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June 30, 2004More Bei Shan PicturesBei Shan Bai Yun Temple on top of mountain Jo at the top Trev coming back down Jo and Girl Jo and Girls Trev with boy Primary School King of the Kids Mad Max Rice Fields Goats Harley Cooling...Read this update The Road to Bei ShanAs previously said the road to Bei Shan is crap. On our return to Qingtian this morning we had the bus driver called "Julio". It seems sequins are the new black in Bei Shan - everyone is wearing sequins men...Read this update Bei ShanBei Shan is a peasant village about 40kms from Qingtian. A lot of our students are from there so we took a day trip out there to check out the place. To really put a dampner on the story at...Read this update June 24, 2004Canadian penpalsI taught Junior middle school students whose age varied from 13-16. The Chinese have a funny way that when you are born you are 1 year old. They consider the time growing in the mother as nearly a year, so...Read this update Letters from CanadaThe start of something big, exchanging letters with French students in Canada. They also are learning English....Read this update How to go about getting a jobTeaching English in China is very easy. It's a fun way to earn some cash, see the country and get to be a part of the culture. Many people will critisize this remark, as they will think it's a typical...Read this update June 23, 2004Qingtian CityQingtian translated to Green Field is a city in the south of Zhejiang. It is a small city with about 100,000 people in the city area. It is said that the population is anywhere up to 250,000 people but...Read this update Where do we startWell this is our first blog. Trev (my husband) and I have been in China for a year. We have been living in Qingtian a small rural town in the south of Zhejiang Province. We've managed to get around to...Read this update Bio InfoMy husband and I came to China a year ago to teach English. After 12 years we decided to leave the Australian Navy and really didn't know where life was taking us. Now, a year on, we still aren't sure....Read this update |
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