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Change of Plans

Nov. 2, 2016 9:00 pm Beijing, China I don’t even know what to write right now. How can I explain to you all that happened today? I seriously am so lost right now. As such, I guess I’ll have to start at the beginning. So today was our last day in the hotel. We grabbed our free breakfast and then Taylor and I started the

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Lease Signing

Nov. 1, 2016 10:30 pm Beijing, China Happy November! So today I had the day off. “But, Kristen, you just had the weekend off! It’s so nice to have a schedule like that.” Ah, but wait. Once again, don’t get too jealous. This is just a one time thing. At EF the regular weekends (Saturday and Sunday) are actually our busiest days. As a result,

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Orientation, Work

Today’s the Day!!!!!!!!

Oct. 31, 2016 11:00 pm Beijing, China Today’s the Day!!!!!!!!! Today was my first full day at my center! I got there a little before 2:00 pm, Beijing time. Yeah, during the week my earliest start time is like 1:15. Don’t get too jealous, though, because I work until 8:30. Also, I don’t have the actual weekend off. I get two days off during the

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Happy Halloween!!!

Oct. 29, 2016 11:30 pm Beijing, China Oh, hello there! What’s you’re name? Oh, hello, Happy. My name is Kristen. Happy, how old are you? Are you 4? No? How about 6? No? Oh, you’re 5?! Would you like a piece of candy? You can have one, yi ge. What color is that? That’s right, it is green. Can I have a high five, please?

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Orientation, Work

Last Day… Sort Of…

Oct. 28, 2016 11:30 pm Beijing, China Good morning, ladies and gentlemen! Actually, for me it’s good night, but who cares. Anyway, guess what! Today was my last day of onboarding/regional training! You know what that means? No, actually, you probably have no clue because you don’t know how EF’s training schedule works. So I’ll just tell you. It means that I start working at

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