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You Fellow Aged-Ones Can Sympathize

This blog entry may be one many of you choose to skip. It is full not of cultural insights and observations; rather, it describes a blip in my schedule as I spent the day trying to practice my language skills. By the way as I write one of my hosts just brought in a Durian which is apparently a...

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mflamoe on July 10, 2009 from Xiamen, China

from the travel blog: Xiamen

Xiamen, Wine, and Song

For those of you who are regular readers, you may, after reading this entry, begin to think that my time in China is just a pretense for me to enjoy the finer things of life...probably not far from the truth. Here is a snapshot: at 10PM last night I found myself in the backseat of a late-model...

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mflamoe on July 8, 2009 from Xiamen, China

from the travel blog: Xiamen

Goodbye blue skys

Tonight's the night we hop on the midnight train. Chris's students took us out to eat at the 100 year old restaraunt. The original chef invented Gu Bao Ru when he cooked for the Emperor. It's like sweet and sour pork without the sauce or pinapple. It's good. But the big hit was the bugs. I...

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carseat tourist on July 8, 2009 from Harbin, China

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

The Cultural Values of China

OK...that title may or may not have grabbed your attention; it seems a tad bland and academic, but the topic did comprise a decent portion of my day. I will get to that in a second. In the picture to the right you see my senior one students working diligently on creating a "natural"...

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mflamoe on July 6, 2009 from Xiamen, China

from the travel blog: Xiamen

Gearing up for the journey

In less than a week we will be in the same province as our son! It's so exciting. We spent the day taking care of details... the best thing was collecting the yuan...payday has a whole different feeling when you go get a stack of cash. Back in the States, half the time you never see your...

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carseat tourist on July 6, 2009 from Harbin, China

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

Dali, le vieux Quebec...chinois!

Nihao (bonjour en chinois) a tous! Nous profitons de cette deuxieme journee pluvieuse pour vous ecrire un petit mot. Nous sommes presentement dans la magnifique ville de Dali en Chine. Wow, elle est absolument superbe! Bien de l'endroit soit bonder de touristes chinois (tous aussi ridicules...

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Guiless on July 5, 2009 from Dali, China

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

4th of July

I love America! I love the 4th of July because it is my Grandma's birthday. She is a wonderful person. I have the best memories of celebrating her Birthday and 4th of July together. This is my 3rd Fourth of July in China! I can't believe it. The first one in Shenyang was lame. Last year we had...

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carseat tourist on July 4, 2009 from Harbin, China

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

Should We Fear the Rise of China?

Hello Everyone. Thanks to those people who leave comments on my entries. It is nice to hear from folks. I have now been here officially for one week, and I have, this is no exaggeration, seen three white folks...all in one group of tourists on the island of Gulangyu. I must say that this is...

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mflamoe on July 3, 2009 from Xiamen, China

from the travel blog: Xiamen

Moving On

Good news, train tickets can be exchanged without too much trouble in China. Yeah! We will go to Beijing the day before our plane leaves for Anhui and enjoy that yummy Western food and visit the coveted Foriegn Language Bookstore. The semester is almost over...3 classes left to teach! I had...

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carseat tourist on July 2, 2009 from Harbin, China

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

Aus dem Reich der Mitte

Hallo zusammen, Bin gerade in "Kangding" in China und nehme mir endlich wiedermal Zeit ein paar Zeilen zu Papier zu bringen. '''Tadschikistan''' Als ich das letzte Mal geschrieben habe, war ich gerade in Tashkent in Usbekistan. Von dort bin ich dann nach Dushanbe, Tadschikistan's...

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travellight on July 1, 2009 from Chengdu, China

from the travel blog: Asien 2009

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