UNITED KINGDOM | Thursday, 24 Jun 2010 | Photo Gallery
My brother's wedding
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CHINA | Monday, 31 May 2010 | Views [618]
I've been learning Chinese characters with a colleague from school. Han-Fan Chinese is a company run by Ann and Catherine (English names), with the mission to coach expats' 'China Life'. On Friday June 5th at 8.00pm Guangzhou English channel will broadcast ... Read more >
Tags: mahjong game in guangzhou
CHINA | Monday, 31 May 2010 | Photo Gallery
Han-Fan Teacher Ann demonstrates
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Tags: guangzhou, mahjong game at the basement
CHINA | Friday, 7 May 2010 | Photo Gallery
1368 - Emperor HongWu
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CHINA | Friday, 7 May 2010 | Views [663]
The cycling tour starts at a village 3 hours outside of Beijing, called something like Forever Young. The route is gentle with no steep hills or heavy traffic. There are nice views of small holdings and the road is tree lined with white and lilac wall ... Read more >
Tags: simitai great wall
CHINA | Tuesday, 4 May 2010 | Views [914] | Comments [1]
Along the river west out of Beijing, we stopped at the 21st century museum to see the civilisation exhibition. It was good, but the exhibition called: Other Peoples' Snow, was an outstanding photographic exhibition of the St Bernard's Hospice in ... Read more >
Tags: olympic village and the summer palace
CHINA | Tuesday, 4 May 2010 | Photo Gallery
with David from Bicycle Kingdom
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CHINA | Monday, 3 May 2010 | Views [666]
I met up with David from Bicycle Kingdom at 9.00am. The shop was full of bikes and after a quick trial, I decided on the city bike with a basket. We set off towards the Forbidden City leaving the narrow park and rode along the busy street. The morning ... Read more >
Tags: old beijing
CHINA | Monday, 3 May 2010 | Photo Gallery
Guided by Bicycle Kingdom
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THAILAND | Tuesday, 23 Feb 2010 | Photo Gallery
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THAILAND | Monday, 15 Feb 2010 | Views [785]
On the way to the Elephant Nature Park, we watched “Caught
In the Moment”, an American produced documentary about elephant conservation in
Thailand. There are 500 wild elephants remaining
in the jungles of Thailand; the rest are used to ... Read more >
THAILAND | Friday, 12 Feb 2010 | Views [593]
Thursday February 11 th
2010
The main part of the day was the
lesson on domestic violence at the Wildflowers Centre. This is a refuge for women who are pregnant
or already mothers, and victims of abuse.
The lesson was outside under ... Read more >
THAILAND | Thursday, 11 Feb 2010 | Views [618]
This morning I worked on the FAQs document. The questions
include: before travelling, medical, financial, orientation, workload, climate
and the environment. Some of these
questions might need extra information from the Lao and Cambodia ... Read more >
THAILAND | Tuesday, 9 Feb 2010 | Views [753]
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
Another beautiful morning in Chiang
Mai at BABSEA, the sunrise was around 6am.
I watched a melodrama on the local TV, and ate my porridge at the street
café near Wat Suan Dok. After getting
back ... Read more >
THAILAND | Monday, 8 Feb 2010 | Views [627]
This morning at the BABSEA
office, I helped Muan to collate together the applications from four gap year students
from United World College, Singapore.
Muan and I agreed that the checklist part of this administrative
activity was really ... Read more >
CHINA | Sunday, 11 Oct 2009 | Photo Gallery
Nujiang river trip
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CHINA | Saturday, 10 Oct 2009 | Views [1323]
In the morning, I watched the 60th anniversary of "New" China on the CCTV website. The live pictures streamed onto my laptop of the ethnic minority floats of Yunnan province and Tibet. By the afternoon, I was on my way to Shenzhen to catch ... Read more >
THAILAND | Tuesday, 22 Sep 2009 | Views [796]
How about a weekend workshop for Language B in Bangkok? Professional development takes on a different meaning in Asia and of course, I leapt at the chance! Inspite of a few worries about travelling alone, I arrived by midday and quickly took a taxi ... Read more >
CHINA | Tuesday, 4 Aug 2009 | Views [942]
I woke up too early, probably
because the Chinese group on the floor below had departed at 4.30 am; I must
have become confused. Eventually, when the
breakfast of steamed bread and honey was finished, we set off to find the
precise ... Read more >
Tags: solar eclipse
CHINA | Monday, 3 Aug 2009 | Views [1277]
I arrived in Sichuan Province from Guangzhou, Guangdong, in the city of Chengdu. The city lies in a basin, which means that it rarely enjoys the cool breezes of other cities, and it was very humid and hot. There was not much in the way of a ... Read more >
Tags: on the road
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