Tag: China
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An Update on the Progress of Me Learning Chinese
So some of you may be wondering how my Chinese lessons are going. Well, I have yet to start them this semester. It’s hard to believe that it’s already nearing the end of April and I haven’t taken a class yet. Whether it was sickness or meetings, we just haven’t arranged to get together yet. But it’s not like…
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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…
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Why Are My Toes So Cold?
Well it’s warming up over here in Beijing with temperatures reaching the mid-teens pretty easily now during the day. Smog hasn’t been too much of a problem as of late and was odd when it did actually happen. Sadly, the weather was great throughout the week and then towards Friday and Saturday the smog settled…
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Winter Vacation Has Ended
So I’m back in Beijing with yet another winter vacation behind me and a few more cities in China covered. This vacation was basically divided into three or four parts: Northeastern China (Shenyang, Harbin / Harbin, and Dalian), Beijing (my parents decided to come visit me this year), Middle China (Nanjing, Suzhou, Hangzhou) and then South…
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Winter Vacation Has Begun
Despite having more “free time” since exams finished two weeks ago, I’ve actually been quite busy. Last week I ventured off to the North of China to Haerbin to see the snow and ice festival and a couple other cities for about a week all in. And wow, was it cold. And I say that as a…