Tag: Beijing
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Summer Begins (with a rather botched attempt to catch a flight)
My apologies for the delay in posting this update of the life and times of some English teacher in China, but when I last tried to put up a post, I realized I had completely forgotten my password! I recall back in the day when we were told to never write down or mention our password to anybody, not…
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Is Beijing Home? Probably Not.
As I prepare to return to Canada for a bit this summer some of you might be wondering if I’ve now made Beijing my home. The truth is that Beijing is home for now, but no, beyond work, I don’t think this city is a place I’d call home just yet. Most folks I’ve met or…
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English Grading and Chinese Reading
This weekend is Duanwu Jie, better known as the Dragon Boat Festival. We got Thursday off and they moved Friday’s workday to Sunday in order to give people a long weekend (oh China!). Luckily I don’t work on Fridays anyway and so I have a four-day weekend. I couldn’t find any up-to-date information on where the…
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Beijing Brews: A Craft Beer Scene in the Making
This is a topic I’ve been meaning to write about for some time but have never got around to it: Beijing’s craft beer scene. It seems odd that China would be home to a craft beer scene in general but thanks to a few industrious foreigners (with the help of their Chinese counterparts), I can say…
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How This Semester is Shaping Up
Well I’d better post this now while I have the chance. This semester has been extremely busy and flying by at an extraordinary pace. Each semester requires us communication teachers to put together listening exams for our courses. However, in order to make it fair, we need to create NEW exams each time. That sounds like a no-brainer but…