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CHINA | Saturday, 6 Oct 2007 | Views [717]
I will start today's blog by generating some hate-mail with the
following statement:
FRANCE - 20 ALL BLACKS - 18
Let the hate-mail flow!
Riiight, anyhow, lemme continue the National Day story from the
last post. (It ... Read more >
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CHINA | Sunday, 30 Sep 2007 | Views [767]
Intrigued by the title? Yeersss. Well, nothing much
has happened this week. So I decided to spend some of this post
discussing the menagerie that is becoming our apartments. Hmm, where
to start... Ah yes, giant spiders. Once upon a time, ... Read more >
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CHINA | Friday, 28 Sep 2007 | Views [645]
WARNING: This post contains facts
(mostly), unlike other posts, which have been over-inflated reports
of misdemeanours which, in their original forms, hardly qualified as
newsworthy articles. However, this post contains no lies.
Ok, that ... Read more >
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CHINA | Thursday, 13 Sep 2007 | Views [2350] | Comments [9]
6:30am, and would you believe it, I'm awake. Yesterday we started Chinese classes with our teacher, Liz (named changed to prevent severe embarrassment.) She's awesome. This chick has been Peace Corps trained, and we have heard that Peace Corps Chinese ... Read more >
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CHINA | Monday, 10 Sep 2007 | Views [881] | Comments [2]
I am getting slower with these posts. Flang. It's not coz there's nothing happening. There is a-plenty a-happening! No, the reason for my reduced drivel-output is quite simple... I am busy trying to learn how to teach English! I have 16 units ... Read more >
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CHINA | Thursday, 6 Sep 2007 | Views [716] | Comments [1]
Sorry
for the long post folks! It's
day three now, and my first class is only two and a half hours away.
Am I nervous? *%#* yes. Why am I nervous? Here's the story to
date.
Day
#1 (Monday)
Okay
so ... Read more >
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CHINA | Monday, 3 Sep 2007 | Views [848] | Comments [2]
Sorry for being a bit delayed with posting stuff, peoples... Linds
and I have been doing our TEFL course in anticipation of starting
work pretty dang soon. In fact, I start work this afternoon!
And believe me, having to face a hectic schedule ... Read more >
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CHINA | Saturday, 1 Sep 2007 | Views [2296] | Comments [1]
Upon reviewing some of the garbage I've been writing so far, I've
noticed that I have been a bit negative in describing my experience in
China, and therefore give the impression I ain't having fun. This is
entirely untrue. This place has been more ... Read more >
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CHINA | Thursday, 30 Aug 2007 | Views [995] | Comments [5]
It's Thursday now, and Linds and I are gettin' nicely settled into out apartments. Heck, Linds has even managed to clean hers. I like to think that apartments self-clean every few weeks or so, kinda like hair does. Of course, I am no longer ... Read more >
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CHINA | Wednesday, 29 Aug 2007 | Views [716] | Comments [1]
Ho flang, quite a lot has happened since the end of the taxi saga. I'll have to do a one-two-skip-a-few here and just say that we made it to Chengdu safe an' sound, no issues with luggage, and our SNU (Sichuan Normal University) contact was there ... Read more >
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CHINA | Monday, 27 Aug 2007 | Views [821] | Comments [5]
Ok, so we take the taxi to the Macau/Zhouhai border. No sweat. As soon as we hop outta the taxi, we are beset by a very demanding porter, who insist he takes our luggage for him. This dude is at least 120 years old. Of course, such a service is ... Read more >
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CHINA | Sunday, 26 Aug 2007 | Views [886] | Comments [1]
Well, it's sunday now, and we're just about done with Macau. Next stage of the journey is... Chengdu! Via Zhuhai airport though, so we gotta negotiate with all of our luggage to get to the Macau border, then do everything possible to avoid stairs.... Read more >
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CHINA | Friday, 24 Aug 2007 | Views [758]
Thursday, August 23, 2007 Holy flang! Ok, remember that comment I made a few hours ago about this place I'm staying being an internet-less gulag? I take it back. Completely. This place has net, and I am currently writing this post from there! ... Read more >
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