Chinese Language

Gypsy Cab Lady – You’re The Best!

March 12, 2010

in China, Chinese Language, Linyi

I love my gypsy cab lady! Everyday she waits outside of my apartment complex for potential customers. She drives a little red four door Chevy Spark, which in my opinion says a lot about her personality. Every time she sees me, she starts waving and laughing and I can’t help but accept her offer of [...]

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Language Moments

November 30, 2006

in Chinese Language, Daily Life

In our quest to learn Mandarin we seem to have overlooked one important phrase – “welcome.” Like total idiots, for the past year every time we entered a restaurant or store we understood the workers to be saying “Good Morning” at any time of the day. We always thought, how nice! They are really trying [...]

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Mundane Update – the Daily Grind

December 14, 2005

in Daily Life, Shijiazhuang, Work

Finally I have found time to update the blog! The English Department has had a busy week! We gave our final exam to some of our students and started English classes for our 4th group of students. In fact, starting tomorrow, I am going to be teaching Aviation English to part of the 4th class. [...]

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Sunday Update

November 13, 2005

in Daily Life, Shijiazhuang

A lovely Sunday morning, and I am taking a risk by using the computer. See, for the past month, every Saturday and Sunday afternoon, the power has gone off for about 3 hours. Usually they warn us in the morning, knocking on the door to say, “Today, power out.” This morning I went into the [...]

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