par Isa et Guillaume

Pizza Hut

Just a quick entry today. During one of my classes this morning, my students and I were discussing our favorite foods. I happened to mention my fondness for pizza. Of course, given the presence of my very hospitable host in the classroom at the time, I ended up at Pizza Hut for lunch...

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mflamoe on July 13, 2009 from Xiamen, China

from the travel blog: Xiamen

first day of teaching & trip to town

The first day of teaching went ok. I started with 17 students, but had 20 by the end of the day. The classroom is not air conditioned, but has ceiling fans. My book is ok, but not enough activities to last 4. I brought Bingo and old maid and some menus to keep them busy. Bingo was a hit, but Old...

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carseat tourist on July 13, 2009 from Hefei, China

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

Weekend Tours!

Greetings everyone. I had yet another wonderful weekend filled with fantastic Chinese hospitality. I saw some very cool and interesting places and ate some...shall we say, exotic foods. Sand worms in a gelatinous mass are tastier than you would imagine. On Saturday I accompanied a teacher at...

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mflamoe on July 12, 2009 from Xiamen, China

from the travel blog: Xiamen

Waking up to birds

Today we woke up to birds!!! It was so pleasant. After weeks of the coal trucks, then the night on the train, then the hotel on the Beijing runway, we had good nights sleep. We have been in the urban jungle for so long, that we were so happy to hear the birds at 6am. It wasn't the full chorus...

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carseat tourist on July 12, 2009 from Hefei, China

from the travel blog: carseat tourist's Travel Blog

Humid and happy

Can I say how happy I am to be out of Beijing! In our 2 1/2 years in China, lets just say that city has a record of 2 MIA cameras. This time the MIA camera began it's new career with someone else associted with the hotel. Also MIA is our ear endoscope, who has a bright career ahead as a...

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carseat tourist on July 11, 2009 from Hefei, China

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

ca va biennnn IENN enn ennnn, dans le Yunnan, ca va biennnn (sur l'air de Julie Masse..ou Katlheen)

Bonjour a tous! desoler pour le mutisme des derniers jours! Il est vraiment difficile de trouver un acces internet digne de ce nom ou l'on peut downloader nos photos...Comme vous avez peut etre vu, nous avons reussit a ajouter quelques photos, mais beaucoup n'ont pas fonctionner, et ca a...

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Guiless on July 11, 2009 from Lijiang, China

from the travel blog: Asie du Sud Est par Isa et Guillaume

Beijing, just as hot and smoggy as we remembered

Rainbow in Harbin right before the last piece of paperwork for the adoption fell into place. It must be a sign of good things to come. The hope was short lived once we arrived at the train station. I think train stations in China are in a special level of Dante's hell. We have learned that we...

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carseat tourist on July 10, 2009 from Beijing, China

from the travel blog: carseat tourist's Travel Blog

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