A blog update is certainly long overdue, what’s the deal? Hmm… well, I got a job. No more lazy days around the house for me. I’m working 9:30 am to 7:30 pm everyday (monday to friday) writing, writing, writing all day long and that leaves me with very little time for doing much more than [...]
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Learning to Talk on the Radio “Internet, Global Gal 1976, Good Morning.” “Good Morning, Global Gal 1976, Go ahead.” “Global Gal 1976, We will require a delay of several days in posting to blog due to imminent ICAO Aviation English exam and realization that we do not know how to talk on the radio. Request [...]
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What a day. It is cloudy and rainy. The perfect day to be at home in bed. I have been tempted multiple times today to just put my head down and sleep. Instead, I have been researching ticket options for our upcoming trip to Spain. I am always astounded by prices. But what can you [...]
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Wow, have I not blogged anything since Wednesday? I certainly did mean to blog more this past week. Then my Internet connection at home crapped out and I was <get ready for it> actually expected to do work at work! </what a shocker>. What is this concept? Teach classes? Plan classes? Research library applications for [...]
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As you can imagine, vacationing in a place like Tibet – a place of arid beauty, incredibly blue skies and a sense of being the only human on the planet, something rare for Asia – can lead “home” to feel, well, a bit underwhelming. Combine that with the fact you actually have to do work, [...]
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As I’ve told you before, our academy base is new. When we first arrived, our boss told us the academy would be building a new classroom and office building, and it would take two months to complete. Well, this is what the building looked like on the 18th of February, about a week into its [...]
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Today we had a lovely surprise visit from one of our former students. The DH had four students at Panam Aviation Academy and we really liked them all. They were hard working and eager to become pilots. Perhaps our only regret on leaving Panam was that the DH would not be able to complete their [...]
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This morning I showed the documentary, One Six Right, to my students and as we watched it, I actually got a little misty watching the planes soar through the clouds. I was so excited that the students were actively engaged in watching it, too, since many of them probably couldn’t understand the English dialogue. The [...]
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I’ve been working as a teacher of Aviation English for over a year now. I’ve said before that it was never a field that particularly interested me; I just sort of fell into it. I am not quite sure how it happened, but I’ve officially become an aviation nerd. It was verified today when I [...]
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Today for lunch I decided to go native and eat in the airport worker’s canteen (cafeteria). In most workplaces across China, workers may eat very cheaply in a communal canteen. In most, you must bring your own bowl or container and your own chopsticks or spoon. You have a choice of dishes, usually made up [...]
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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. And, yes, I do wear my santa hat year-round. ;)
