China 2006 08 30
Well another day.
5:30 and got my 50 minutes in with my run. Sweat was running off my hands even...man you certainly sweat a lot. Wonder waht the marathon will bring.
Able to contact Air Canada...no cell phone..... so now I have to do some more work to get one. Rogers.com and away we go.
7:30 and we are working at our stations in the main building. The breakfast was at our dorm....for me Sugar Pops and Vitamin C and a banana.....
Another Staff meeting and another 400 trees were killed with all the paper work. There was a minor glitch as a couple of classes were let out early last day and there was a complaint that they were out too early. Our principal took some heat over it....seems like the Chinese want to criticize at the drop of a hat....almost like it is confrontational and not cooperative.
Had a English 11 meeting and not much is happpening until we know the students and where they will fit in the English mastery. Found out I will be teaching 4 English classes.....about 30 students per class....no timetable yet and may not get it until Monday when all the kids are here.
Afternoon and we had our group of grade 10 boys for some Quiz type questions and we get them to turn it in so that they can better be placed. Had a couple of fun activities with them. A couple of them are very good in English.
Went to Tongzhu for some shopping....particularly electronics. Got a set of headphones for less than $10 and then some computer speakers for $10. Got lost with Bob and then got found .
WEnt to a grocery store...another adventure. No names and sometimes no pictures on the food so that you have no idea what you are buying. Even stuff like milk...may not be it. What a lot to choose from....unbelieveable....bought water, milk, yogurt, cereal, bananas, tuna, luncheon meat, butter, margarine....and we went to the check out...another time...actually ok as we had a couple of Policemen in front of us.....two young women who could speak a little English....nice touch and they helped us out a little.....91 rmb or about $13.
Caught a taxi home and another negotiating for the ride. $25 rmb for a 20 minute exciting ride. No accidents but what a ride. We laughed a lot even with the cabbie..as he missed several pedestrians..one armed with a long 2X4......arrived safe and sound. Put the groceries away ...Bob had exited earlier and was at home sleeping.....checked the email and any comments on my blog...Now have finished for the evening....
Keeping you posted in Tuan li
We went to Big Pizza again and had a feast on some western food.
5:30 and got my 50 minutes in with my run. Sweat was running off my hands even...man you certainly sweat a lot. Wonder waht the marathon will bring.
Able to contact Air Canada...no cell phone..... so now I have to do some more work to get one. Rogers.com and away we go.
7:30 and we are working at our stations in the main building. The breakfast was at our dorm....for me Sugar Pops and Vitamin C and a banana.....
Another Staff meeting and another 400 trees were killed with all the paper work. There was a minor glitch as a couple of classes were let out early last day and there was a complaint that they were out too early. Our principal took some heat over it....seems like the Chinese want to criticize at the drop of a hat....almost like it is confrontational and not cooperative.
Had a English 11 meeting and not much is happpening until we know the students and where they will fit in the English mastery. Found out I will be teaching 4 English classes.....about 30 students per class....no timetable yet and may not get it until Monday when all the kids are here.
Afternoon and we had our group of grade 10 boys for some Quiz type questions and we get them to turn it in so that they can better be placed. Had a couple of fun activities with them. A couple of them are very good in English.
Went to Tongzhu for some shopping....particularly electronics. Got a set of headphones for less than $10 and then some computer speakers for $10. Got lost with Bob and then got found .
WEnt to a grocery store...another adventure. No names and sometimes no pictures on the food so that you have no idea what you are buying. Even stuff like milk...may not be it. What a lot to choose from....unbelieveable....bought water, milk, yogurt, cereal, bananas, tuna, luncheon meat, butter, margarine....and we went to the check out...another time...actually ok as we had a couple of Policemen in front of us.....two young women who could speak a little English....nice touch and they helped us out a little.....91 rmb or about $13.
Caught a taxi home and another negotiating for the ride. $25 rmb for a 20 minute exciting ride. No accidents but what a ride. We laughed a lot even with the cabbie..as he missed several pedestrians..one armed with a long 2X4......arrived safe and sound. Put the groceries away ...Bob had exited earlier and was at home sleeping.....checked the email and any comments on my blog...Now have finished for the evening....
Keeping you posted in Tuan li
We went to Big Pizza again and had a feast on some western food.
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