February 1, 2017 10:45 pm Beijing, China A week long vacation is a lot harder over here. I mean, I did basically what I would do on school breaks back home. I hung out with a couple friends for a few days, but spent most of my time sleeping late and watching TV in my apartment. I know, I lead an extremely exciting life. But
A Birthday Abroad
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
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
Business and Party: Should they mix?
January 12, 2017 10:45 pm Beijing, China I forgot to post a blog yesterday, but I really want to talk about two things tonight. The first is what happened yesterday (a team building party) and the second is something Abba put on my heart to share (and a cool coincidence). They are very different, so they don’t make sense to go into the same post.