China 2006 09 05 & 06
I am back
Missed a day as it was busy and we had a late meal and I was trying to get on Skype so that I could at least phone home. Losing that Cell phone really put a crimp into my communication with the outside world. I have lost all my phone numbers..birthdates and some email addresses...on my phone. Maybe someone could phone the number and see if anyone Chinese answers????
If you are reading this, you could comment and give me your phone numbers so that I could create a list. That way I can at least get soome contact with you.
My clas load will get bigger as we have chat rooms set up with the kids who want to talk with us to improve their English. They all want 90-100 maarks for their English.
I am trying to get to know the kids but I have about 145 of them in my 11-7, 11-8,11-9 and 11-10 levels. I think I get the highest loads...but what the heck. I am coping so far and hope to get into the meat of the subjects next week. Have had an assignment already due for this Friday.
Morning runs have been cooler and I actually saw the stars and the sun and the moon yesterday. I guess the wind blew out the pollution for a few days.
Now know that Sask is -2 hours and the opposite time of the day for example if it is 9:00 here, I subtract 2 hours and go to the opposite part of the day. I phoned Jennifer and it was 6:00 in the morning..a good morning wakeup call.
Went in to register for the marathon today....what a zoo..you think we have traffic and traffic problems...think again.....In and out of Beijing was a 3 hour adventure. I did see an accident. Trying to find my way is impossible...I need GPS and about 20 years to figure it all out. Have to go into Beijing on October 14 to get my registration package and then again on October for the actual run. I am actually looking forward to it.
Also had my first experience with a squatter.....a bathroom with no place to sit and you have to try to hit the hole while you squat. I guess your aim improves with experience. Also the paper does not go in the squatter as the system is not able to handle the paper. So the paper goes into a basket or some sort of receptacle. Interesting. I'll get a camera shot of one of them before.....
Also got stiffed today for the first time. A shirt I bought for about 400 yuan, could have been bought for 50....sucker.
Made poached eggs on toast tonight so that I could get away from Chinese food for a meal. We have purchased a hot plate with a pan. We can now whip up stuff in no time flat. We can get a lot of Western foods but it is a little more costly.
Spent a lot of time in the office working today. Don't know whether I accomplished too much but the time was put in anyway.
I think there is a bit of a party this weekend for those people who haven't had a birthday or won't have a birthday party over our year. I will go into Beijing by bus this time.
Tried to put some of my pictures but can't seem to find out where they went. If you find them, that would be a bonus.
Missed a day as it was busy and we had a late meal and I was trying to get on Skype so that I could at least phone home. Losing that Cell phone really put a crimp into my communication with the outside world. I have lost all my phone numbers..birthdates and some email addresses...on my phone. Maybe someone could phone the number and see if anyone Chinese answers????
If you are reading this, you could comment and give me your phone numbers so that I could create a list. That way I can at least get soome contact with you.
My clas load will get bigger as we have chat rooms set up with the kids who want to talk with us to improve their English. They all want 90-100 maarks for their English.
I am trying to get to know the kids but I have about 145 of them in my 11-7, 11-8,11-9 and 11-10 levels. I think I get the highest loads...but what the heck. I am coping so far and hope to get into the meat of the subjects next week. Have had an assignment already due for this Friday.
Morning runs have been cooler and I actually saw the stars and the sun and the moon yesterday. I guess the wind blew out the pollution for a few days.
Now know that Sask is -2 hours and the opposite time of the day for example if it is 9:00 here, I subtract 2 hours and go to the opposite part of the day. I phoned Jennifer and it was 6:00 in the morning..a good morning wakeup call.
Went in to register for the marathon today....what a zoo..you think we have traffic and traffic problems...think again.....In and out of Beijing was a 3 hour adventure. I did see an accident. Trying to find my way is impossible...I need GPS and about 20 years to figure it all out. Have to go into Beijing on October 14 to get my registration package and then again on October for the actual run. I am actually looking forward to it.
Also had my first experience with a squatter.....a bathroom with no place to sit and you have to try to hit the hole while you squat. I guess your aim improves with experience. Also the paper does not go in the squatter as the system is not able to handle the paper. So the paper goes into a basket or some sort of receptacle. Interesting. I'll get a camera shot of one of them before.....
Also got stiffed today for the first time. A shirt I bought for about 400 yuan, could have been bought for 50....sucker.
Made poached eggs on toast tonight so that I could get away from Chinese food for a meal. We have purchased a hot plate with a pan. We can now whip up stuff in no time flat. We can get a lot of Western foods but it is a little more costly.
Spent a lot of time in the office working today. Don't know whether I accomplished too much but the time was put in anyway.
I think there is a bit of a party this weekend for those people who haven't had a birthday or won't have a birthday party over our year. I will go into Beijing by bus this time.
Tried to put some of my pictures but can't seem to find out where they went. If you find them, that would be a bonus.
TTFN
posted by 12thhobo | 6:38 AM
1 Comments:
Hi Again
Still don't know what I'm doing. I think I wrote on your space and not the comment space. I'll fiJangure this out in a year I HOPE
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