On Raoul’s China Saloon one of the member, Stil, pointed out this picture from the UK’s Daily Mail. What I find amazing is that everyone is smiling! Personally, if I was that hot, I would prefer to cool myself off with the water in my toilet. It has got to
One Month and 14 Days
As of today we have one month and 14 days till our plane takes off. On one hand this summer is flying by (I have so much to do!) on the other hand, it’s a slow, painful crawl. Last month I got laid off from my job, but I was
How to Afford Traveling
When we originally started planning on moving to China, there was one giant obstacle in our way: money. We’ve never made much money and pretty much spend what we made on our bills and living expenses. Since I work freelance, I don’t have vacation days so even if we go
Buying Travel Insurance
Today I took one baby step closer to moving to China. I bought travel insurance! Now some people might think that was silly, especially as the school we will be teaching at will provide us with health insurance while were in China, but I feel relieved. I’m not so worried
Traveling Round the Web
I had an unexpected month-long job offer, and I started last Monday. On one hand, it will allow us to save a little bit more money for China, but on the other hand it is really taking up a lot of my time, and energy, which might be better spent
Clearing the Clutter
“I’m looking forward to living in a small space and not having so much stuff to worry about.” My husband Ryan said this to me the other night at dinner and I agreed. Saying goodbye to our stuff won’t be sad. It will be a relief. It’s not like we
Why China?
Last week, at lunch, a friend of mine asked a questioned in a way that no one else had, despite months of planning, saving, and talking about it.
“Why China?â€
Tea Swap
Some of you might know that I am a tea reviewer over the Tea Review Blog. It doesn’t pay, but it really fun and a get a ton of free tea samples in the mail to review. (At last count I had 125 different kinds of tea in my house!)
Chinese University Contract
Got a call from the post office yesterday and was told I had an express package. I was happy to see, as the clerk handed over the thin envelope to me, all sorts of Chinese characters on the front. It was our contract for teaching English, sent from our future