I was looking for my passport yesterday, since I'll be leaving for Bangkok in a few days. I finally found it, and for the hell of it began to flip through it ( Read more... )

Ok, I've decided that I'm not going to care that my writing style is NOWHERE near Hessler's. I'm not writing for the general public or to make a living. I'm writing this for me, and if my posts sound superficial, simple and "un-abstract", so be it ( Read more... )

Damn it. Why can't I write like Peter Hessler?

I was having dinner with a group of the foreign teachers and some of the senior students. There was the usual beer and BBQ. We were having a pretty good time. It was quite relaxing and uneventful ( Read more... )

Alright, now that I've actually got somewhere to write stuff (and NOT plastered all over Facebook for the "Toronto Network" to view!) I can now tell you about what I've been thinking this evening ( Read more... )

AS you can see from the VERY first 2 March entries (coincedentally, exactly one year apart!) I really did attempt to start an online journal ( Read more... )

Yesterday, I started a Travel Unit in my classes. One of the assignments I gave them was to roleplay tourists in a foreign country and what kind of communication problems they would run into ( Read more... )

Yesterday was just a typical day in China for me. Nothing special happened, but I thought I'd share ( Read more... )

I was feeling really tired yesterday in class for whatever reason....and my students noticed. So two of the girls offered to get me some coffee ( Read more... )

I admit it. I got the better schedule (no evening classes!). I got the new apt on the 4th floor that everyone has been clambering to get (it's got the water heater). And I did get 1 of only 3 classrooms with a DVD player and overhead projector. Why? There are three possible answers to this ( Read more... )