I didn't even realize until about half of the day was over, that it was Pi Day. I decided upon realizing this to text Rachel, a friend of mine from work who moved here two months ago from England, to see if she had found and good pie places in Shanghai, since apparently English people eat pie all the time. (Why was I unaware of this before, and ( Read more... )

Cinnamon is not only really nice and easy to live with, but she works for Oakley, and she just gave me a pair of Oakley sunglasses (for free ( Read more... )

I got my first tutoring gig! It might also be my one and only tutoring gig I have in China, given that I don't want to spread myself too thin and I want to have time to relax ( Read more... )

I know it has been a long time since I've updated, and I'm sorry it has taken so long! I was pretty busy with Rudy visiting and us touring Beijing and whatnot, and then after that I just felt a bit overwhelmed for a while about how much I might have to say on here. But I'll try to keep it short(ish) so as not to overwhelm you ( Read more... )

Rudy is almost here!! My wish came true and my VIP student cancelled today, so I gt off work at 3:30, making it possible for me to take the metro all the way to the airport (I'm on it right now ad ot takes forever to get to the airport.) Today has been good and is about to get even a thousand times better. :D I got my legs and armpits waxed this ( Read more... )

Merry Christmas, everyone! It was my first Christmas in China, and it was a nice one ( Read more... )

It's my weekend! Hence why I'm up so late. :P

Plans for the next couple of days include:
-Making pancakes tomorrow morning(ish) afternoon - DONE ( Read more... )

I did get two hairy crabs, and ate one tonight. It was very tasty, though a lot of work to get the meat. I'm saving the other one to have tomorrow. They were live when I bought them, and I had to steam the one I had tonight live. The other one is (presumably) still alive, tied up in a bag in the refrigerator. I'm hoping it stays alive through ( Read more... )

So, while I only get ten days of leave as well as the public holidays off work within the entire year I'm here, there should be a few days here and there that I get off work for random reasons, such as the fact that the school is supposed to be installing interactive white boards in all the classrooms sometime soon. I've heard rumors that it will ( Read more... )

Went out to Thai food with my friend Dave tonight, which was nice ( Read more... )