I spent a bit of time this afternoon putting up my Christmas decorations – so what do you think? Okay, okay, so I didn’t actually put up any decorations. I actually downloaded them. When you are a frequent traveler you learn to travel light. So my holiday decor revolves around my mac desktop. I have [...]
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Once again I nearly forgot about this one. I couldn’t figure out why no one was emailing today. As you can imagine, Thanksgiving turkey, stuffing and gravy is pretty hard to come by in rural China and even more difficult to recreate in a hotel room. I did have my lunch today with some of [...]
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The Minister of the CAAC (Civil Aviation Administration of China) is coming to visit our school tomorrow. In order to impress upon him how busy and hardworking we are all, I’ve been asked to put on a “fake class” tomorrow with a group of students. I’m normally off on Saturdays, and so are the English [...]
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Aviation is not something I ever really thought I’d be involved in. I mean, until I met the DH that is. Then I was bombarded with completely unintelligible conversations about airplanes, maneuvers, aviation jobs and all kinds of tall-tales. Anyone married to or dating a pilot will attest to this habit they all have. I [...]
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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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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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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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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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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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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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I'm an American expat living on the fringe of Chinese society. Thanks to a lifetime spent moving around, I often feel like an outsider. This blog explores life in Beijing, China, the occasional aviation topic, expat issues, random travel experiences and interesting things I see, read and hear. If you want to know more about my latest hobby, visit Sewing on the Fringe, where I blog about learning to sew in Beijing. And for daily documentation of Beijing's ever changing air quality, visit My Beijing Window.
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