|
Cheers from Changsha! Teaching ESL in China |
|
Categories
As Per Your Request (1)
Bowling For Columbine? No, Just For The Fun Of It! (1) Changsha-The City That Never Sleeps (1) Chinese Lessons (1) Chinese New Year! (1) Double Turkey-Lurkey (1) Extreme Mountain Climbing (1) First Impressions (1) Food and Free Drinks! (1) Getting Ready to Leave (4) Hainan - Day 1 (1) Hainan - Day 2 (1) Hainan - Day 3 (1) Hainan - Day 4 (1) Help! I Might Need A Support Group (1) Hospitality Has No Language Barriers! (1) I'll Take That One To Go! Can You Kill It For Me Please? (1) Merry Christmas from China! (1) My First Class (1) Prelude To Christmas (1) Pretty In Pink (1) Shopaholic Takes Changsha (1) Talk Of The Town (1) Teaching Schedule (1) The Acrobats of Hunan Province (1) The Story Begins (1) The Year Of The Rooster (1) Weekend Classes (1)
Recent Entries
* Merry Christmas from China!
* As Per Your Request * Talk Of The Town * Help! I Might Need A Support Group * Prelude To Christmas * Changsha - The City That Never Sleeps * Food and Free Drinks! * Teaching Schedule * Shopaholic Takes Changsha * Weekend Classes * Chinese Lessons * Extreme Mountain Climbing * My First Class * First Impressions
Archives
|
December 23, 2004Merry Christmas from China!圣诞快乐和新年好 圣诞快乐和新年好 Merry Christmas and Happy New Year From Changsha, China Wishing you and your family Peace, Happiness and Good Cheer for the holidays and into the new year. My thoughts of Christmas’ past and the times shared with...Read this update December 16, 2004As Per Your RequestDecember 16, 2004 I have had some requests to see pictures of my apartment. So here goes! I will start the tour from the grounds outside the building. There is a nice garden,rock wall and walkway area with some playground...Read this update Talk Of The TownMonday and Wednesday nights I have an adult class of 8 women. The age range is from 18-40. Three of them are students, one is a Chinese teacher, one is a marketing manager and the other three are employed in...Read this update Help! I Might Need A Support GroupThursday December 9, 2004 I must stop shopping, I must stop shopping…………when is payday? After a lazy day surfing the net and working on the blog I finally decided to get showered and dressed at 4:30 pm. Kim and I...Read this update Prelude To Christmas(Prelude? Did I say that out loud?) We had a staff meeting last week. It turns out all that was involved was the office staff and teachers walked from the school to the hotel where the Christmas Party is going...Read this update December 10, 2004Changsha - The City That Never SleepsDecember 10, 2004 From my “Let’s Go” China travel book: Changsha, a provincial city, embraces modernity but still wears its 3000-year old history proudly on its sleeve. From the tomb of a 2100 year old mummy to assorted Mao pilgrimage...Read this update December 09, 2004Food and Free Drinks!December 3, 2004 My day consists of a peanut butter sandwich on raisin bread for breakfast, coffee and cookies during the day and the famous rice & veggies for supper! The school provides us with one meal a day and...Read this update December 07, 2004Teaching ScheduleDecember 3, 2004 Teaching Schedule It’s been a busy week in Changsha! My first week of teaching my own classes. I worked on getting my classroom set up and taking down a lot of work which covered every inch of...Read this update Shopaholic Takes ChangshaDecember 2, 2004 Shopping in Changsha I did some serious shopping this week and got around to 3 different areas. On Monday, Grace, Kim and I took the bus to the Underground Market. I really didn’t know what to expect....Read this update December 02, 2004Weekend ClassesNovember 27, 2004 It’s Saturday and my weekend begins. I have 3 classes to teach today from 1:30 until 9 pm. Tomorrow I teach from 9-6. These are our busiest days because the kids take classes on the weekends apart...Read this update Chinese LessonsNovember 26, 2004 Another day off – yippee! Kim and I lounged around and drank coffee all morning. At noon we walked to school for our first Chinese lesson. She has been here 5 months and never had one but...Read this update Extreme Mountain ClimbingNovember 25, 2004 Thursday morning I left the apartment and met Grace, Nancy & Jurgen at the school for a tour of the city. Some tour! The only time I saw parts of the city was on a bus to...Read this update My First ClassNovember 24, 2004 Here’s my update of the last couple of days…………Monday night (November 22) I taught my first class – 8 adults. They are just starting Level 4 which means they have had 3 levels and can read/write english...Read this update First ImpressionsNovember 20, 2004 After a loooong trip half way around the world, I arrived in China Friday afternoon. The trip was uneventful (thank goodness) and I managed to find my way around O’Hare Airport in Chicago and then the Beijing...Read this update |
Latest Comments
Renate: Nice cover Lisa....LOL
... [read]
Lisa: How's me for being an attentive daughter....didn't... [read] Janice: Renate: Gee thanks for the compliment! Don't kno... [read] Renate: Well, I don't think I have ever been first. Oh We... [read] Janice: Rose: You still got me beat on number of countrie... [read] Lisa: Cheat.....I may have...but I still beat you by 25 ... [read] Rose: Lisa.....you cheat.....must read first! LOL I was... [read] Lisa: First....eat that! Now I will go and read!... [read] Janice: Bjorge: Welcome to my blog! It's alway nice to k... [read] Bjorge: Hi Janice. I found this blog by chance as I was s... [read] |