CHINA | Friday, 25 Sep 2009 | Views [709]
http://bbs.ly.ha.cn/dispbbs.asp?boardid=29&id=2118079&page=2&star=1 Copy and paste this link into your web browser. Apparently some dude took a photo of me when I was outside of the french grocery store. The captions are translated as ... Read more >
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CHINA | Monday, 31 Aug 2009 | Views [749] | Comments [2]
...that taxi drivers here are definitely not hired to be knowledgeable about the city and to take you to a destination. I would equate taxi drivers here with people who are hired because they can drive. Not because they know where they're going, ... Read more >
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CHINA | Tuesday, 11 Aug 2009 | Views [613] | Comments [1]
Back to work again. Break was relatively boring. I don't really know too many people around here other than Ming's girlfriend and her friends, and most my coworkers were busy all of vacation touring their families around China. This basically left ... Read more >
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CHINA | Thursday, 6 Aug 2009 | Views [493] | Comments [1] | Video
Okay, so this video was prepared because I didn't want to make this video a year long project. Its not super good quality, but you'll get to see where I went.
CHINA | Thursday, 6 Aug 2009 | Views [389]
I'm never recording in 24p again. I'm working on the video it will be up hopefully today. Final Cut is a pain, and iMovie sucks.
CHINA | Wednesday, 5 Aug 2009 | Views [950] | Comments [2]
"An invaluable Unesco World Heritage site, the ravaged grottoes at Longmen constitute one of China ’s few surviving masterpieces of Buddhist rock carving. A sutra in stone, the epic achievement of the Longmen Caves was first undertaken by chisellers ... Read more >
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CHINA | Wednesday, 5 Aug 2009 | Photo Gallery
龙门石窟
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CHINA | Monday, 3 Aug 2009 | Views [631] | Comments [1] | Video
Video #2 of my apartment w/ foods and currency.
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CHINA | Monday, 3 Aug 2009 | Views [772]
Yes, I'm still updating my blog. This entry is actually rather long to make up for new experiences and information that I simply haven't gotten around to documenting. I have been pretty busy for the past few days. M-F: I have Chinese class [in which ... Read more >
Tags: daily life, pedagogy
CHINA | Sunday, 26 Jul 2009 | Photo Gallery
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CHINA | Sunday, 26 Jul 2009 | Views [738]
Teaching doesn't start until Friday. Photos: Around luoyang has been updated and Shopping in Luoyang has been added. Shopping in Luoyang is a pretty familiar experience. And when I say that, I mean that I did my shopping in the friendly neighborhood ... Read more >
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CHINA | Friday, 24 Jul 2009 | Photo Gallery
Pretty self explanatory
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CHINA | Thursday, 23 Jul 2009 | Views [563] | Comments [2] | Video
Low quality video of me showing you around my apt.
CHINA | Wednesday, 22 Jul 2009 | Photo Gallery
Erm, nice try.
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CHINA | Wednesday, 22 Jul 2009 | Views [595] | Comments [1]
I woke up at 7:40 this morning to a pounding on my door. I'd forgotten that Tim, husband of another teacher, had invited me out to breakfast this morning. I got up, showered, and was down at his place at 8. Instead of heading to breakfast, we ended ... Read more >
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CHINA | Wednesday, 22 Jul 2009 | Photo Gallery
The apartment that my job is furnishing me with.
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CHINA | Wednesday, 22 Jul 2009 | Views [483]
The flight to China was absurd. It was about 20-22 hours of flying and layovers. Approximately 1.5-2 hours from Detroit to Toronto, 13.5-15 hrs to Beijing, and approximately 1.5 to Luoyang. There was about a 2 hour layover at every airport, so ... Read more >
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USA | Friday, 17 Jul 2009 | Views [498] | Comments [2]
So this past week has been pretty stressful. Moving out of my apartment has been a pain, mainly because I have so much stuff to move out and such a long distance to travel with it. In addition, I need to make sure that I don't accidentally pack something ... Read more >
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USA | Saturday, 11 Jul 2009 | Views [960]
So, last day at work. Flight leaves in just over a week. I think I'm pretty much as ready as I'm ever going to be. I just got a really nice HI-Def video camera for taking footage when I get there. Its incredibly small, and my mac should be sufficient ... Read more >
USA | Wednesday, 8 Jul 2009 | Photo Gallery
Work Shots
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