Here it is folks, the last of my China footage. This was intended to be the first of many short videos in which Haibao teaches a foreigner how to survive in China. But wouldn’t you know it, these are actually a lot of work, so I was only able to do one. It’s a little [...]
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Changzhou was actually the first place we went on our vacation, but that’s only because it was the city I’d be living in for the next six months. So I saved this review for last in case I got more footage while living there… I didn’t. But I have pieced together what little [...] In planning my vacation I thought it would be easy to spend eight days in Sanya. I could just chill on the beach, do some swimming, and all would be well. Three days in and I’m wishing I could be home already. Maybe the train ride just broke my brain, but I can’t get any [...] A prolonged mental war was waged in my brain over the decision to travel to Sanya by train or by plane. Ultimately price won me over, and I opted for the train. Sadly, the train ticket turned out to be considerably pricier than what I had looked up on the internet, but I [...] The same students that threw me a birthday party saw fit to throw a Christmas party in my honor. It was a very nice, touching gesture, but… it was exactly the same thing they did for my birthday. We played the same cake game and they sang songs, only this time they threw in a [...] I’ve been done teaching for a few days now, so I suppose it’s only appropriate to reflect on my experience. I’m not entirely sure what I had expected or hoped for in a foreign teaching experience, but I know I definitely didn’t get it. My expat experience felt eerily similar to my pathetic college experience. [...] This last weekend I had the opportunity to attend a Chinese wedding. My reaction to some of the traditions range from full approval to uh… not like. Let’s get the bad out of the way right now. Most banquets have an annoying MC that jokes, sings, and narrates through the entire event. Weddings are no [...]
I waited to edit the Jiuzhaigou video because I wanted to save the best for last. Unfortunately I just ended up forgetting about it. But don’t let the review’s late appearance fool you, Jiuzhaigou valley was actually my favorite place my family visited this summer. The weather was refreshingly cool due to the [...] December 17th, 2009 | China | One comment | Rate this post:
Tags: Huanglong, Jiuzhaigou, travel, vacation I’ve pretty much accepted that any time I am invited to some event by a Chinese person that they will eventually ask for a favor. That doesn’t mean it doesn’t irritate the hell out of me when they do it though. What’s that, a foreigner that doesn’t like to spontaneously perform a song and dance? [...] Well, it’s finally hit me. I’m mentally and physically finished with teaching. From here on out it’s just a matter of dragging myself to class in a zombie-esque fashion and moving around enough so my students know I’m not dead. My last two classes have made me so angry I’ve actually felt physically ill afterwards. [...] |
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