David's Big Adventure in China

I’m currently enjoying a pretty relaxing life as I’m not working much. It appears my life as a Chinese pig farmer is about over and I’ll be transitioning back to teaching. In September I’ll be back teaching at Guangxi University but I’ll be teaching for the Foreign Language College this time instead of Sino Canadian International College. I’ll be working at the same college as Bonnie and the leaders of that college are already lining up joint projects for Bonnie and me to do together. I’m already doing some part time teaching set up by the university for a bunch of hydro-electric engineers who sometimes travel to lesser developed countries to help them develop hydro power. China has a very developed hydro power industry and generates more than twice the hydro power of any other country and more than 20% of their electricity needs.

In late July we’ll be heading to the states for about 5 weeks with a road trip planned to Branson, Missouri; Nashville and Gatlinburg, TN; North Georgia mountains; Blue Ridge Parkway; Niagara Falls; and Cleveland. We’ll spend time in Richmond with the family at the beginning and end of the trip. Bonnie has been to the states once before as part of a special training program for Interpretation and Translation and was able to see NYC, Washington D.C., Los Angeles, San Francisco and Monterey. This time she’ll get to see the heartland.

Here are my interesting tidbits for this post. I heard a radio report (The World) that said the richest 70 members of China’s legislature (National People’s Congress) have an average net worth per person of 1.2 billion U.S. dollars each! That’s not a typo, it’s really a billion. Chinese are very interested in how much money other people have and how much they make. I was riding down the elevator recently with a security guard for the housing complex and he asked me how much I make each month. That’s a very common question here. Until next time……..