So I am making this post since Seth feels a little sheepish about it, but we had our first accident! Seth has written all about how it is crazy it is to drive in China, so it was only a matter of time before it happened. Thanksfully no one got hurt, at least not because Read More
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Uber-long Random Picture Thread
an open-air cardThese little open-air carts are a popular way to get around Yangshuo. One time we were able to fit 14 people in one! (though, that is not recommended, lol)Seth, warming up for his practice teaching.Apparently, anything can be cured with FIRE!Ah, the golden arches, the universal symbol for happiness!So I have just a Read More
Chinese Food
Part of the tour of Yangshuo with Patrick was a trip to the market. The market is divided into two parts: the fruit market (which has fruits, veggies, and a few meats) and the meat market (which has all kinds of meat, poultry, fish, and a few fruits and veggies). Seth and I did go Read More
Finally, an Assignment and Train Adventure!
So long before we ever came to China, we requested to go to Yangzhou, a prefect on the Hunan/Guangxi boarder and only three hours from Guilin. During the school assignments, though, we found out that for some reason Yangzhou was not taking and new foreign teachers. We were hearing rumors from problems with the government Read More
Orientation/Training at Buckland College (with a side trip to the government hospital)
Seth and I both had to take the TESOL training at Buckland to be qualified to teach English as a second/foreign language in a Chinese school. Only makes sense. The only problem is that usual TESOL training is 120 hours. Buckland has managed to pull enough strings to condense the traning down into 40 hours Read More
One Night in Shanghai
The nice thing about Shanghai Pudong airport (there are at least two airports I think in Shanghai) is that everything is written in English and Chinese. And most employees speak English as well. We got off the plane and needed to use the bathroom; thankfully, they were all Western-style. There were little rolling carts waiting Read More