Here’s the thing I love about mountains in China. In addition to being a tall piece of land we love to climb, they have so much history. Even the small mountains around my school are filled with hidden graves, small temples and other things built over the decades. In America,
Across the Bridge is Some Darn Tasty Noodles
If you are an avid reader, with a really good memory, you’ll remember that I have been to Kunming before, two and a half years ago. I didn’t write much about the city, just one entry on the amazing park, because well, we didn’t do much. At the time, I
Prepare to Drool
One day, in my intensive Chinese course, my teacher said we were going to take a little break and watch a movie. “It’s not really a movie, but a show about he special foods in China,” she explained. A break from speaking Chinese and watching a documentary on food?! Sign
Back from Kunming!
My month-long intensive Chinese class is over and I’m back from Kunming. I had an amazing time, without a doubt my best holiday yet (and I have had some awesome holidays). In fact, this is the first time where I wasn’t relieved to come back home. Usually, after a month
Life of a Student
So I have been in Kunming studying Chinese for two weeks. While I will write a longer review of the school later, I just wanted to give a two week update because this whole experience has been amazing. Turns out that while my current career is a teacher, the life
Wet, Rainy Stones
The sky was dark, the streets were flooded and you could hear thunder in the sky. What to do with that kind of day? Well, walk around outside with hundreds of chinese people of course! Thats right, me and 4 of my classmates from my Kunming Chinese school decided to
A Compliment, Wrapped in an Insult (Wrapped in a Burrito)
The other day I wrote about Weixin (english name Wechat) the app that lets you chat easily with people in your area. I could go on and on about weixin and how I think it has actually changed the course of my life, but for now I want to relay
In a Ghost Town
I flew back from America to a ghost town. My normally bustling, vibrant school becomes a desolated wasteland in the summertime. Students are allowed to stay in the dorms if they want to, but with heat indexes of more than 100 and no a/c in the rooms, most opt to
Happy Anniversary to Me!
If you are reading this within a few hours of it being published, then I am, right now, in the air heading back to America. Yep, thats right, I’ll be stateside for the next 2 and a half weeks. I’m a little worried about a few things. I’m pretty accustomed
I Love my Students SO F#$%*ING MUCH!!!!
My students have never been able to keep a secret. Whether is about a secret love, or something funny that happened, usually someone, or several someones tells me about it. But what about when the secret is for me? Well, I usually hear about it too. A few weeks ago,