Odds and Ends
HOtel in Bangkok overlooking the city...pretty polluted too
Our motorbike and owner in the background ...for about $10 per day
How about these wheels on ice
Chinese Acrobats...I think
Read the sign...in the middle of nowhere...
This is how they transfer the boat passengers....@@@%&^!#&*(&*%
The computer just said there was aproblem and had to shut down and I couldn't save about 1/2 hour of work....now how in the hell will I remember all that I had in the last blog....Jesus this is maddening......oh well here goes....
Winter finally arrived here ...we actually had a lot of snow and it lasted for a couple of days and there were some windy days and it was cold and the people were complaining about it being cold...typical winter for me...actually not that bad...I hear that in some places it has been quite a good winter and in others it has been a lot of snow and cold....this has been minl for Beijing...
Unless something drastic happens, I will be staying here for another year....anyone coming over for a visit...they have upped the wages by $2000 and included a signing bonus $500 ( sounds like a hockey player)....well I guess I am...reasons.... some personal....others the Olympics plays in the mix as well....although they have said that the accomodations will be a little scarce here so we will still be allowed but there will be some restrictions
School started back here after an extended vacation...my schedule changed as I lost 2 English classes and gained and Environmental elective....good time wise..but with some downsides...I will be subbing in for anyon who gets sick or needs to go to conferences or anything like that...and the Environmental thing is a world wide program that has been a moving target ffrom the start
It started while we were on Spring Festival so we have missed about 4 weeks of a 10 week program so now we are scrambling to catch up....I started out with 104 kids and 12 teachers and then that got changed to 70 and 10 and then today it was 45 kids and 10 teachers and 1 isn't even here and they are all supposed to rotate in and out...a bit of a scheduling problem there. And all this time I have been trying to prepare handouts and the like to the teachers and students...I went in and saw Andy Truang ( the guy i will be playing ball with and the big director here) and told him my sense of frustration in a nice way ....he said that "this will become a top priority"...we are scheduled for a team picture next Wednesday....this is a 2 year program and the kids may get to travel to another country to make presentations or to take part in a summer camp...maybe they will need a supervisor....kind of miss some of my former students in other classes....but they mixed them all up again so I would have to learn all the name over again
There is some money around here...several kids went over to Canada for a about 10 days during the break and saw Vancouver, Edmonton, Toronto, Montreal and homestayed in Saint John New Brunswick....another went to Europe (Germany and Italy)...interesting stuff..
I noticed there are some pickup hockey teams here in Beijing...I my bring my stuff over just to see what goes on ...will chekc out the site before I make that commitment though....alsoo some squash leagues and they aren't that expensive......what is....
Bought a new winter coat..they were going for a good price...about $40 and a leather Jacket...Honda.....of course.....for about the same price....I would probably never even consider that in Canada...but here ....the price is right....put in an order for 6 more golf sets...Pings maily but I did order a set of Taylor Mades....I wil then have a set of Pings, Callaways and Taylor Mades....and they don't seem to hit the ball straighter...although Bob says he can help me out....
Speaking of which...I think Bob is staying and that we will probably be roommates again...we seemed to do allright this year....but we will wait and see....he put in for several sets of clubs for his friends....they semed to think that they were darn good clubs and they are good golfers....the total was 52 sets....any takers????...also think that 2 of the teachers are hoping to transfer out to the Beijing school (CIS) and another two are staying here....so that means about 8 new positions here...
I asked Eric ( the taxi driver) where we could get some fireworks so that we could celebrate the last day of the Spring Festival....Steve and I spent about RMB200 for about 20 minutes of display...We set them off on Sunday and did not kill anyone although one of the pods tipped over and we shot a missile at the guard house and also set off a car alarm...Steve was the technician as I couldn't keep a cigarette going to light the darn things....you know smoking has its benefits...Bob said that it would probably cost $300 just to get a license to light off what we did here...it was kind of fun....we still have a couple left and they are stored under my sink...
Went out to a Korean hotpot tonight for supper...they bring coals to you table and you cook your food there...they bring the chopped up meat and vegetables and you go from there...about $10 for the meal and probably close to 2 beer
The computer just said there was aproblem and had to shut down and I couldn't save about 1/2 hour of work....now how in the hell will I remember all that I had in the last blog....Jesus this is maddening......oh well here goes....
Winter finally arrived here ...we actually had a lot of snow and it lasted for a couple of days and there were some windy days and it was cold and the people were complaining about it being cold...typical winter for me...actually not that bad...I hear that in some places it has been quite a good winter and in others it has been a lot of snow and cold....this has been minl for Beijing...
Unless something drastic happens, I will be staying here for another year....anyone coming over for a visit...they have upped the wages by $2000 and included a signing bonus $500 ( sounds like a hockey player)....well I guess I am...reasons.... some personal....others the Olympics plays in the mix as well....although they have said that the accomodations will be a little scarce here so we will still be allowed but there will be some restrictions
School started back here after an extended vacation...my schedule changed as I lost 2 English classes and gained and Environmental elective....good time wise..but with some downsides...I will be subbing in for anyon who gets sick or needs to go to conferences or anything like that...and the Environmental thing is a world wide program that has been a moving target ffrom the start
It started while we were on Spring Festival so we have missed about 4 weeks of a 10 week program so now we are scrambling to catch up....I started out with 104 kids and 12 teachers and then that got changed to 70 and 10 and then today it was 45 kids and 10 teachers and 1 isn't even here and they are all supposed to rotate in and out...a bit of a scheduling problem there. And all this time I have been trying to prepare handouts and the like to the teachers and students...I went in and saw Andy Truang ( the guy i will be playing ball with and the big director here) and told him my sense of frustration in a nice way ....he said that "this will become a top priority"...we are scheduled for a team picture next Wednesday....this is a 2 year program and the kids may get to travel to another country to make presentations or to take part in a summer camp...maybe they will need a supervisor....kind of miss some of my former students in other classes....but they mixed them all up again so I would have to learn all the name over again
There is some money around here...several kids went over to Canada for a about 10 days during the break and saw Vancouver, Edmonton, Toronto, Montreal and homestayed in Saint John New Brunswick....another went to Europe (Germany and Italy)...interesting stuff..
I noticed there are some pickup hockey teams here in Beijing...I my bring my stuff over just to see what goes on ...will chekc out the site before I make that commitment though....alsoo some squash leagues and they aren't that expensive......what is....
Bought a new winter coat..they were going for a good price...about $40 and a leather Jacket...Honda.....of course.....for about the same price....I would probably never even consider that in Canada...but here ....the price is right....put in an order for 6 more golf sets...Pings maily but I did order a set of Taylor Mades....I wil then have a set of Pings, Callaways and Taylor Mades....and they don't seem to hit the ball straighter...although Bob says he can help me out....
Speaking of which...I think Bob is staying and that we will probably be roommates again...we seemed to do allright this year....but we will wait and see....he put in for several sets of clubs for his friends....they semed to think that they were darn good clubs and they are good golfers....the total was 52 sets....any takers????...also think that 2 of the teachers are hoping to transfer out to the Beijing school (CIS) and another two are staying here....so that means about 8 new positions here...
I asked Eric ( the taxi driver) where we could get some fireworks so that we could celebrate the last day of the Spring Festival....Steve and I spent about RMB200 for about 20 minutes of display...We set them off on Sunday and did not kill anyone although one of the pods tipped over and we shot a missile at the guard house and also set off a car alarm...Steve was the technician as I couldn't keep a cigarette going to light the darn things....you know smoking has its benefits...Bob said that it would probably cost $300 just to get a license to light off what we did here...it was kind of fun....we still have a couple left and they are stored under my sink...
Went out to a Korean hotpot tonight for supper...they bring coals to you table and you cook your food there...they bring the chopped up meat and vegetables and you go from there...about $10 for the meal and probably close to 2 beer
The Chinese Culture Club has another couple of trips planned around China this spring and early summer and I think I will take at least one...as I said before, I would like to get over to the Himalayas to see Mt. Eversest or to get to the Yanggtze River so I will be on the lookout for that...
Don't have any photos this time but will try to get soome for next time oh what the heck let see if I can find a couple to put in here in no apparent order...here goes
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