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Embarrassing Lack of Blog Entries

July 11, 2006

in Daily Life, Shijiazhuang, Work

You cannot imagine the guilt I feel on leaving this blog update-less and uninteresting for almost 2 weeks. In my defense, I will say that my epic journey across China left me feeling a bit overwhelmed and tired. Honestly, I began to worry about how I was going to share all that I saw and [...]

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Good Weather Too Good to Be True

March 10, 2006

in Daily Life, Shijiazhuang, Work

I guess the weather has just been too nice and cooperative lately because today was not a nice day at all. There seems to be a layer of dust and sand just hanging over us, so much so that it is actually palpable. Evidently this is the transition to Spring – dust and sand storms. [...]

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Ho Hum – Life is Boring Right Now

February 27, 2006

in Daily Life, Shijiazhuang, Work

Whoa, Things are way too boring around here! I need to find something to blog about… The past week has been very busy for me at work. I’ve been preparing final exams to give to the students which is a nightmare, seeing as how I don’t think very many of them are going to pass. [...]

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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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My Apologies for Lack of Posts

November 7, 2005

in Daily Life, Shijiazhuang, Work

I’ve been getting some complaints about the lack of blog entries lately. I know, I know. I have actually been busy this past week, but really that it is no excuse. Mostly I have just been lazy. So what has been keeping me busy? Well, I’ve started teaching a new series of classes to the [...]

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Update on the Class

September 27, 2005

in Daily Life, Shijiazhuang, Work

So the class went okay. I think it is actually easier teaching a class of 35 than just 2 or 3. We spent the whole class just doing introductions. With more students the time passes quickly, so you really have to be organized and aware of the time. I think it will be easier to do [...]

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Miscellaneous Afternoon Thoughts

September 27, 2005

in Daily Life, Shijiazhuang, Work

WOW, my office this morning is freezing. I don’t know how I am going to concentrate on lessons when all my energy is taken up in shivering. There is no AC control that I can find, so I am just gonna have to suffer it out. The good news is that I am feeling better. [...]

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Teaching English

September 25, 2005

in Aviation, Daily Life, Work

As I mentioned before, I have a new job. I am working at an aviation academy, which is pretty cool because it is the first of its kind in China. There have never been private academies here before, mostly because there just hasn’t been a need for it. Now that China is opening up and [...]

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