Dec. 25, 2016 10:00 pm Beijing, China Merry Christmas, everyone! Do you know what’s my favorite part about Christmas? No, it’s not the presents under the tree or the stocking over the fireplace. My favorite part of Christmas is the joy that surrounds us as we celebrate the gift of Ch—st J—s. But, yeah, opening presents also is a personal favorite moment of mine. It’s
Christmas Eve
Dec. 24, 2016 11:30 pm Beijing, China Merry Christmas Eve! Christmas is interesting here in China. Obviously, the religious aspect is not a big factor. There’s very little celebration of the actual meaning of Christmas. That said, the ch—ches that are here have Christmas services. I’m interested to see what ch—ch is going to look like when we go tomorrow. But even without that aspect,
Smog Days
Dec. 17, 2016 11:00 pm Beijing, China Back in Ohio right now, everyone has started Christmas break and is enjoying a relaxing time at home between semesters. Even if they weren’t on break, school would definitely be cancelled based on the amount of ice Chillicothe currently has. Here in Beijing, though, we don’t get snow days. No, we get smog days. “What is a smog
How Quickly We Become Good Friends
Dec. 14, 2016 11:00 pm Beijing, China Yeah, so I lied. I’m so sorry for being super absent over the past few days. I totally failed on updating you guys at all. Again, it’s been a little rough recently and I’ve really just wanted to go home and go to bed after the day was finished. That said, here’s what’s been going on in Kristen’s
6-Year-Old Adults
Dec. 5, 2016 11:30 pm Beijing, China Quick, quick, quick, because I need to go to bed. So today was another full, crazy day, but I don’t want to talk about that. Instead, I want to tell you about the awesome training I had today. Because I’m a new teacher, I have a couple trainings a week. These trainings teach me how to do my