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Saturday, September 2nd, 2023
This morning Emily and I visited a small market near our home. We just moved into this area. We are slowly finding our way around, and this morning we went to a market about three kilometers from the new apartment. At first it looked like just a few sellers selling vegetables and fish which is cool.
Then we found a doorway somewhat Narnia-like and entered a large market with certainly more fruits and vegetables, but also a fair amount of meat, chicken, and fish. Emily was very happy. The small stores near our new home have a surprising amount to offer, but the variety is limited.
As we made our way around the stalls and tables, and dodged the ravenous hoards of seniors looking for bargains, we located the area selling fresh chicken and duck.
It was a little fresher than I expected. Emily does most of the shopping, so the idea of picking live animals isn’t new to her. When I go with Emily I’m generally there in my capacity of general labour. Emily shops, Wayne carries.
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Monday, March 19th, 2018
We returned to China on Halloween. Sorry to say, it wasn’t too scary.
Waiting
The flight was delayed. No one was at the airport to meet us. So, a bit scary.
Hong Kong
We left Surabaya about 8:00 am and arrived in Hong Kong at about 12:00 pm. We were to have a three-hour layover, then it became four, and then soon enough it was more.
Hong Kong
We arrived in Wuhan about 10:30 pm. We called the school and finally realized we were on our own.
Someone overheard us speaking English and came over.
He said he was an UBER driver, and we let him talk to the school. Let’s be honest, he could have been sharing a recipe for corn-beefed hash. We followed him to his car because we didn’t have many options.
The ride was pleasant, but our little guy was tired, hungry and cold.
We arrived at a darkened school to find out that the apartment wasn’t ready and we were then taken to a dodgy hotel. It was clean. We fell asleep. Too early the next morning we grabbed all our stuff and went off to see the apartment. It was nowhere near ready. After visiting the school, we found another hotel and did our best imitation of relaxing.
(more to come)
Posted in About Me, China, Duplessis, Education, Family, Flight delay, Hong Kong, Hubei, Life outside of work, Living the dream, overseas living, Surabaya, Travel, Uber, Write, Writer, writing, Wuhan | Comments Off on Back in China
Friday, February 23rd, 2018
Posted in Family, Life outside of work, Living the dream, overseas living, Surabaya, tefl, tesol, Tesol certification, Travel | Comments Off on Course Dates for 2018
Friday, February 23rd, 2018
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Tuesday, November 7th, 2017
We arrived in Wuhan on Halloween at 11:30pm. We had a great flight from Surabaya to Hong Kong.
My wife Emily, and our youngest son Wyatt have been preparing for our return to China since April 2017. In Indonesia, the ...
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Friday, April 7th, 2017
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Saturday, April 1st, 2017
Dual degrees are common in American and Canadian universities. The idea of studying complementary programs and even taking a degree while taking a complementary College qualification.
What about a degree in International Business, complemented by studies in Leadership. This degree is ...
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Thursday, March 30th, 2017
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Friday, March 3rd, 2017
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The IELTS (International English Language Testing System)
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Sunday, January 29th, 2017
I shared a meme. It’s something many of us do, have done, and perhaps we’ll do it again. This meme was a reworking of a famous poem by German Pastor Martin Niemöller.
A message was then posted which questioned ...
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