January 28, 2017 11:45 pm Beijing, China Do you remember your last birthday? Did you have a big party, a small little get together with friends, or did you spend it on your own? I sincerely hope you spent it with the people you love doing something you enjoy. Today was my 23rd birthday and, truthfully, it was a little weird. Like most birthdays, I
Happy New Year x2!
January 27, 2017 11:30 pm Beijing, China Happy Chinese New Year, everyone! Over here, this is huge. I mean, take New Year’s at home and multiply it by 10 and you’ll get some idea of what Chinese New Year is like. I told you guys yesterday that people here take a ton of time off of work to go home for Chinese New Year. Those
4 Things in 6 Days
January 26, 2017 11:11 pm Beijing, China Once again, it’s been forever since I’ve written a blog post. Oops. The days just run together sometimes. Plus, I’ve not really had many exciting things to write about in the past week. Even so, I have a few shout outs to make. First of all, I want to say happy birthday to a couple very important people
Parents, Teachers, and Peek-a-Boo
January 20, 2017 11:00 pm Beijing, China So remember me telling you about progress reports? Those things I had to write about each of my students, but is hard to do because I don’t know a lot of them? Okay, quick refresher. Twice a course, teachers write progress reports for each student in class. In these reports we discuss the students’ language abilities and their
3 Months
January 19, 2017 11:00 pm Beijing, China Happy 3 month-iversary to me. Yep, that’s right. I’ve have been in China for three months, as of today. This is when they say the honeymoon period ends–the excitement of living in a foreign country has ended and you have your routine. With less distraction and more time to think, the culture shock and homesickness start to hit.