Here is some more excellent Chinglish I’ve found in our travels.
Dancing Santa
Merry Christmas Everyone! And what holiday could be complete without some Chinese Santa’s busting a move? (A really, really awkward move that is.) Enjoy and have a great Christmas! Thanks to Sinosplice for bringing this video to my attention.
A Christmas Surprise
This week we pulled off a surprise we had been planning for a month. One student, Wendy, had spent the last semester in America. We were chatting on Facebook one day and she told me she had changed her plane ticket from Dec. 28th to Dec 11th. “Did you tell
Snow Day!!
We live in southern China which is about equal, weather-wise, to southern America. I would say we have a similar climate to North Carolina; insanely hot in the summer, and quite cold in the winter. But snow is unusual, especially as this winter temp’s have been in the upper 50’s,
Letters Across the Pacific
Last year, my friend Erick and I came up with an idea. Erick teaches writing (among other subjects) to 5th graders in Massachusetts, and I teach writing to college sophomores. Was there a way we could somehow bridge the Pacific and have the students interact with each other through writing?
China Blog Network
I’m happy to report that I am a new member of the China Blog Network! This is a website that collects information on blogs from all around China and puts them together on one website so you can discover a number of new blogs. I think this is a great
It's Chinglish Time Again!
Here are some more great finds from around China!
Some Specific Differences of Chinese and American Education
As I’ve been learning, the Chinese and Western ways of learning are vastly different. For starters, they work much, much harder. (They laughed, actually laughed in disbelief, when I told them our school day is from about 8:00-2:30. They start earlier and often go until 9 p.m. and then stay
In-Car Ballet
I stumbled across this video and thought I had to share it because it was so funny. At a car event in Wuhan, China the crowd was entertained by a synchronized-swimming type event, only with legs (in different color leggings) thrusting out of cars from the sunroof. Ester Williams they
Out and About With My ipod
I have been the owner of a 4g ipod touch for several weeks now and I don’t know how I ever lived without it. I carry it around with me everywhere and is close to me even at night. (That’s because our alarm clock died and until we get a