So, as Mom has pointed out, I haven’t really talked about work at all. Yes, I do actually work. My life isn’t just random food. :) We don’t have fixed schedules at the school, so things are quite random. The start and end of the work day are always the same, but what happens in [...]
A couple nights ago, several of us went out to a small restaurant down the road from here. Sherry took it upon herself to order for everyone. There’s this thing about going out to eat in China–there’s no such thing as “just a little food”. If they don’t have to stack plates on top of [...]
I did a bit of searching online in the hopes of finding some cheese (it’s been 3 weeks since I left home, and I haven’t had *any* cheese). One of the places that came up was the Oasis Bar. It’s an “American” bar in the heart of Kunshan. It’s a tiny little place in an [...]
One of the “adventures” I’ve glossed over is the bus ride from Shenzhen to Kunshan. It was… memorable–which sucks, because I’d like to forget it. :) When we got ready to travel to Kunshan, the airports were shut down because of the typhoon that had just passed through the area of Shanghai. There aren’t any [...]
…The more they stay the same. Dealing with the phone company in China is just like back home–only here you have an excuse for not understanding what the contract says. :) Monday (today as I’m writing this) was my day off. I slept in late (05:00 or so), did a load of laundry, and scrubbed [...]
As I said in my last post, it’s sometimes hard to remember that I’m in another country–another culture. There are all of the blatant reminders, but they don’t sink in. They’re so big and so constant that you tend to tune them out. It’s the little things that really tend to throw me. The light [...]
I promised photos, so here are photos. My bedroom is on the 2nd floor. The areas with railing are an interior balcony that overlooks the living room.
One of the strangest parts of being here in China is remembering that I am the foreigner. I know it sounds silly, but even with all the blatant reminders, it’s still easy to forget. For example, when they talk about the “foreign teachers” at school, I keep forgetting that they’re talking about me. On the [...]
I’ve talked about getting here, I’ve talked about the start of work, but I have yet to talk about “home”. On the drive from the bus stop to the apartment, Sherry (our boss) said that Jason and I would be living in a “mansion”. We thought she was joking. And then we walked into the [...]
