Category: Life In China

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Oh, My Beloved Sun

Nov. 7, 2016 11:30 pm Beijing, China Good Morning!Or good evening. Or good night? Whatever it is for you, good day!! Guess what! Today I got to see the sky! No, I’m not kidding. This is not a drill. Today the sky over Beijing, China was clear. The sky was blue with just a few small clouds. The sun was out in all of it’s

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Getting Ready and Settling Down

Nov. 6, 2016 10:30 pm Beijing, China 大家好! Once again, I find myself in a spot where I’m having difficulty finding a good story to share with you. Today was another early morning at work. I spent the first hour observing Ashlee teach the Small Stars (3-6 year olds) class that we will be sharing. Afterwards, I spent four hours co-teaching with Adam in his

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I Can’t Breathe

Nov. 5, 2016 9:00 pm Beijing, China 大家好! Let’s see… what story can I tell you today? Hmm. Oh, I know! How about I tell you about the exciting adventure of my first weekend work day. For those of you who are unaware, weekends at EF are the busiest day. We start work at 8:15 in the morning and have continuous classes until 6:30 at

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Striving For Normal

Nov. 4, 2016 11:30 pm Beijing, China Hello everyone! It was so nice today to go to work and know that I had an apartment to come home to. It wasn’t like I thought I was going to be thrown out on the streets, but I definitely felt safer today than I have the past two days. There’s still stuff that needs to get sorted

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Abba is Good!

Nov. 3, 2016 10:45 pm Beijing, China So now I kinda feel a little guilty. I wrote that post yesterday about being kicked out of my apartment. But now I get to tell you that I can actually stay in my apartment! Of course, I’m super excited about that (I literally jumped up and squealed when I found out), but I feel bad for making

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