So awhile back I wrote about how we have been having an unusual amount of luck ever since moving to China. Well, guess what? It looks like our luck is still holding. Last night, somewhere between a wedding and our apartment Ryan lost our cell phone. (We both share one
It's 'Friday?' How about a Little Music?
Yes people, I’m jumping on the meme bandwagon again. This time it’s music. By this point we all know the truly terrible song by Rebecca Black called Friday and some of the quite hilarious covers of the song (I like the Colbert/Kimmel one myself). Well, here’s a new one you
Strange Things Will Happen…
This past week, in oral class, we had a lesson called, “What’s on Becky’s iPod?” It’s an occasional class where I play a song, or two and we learn the lyrics and discuss some of the deeper meaning behind the song. This week, we talked about a song by The
A Japanese, Mongolian and American Walk into a Bar…
Last night I had dinner with five Japanese people and one Chinese girl. Today I had lunch with three Indonesians, two Mongolians, three Japanese, and one Chinese. Such is the life of a foreigner on my campus. I’m sure at a bigger university, or a bigger city in which
Spring Has Sprung
May first, or May Day is a holiday to celebrate the coming spring. My college is a Forestry University, and as you might expect, it has some pretty amazing landscaping. It doesn’t hurt that the campus is nestled at the base of some green rolling hills, nor that when spring
5 Reasons to Teach English in China (Now With Bonus Reason)
1. A Comfortable Lifestyle You’re never going to get rich teaching English in China (the exchange rate will make sure of that) but you can live a very comfortable life. If you negotiate your salary well, and stay away from daily doses of western food and bars, you can make
Flapping in the Breeze
There are still things that I miss from back home (like pants that aren’t size -00), but as more time goes on, I miss them less and less. In fact, there are some things that I originally dreaded, but now don’t even think about. One of those things is drying
Easter Bunny — Chinese Style
What do you get when you add a sock, some rice and a piece of string? Why the Easter Bunny of course! Easter is not a big deal here at all. In fact, most of the students knew about Easter, but had no idea when it was. And I had
More Chinglish!
I admit, is is getting harder and harder for me to find really funny Chinglish on campus. I think this might be my last Chinglish post until after I do some traveling. But these are still good one, hope you enjoy.
Sometimes You See the Strangest Things…
We stumbled upon this site the other day, walking along the main road around campus. It was a tiny crawfish/lobster thing and it was just sitting there looking pissed. The odd thing was that it wasn’t anywhere near a cafeteria, or restaurant, or even a thing of water. So how