China 2006 08 31
Fairly uneventful day.
bob got up earlier than me and had 1/2 of his jog in. I slept in until 5:30. did my Yazoo 800s and was really pleased with my time. Met Joe ( Chinese take English names) and we had a bit of a conversation. Seems like a few more will be jogging. Hope to go outside the compound tomorrow.
Another staff meeting and then some plans for military camp here.
Went to Bryant's office and drilled some holes for him so that he could readjust his shelves. He is the guidance officer here and we seem to get along quite well.
The afternoon we had the 31 students for about 120 minutes. Am starting to get to know some of them but will forget most as I will be teaching the 11s. a couple though are memorable...Henry...quite intelligent..favourite subject ...English...least liked subject....Chinese. some terrific kids too. Just like in Canada. Learned to say I love Canada in pinyin....Also I love beer ..even though I don't ....Wo I Saskatchewan......too.
Went out for dinner with the teachers from the other school. They were staying with us while their school is being finished. Quite a good group of people. I am on the social committee so there will be a reciprocal night out in Beijing with the other group later on in the year.
Our tickets did not arrive for the softball game so we are looking into that. I was speaking to the English person on the other end. I think I could get a job as the English person for the tickets for the softball venue....keep you posted. By the way, we got t-shirts for the game but will have to wash them up and give them back. Oh welll, maybe we will get another chance to use them. All myCanada or Quebec umbrella hats will be used at the competition as well as the flags.
Tried to watch some tv...can't seem to get into it so I will read some more.
Talk to ya later.
bob got up earlier than me and had 1/2 of his jog in. I slept in until 5:30. did my Yazoo 800s and was really pleased with my time. Met Joe ( Chinese take English names) and we had a bit of a conversation. Seems like a few more will be jogging. Hope to go outside the compound tomorrow.
Another staff meeting and then some plans for military camp here.
Went to Bryant's office and drilled some holes for him so that he could readjust his shelves. He is the guidance officer here and we seem to get along quite well.
The afternoon we had the 31 students for about 120 minutes. Am starting to get to know some of them but will forget most as I will be teaching the 11s. a couple though are memorable...Henry...quite intelligent..favourite subject ...English...least liked subject....Chinese. some terrific kids too. Just like in Canada. Learned to say I love Canada in pinyin....Also I love beer ..even though I don't ....Wo I Saskatchewan......too.
Went out for dinner with the teachers from the other school. They were staying with us while their school is being finished. Quite a good group of people. I am on the social committee so there will be a reciprocal night out in Beijing with the other group later on in the year.
Our tickets did not arrive for the softball game so we are looking into that. I was speaking to the English person on the other end. I think I could get a job as the English person for the tickets for the softball venue....keep you posted. By the way, we got t-shirts for the game but will have to wash them up and give them back. Oh welll, maybe we will get another chance to use them. All myCanada or Quebec umbrella hats will be used at the competition as well as the flags.
Tried to watch some tv...can't seem to get into it so I will read some more.
Talk to ya later.
posted by 12thhobo | 5:13 AM
2 Comments:
Dad your adventures are too funny...I look forward to reading them everyday
As for the man on a bike with a 2x4, that sounds eerily familiar to a guy I know who was on a bike with a camcorder coming over a hill in Nfld who maybe caused some cars to look twice...??? Probably a relative :)
Jay
Gold Leader 10-4 on the big update. Looks like you are again making Saskatchewan proud! Keep on dancing and cheering on the riders.....Dontcha!
Chhst
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