I was amazed how the chinese celebrated Chrsitmas. The 24th eve was so busy with traffic jams etc. It has become a commercial holiday here in China. The Chinese Christmas is really their New year's in February where there is 2 weeks off and people exchange gifts.
There talking about that China is the last promise land of opportunity. Export is going bananas here. It has come to my attention that all the disco's here are full people every night. A Monday night can be just like a Saturday or Friday night back in Canada.
I dressed up as Santa Clause for our party. I have atleast a dozen photos or more to post up for the new year.
I am on a training program to lose weight. I am just sitting at 97kg, I was 102kg. My goal is to get down to 85kg. This is all for now. Until the 1st week of January.
Tuesday, December 27, 2005
Thursday, December 08, 2005
Surprises
Looking back on my Chinese experience i am amazed of how things have folded.
1. I thought, it would be a lot harder and didn't think that i would even think about doing business here. The opportunities are far beyond i have ever dreamt of. I am teaching spanish to a factory twice a week.
I am geting a raise this month. The chinese are really good at business and it would be a shame not to do future business here. I have been really busy lately being the most independent person i have ever been. I feel very fortunate to have come here and see the rainbow that i have been searching for.
International trade here is something beyond spectacular. Can you belive it i have a chinese class once a week. I thought i better learn the basics eventhough i can get by with my english and my business spanish.
We have the Christmas party coming up. We get Christmas off and then back to work Christmas day. For the first time ever i will be working Christmas day.
Photos in December are coming.
Untill the next entry.
1. I thought, it would be a lot harder and didn't think that i would even think about doing business here. The opportunities are far beyond i have ever dreamt of. I am teaching spanish to a factory twice a week.
I am geting a raise this month. The chinese are really good at business and it would be a shame not to do future business here. I have been really busy lately being the most independent person i have ever been. I feel very fortunate to have come here and see the rainbow that i have been searching for.
International trade here is something beyond spectacular. Can you belive it i have a chinese class once a week. I thought i better learn the basics eventhough i can get by with my english and my business spanish.
We have the Christmas party coming up. We get Christmas off and then back to work Christmas day. For the first time ever i will be working Christmas day.
Photos in December are coming.
Untill the next entry.
Tuesday, November 22, 2005
New Times
The good news is that I will get a raise in a month, and i am finally able to save money now.
I did my first TV advertisement for an electric company. The shoot was at the President's office. Another shot was taken with us getting out of a mercedes.
The last week, I defended myself against a scotish teacher. He has been on a power trip cutting down people for a while for no real valid reason. It was my turn last week, and i stood up to him and put him in his place. He's 47, he's a drunkard with many bad habit problems, the major one being his social skills are like that of a 16 year-old. I am not putting with verbal abusive language. He has cut me down mainly for putting too much effort in my classes. He has many problems with the chinese and foreigners. I told the truth of who he is, and wrote him up. All the staff would like to see him go. I made him uncomfortable enough that he has put in his 1 month notice. He has been quite quiet lately because realizes it's too big of a fight for him. We'll see, what happens, my plan is to totally avoid him because his ship is sinking and i am not going down with it. I decided to do something about it, verbal abuse is not acceptable and his social skills and bad habits are beyond poor for the work force. He pissed me off enough to do something about this. On behalf i have spoken for many others who he has abused.
Anyways it's all under control. I will concentrate on my job and enjoy watching his ship sink.
I can't stand people who try and walk on me.
It has gotten colder here, i had to buy a heater. I also got a dvd machine to see some movies here and there because there is only one english channel here. I can get almost any new dvd for a $1.50 Cdn.
I want to spend most of my time out of my apartment working out, socializing and working as much as i can.
anyways that's it for now, i will write more later
i will also post some photos of the shoot.
I did my first TV advertisement for an electric company. The shoot was at the President's office. Another shot was taken with us getting out of a mercedes.
The last week, I defended myself against a scotish teacher. He has been on a power trip cutting down people for a while for no real valid reason. It was my turn last week, and i stood up to him and put him in his place. He's 47, he's a drunkard with many bad habit problems, the major one being his social skills are like that of a 16 year-old. I am not putting with verbal abusive language. He has cut me down mainly for putting too much effort in my classes. He has many problems with the chinese and foreigners. I told the truth of who he is, and wrote him up. All the staff would like to see him go. I made him uncomfortable enough that he has put in his 1 month notice. He has been quite quiet lately because realizes it's too big of a fight for him. We'll see, what happens, my plan is to totally avoid him because his ship is sinking and i am not going down with it. I decided to do something about it, verbal abuse is not acceptable and his social skills and bad habits are beyond poor for the work force. He pissed me off enough to do something about this. On behalf i have spoken for many others who he has abused.
Anyways it's all under control. I will concentrate on my job and enjoy watching his ship sink.
I can't stand people who try and walk on me.
It has gotten colder here, i had to buy a heater. I also got a dvd machine to see some movies here and there because there is only one english channel here. I can get almost any new dvd for a $1.50 Cdn.
I want to spend most of my time out of my apartment working out, socializing and working as much as i can.
anyways that's it for now, i will write more later
i will also post some photos of the shoot.
Wednesday, November 09, 2005
Tuesday, November 08, 2005
New November
I had a good bithday and halloween party. I have just bought a gym membership for 200 dollars. This an anytime 1 year membership with weekly yoga classes and Tykewondo classes as well. I have started to run on the treadmill 3km a day.
I continue to stuggle in a lot of things here. My TD Visa card is not accepted here. My Royal bank card won't withdraw anything either. I haven't felt so broke before in my life. It's a desperate situation. The good news is i will get paid in 9 days and i have been praised by the students and staff of my excellent effort in teaching. It is natural for me to teach well and show great interest in each student. I have found that it really takes about 5 months to feel settled here. Patience is the key.
I will put up new photos hopefully this week. I have 20 of them. It's not easy to upload them, it's really quite time consuming and i can't even see my blog from China, part of the website is blocked. Before the new year some good changes will occur with my salary and apartment.
Going to the gym, will help my energy level and strength. Most of the foreigners here have a hard time sleeping here and they struggle with fatigue.
I eat mostly beef, potatoes and noodles with some vegtables and bread. I drink a lot of juice and water. I still very tired most of the time. I think the gym and getting my money situation back will help jump start me into the new year.
I really like my students, they are a pleasure to teach. This is what makes my day. I feel far away from all the things that have haunted me in the past. All right back to work after my days off on Monday and Tuesday. I will get those photos up. I am glad the Canucks are in 3rd overall in the NHL and that justice has begun against the US Republican administration.
I continue to stuggle in a lot of things here. My TD Visa card is not accepted here. My Royal bank card won't withdraw anything either. I haven't felt so broke before in my life. It's a desperate situation. The good news is i will get paid in 9 days and i have been praised by the students and staff of my excellent effort in teaching. It is natural for me to teach well and show great interest in each student. I have found that it really takes about 5 months to feel settled here. Patience is the key.
I will put up new photos hopefully this week. I have 20 of them. It's not easy to upload them, it's really quite time consuming and i can't even see my blog from China, part of the website is blocked. Before the new year some good changes will occur with my salary and apartment.
Going to the gym, will help my energy level and strength. Most of the foreigners here have a hard time sleeping here and they struggle with fatigue.
I eat mostly beef, potatoes and noodles with some vegtables and bread. I drink a lot of juice and water. I still very tired most of the time. I think the gym and getting my money situation back will help jump start me into the new year.
I really like my students, they are a pleasure to teach. This is what makes my day. I feel far away from all the things that have haunted me in the past. All right back to work after my days off on Monday and Tuesday. I will get those photos up. I am glad the Canucks are in 3rd overall in the NHL and that justice has begun against the US Republican administration.
Saturday, October 29, 2005
29th Birthday, New update
It is amaizing to know that i will be having a birthday dinner, with 8 friends that i never knew 5 months ago.
It is getting colder here, and i am not wearing shorts anymore or using my airconditioner.
I have been living poor, without a watch, mp3, computer nor a good mobile phone. Sometimes you just gotta live to cheap to get ahead and save. I ask myself why did i come to China? I can say that i am glad that i did for a more suitable opportunity. I have a role here, I didn't have one back home. I am living a dream here. Being overseas in Asia is more suitable for me.
A man is incomplete without a job profession of skills with discipline. I never really had this up untill now. I crave for success and a 2nd chance at life. I will get a gym membership with the money i have left over. I think the martial arts would be good too instead of chaising chinese women. I am also looking into the I was tossed by the waves of the sea but now i found a boat to sail.
I may be getting a new apartment soon with a good opportunity that just came up. I will tell more about this later. I find myself doing laundry all the time. Way more than i ever had in my life. We are having a Halloween party here on the 30th. My costume is a gorilla.
Question of the month: What makes a man disciplined? Is it the training or the will to act?
It is getting colder here, and i am not wearing shorts anymore or using my airconditioner.
I have been living poor, without a watch, mp3, computer nor a good mobile phone. Sometimes you just gotta live to cheap to get ahead and save. I ask myself why did i come to China? I can say that i am glad that i did for a more suitable opportunity. I have a role here, I didn't have one back home. I am living a dream here. Being overseas in Asia is more suitable for me.
A man is incomplete without a job profession of skills with discipline. I never really had this up untill now. I crave for success and a 2nd chance at life. I will get a gym membership with the money i have left over. I think the martial arts would be good too instead of chaising chinese women. I am also looking into the I was tossed by the waves of the sea but now i found a boat to sail.
I may be getting a new apartment soon with a good opportunity that just came up. I will tell more about this later. I find myself doing laundry all the time. Way more than i ever had in my life. We are having a Halloween party here on the 30th. My costume is a gorilla.
Question of the month: What makes a man disciplined? Is it the training or the will to act?
Friday, October 07, 2005
Pushing through
Pushing through the transition.
Ups and downs continue.
THE GOOD NEWS:
I really like my new job and the school. Things are going great! Teaching adults is way better than those pesty kids. I just had 4 days off because it was China's 56th birthday. Hard to believe but they bacame a republic back then. They really have 6,000 years of history. They talk about Japan's invasion of 1937-38. It was the hardest time for China.
SOME DOWNERS:
I have been broke after coming back from Shanghai. This transition has costed me too much. It's the 600 dollar deposit of my apartment that has hurt a lot. I hope to change my new apartment to something better and a cheaper deposit for the same price.
I was locked out of my apartment for a one night. The key just wouldn't fit in the lock anymore. It caved in a bit. So i got a lock smith the next day to drill it open which took two hours and costed me 50 dollars. I don't know if the land owner will even pay for this. They are so cheap. I am trying to get out of the apartment contract because i have a list of complaints besides the lock falling apart. The washer machine does not work, and one of the air conditioner's gets way too hot. What else will break down. The furniture in there is not worth a 600 dollar deposit. These things that happen make me furious, like a lot of things in China you don't get the quality for what you paid for.
Just keep on trucking, life goes on..
Ups and downs continue.
THE GOOD NEWS:
I really like my new job and the school. Things are going great! Teaching adults is way better than those pesty kids. I just had 4 days off because it was China's 56th birthday. Hard to believe but they bacame a republic back then. They really have 6,000 years of history. They talk about Japan's invasion of 1937-38. It was the hardest time for China.
SOME DOWNERS:
I have been broke after coming back from Shanghai. This transition has costed me too much. It's the 600 dollar deposit of my apartment that has hurt a lot. I hope to change my new apartment to something better and a cheaper deposit for the same price.
I was locked out of my apartment for a one night. The key just wouldn't fit in the lock anymore. It caved in a bit. So i got a lock smith the next day to drill it open which took two hours and costed me 50 dollars. I don't know if the land owner will even pay for this. They are so cheap. I am trying to get out of the apartment contract because i have a list of complaints besides the lock falling apart. The washer machine does not work, and one of the air conditioner's gets way too hot. What else will break down. The furniture in there is not worth a 600 dollar deposit. These things that happen make me furious, like a lot of things in China you don't get the quality for what you paid for.
Just keep on trucking, life goes on..
Monday, October 03, 2005
Friday, September 23, 2005
Back on track
I have started my new job, it is one of the most expensive schools in China.
I have moved into my new apartment. It is very hard to find apartments here. My girlfriend has done everything for me. She found me the apartment and even put a computer in it.
I have been through a lot of fatigue, trying to cope with the culture shock of so many unexpected surprises. I should be ok here for atleast the next 6 months. I have a more relaxed scheldule now, and i teach good students who want to learn.
If i could explain China in one sentence it would be: China is a different planet!!!!!!!!!
If you try and give advice to somebody, they take it as an insult. Some people will respect you, others could care less about you. You have got to be bold and prove yourself. I don't operate like the chinese. Us foreigners are from the WILD WEST, and we let nobody walk on us!!!!!!!!1
I am tired, i better have dinner now.
I have moved into my new apartment. It is very hard to find apartments here. My girlfriend has done everything for me. She found me the apartment and even put a computer in it.
I have been through a lot of fatigue, trying to cope with the culture shock of so many unexpected surprises. I should be ok here for atleast the next 6 months. I have a more relaxed scheldule now, and i teach good students who want to learn.
If i could explain China in one sentence it would be: China is a different planet!!!!!!!!!
If you try and give advice to somebody, they take it as an insult. Some people will respect you, others could care less about you. You have got to be bold and prove yourself. I don't operate like the chinese. Us foreigners are from the WILD WEST, and we let nobody walk on us!!!!!!!!1
I am tired, i better have dinner now.
Friday, September 16, 2005
Shanghai good update/Making a come back
I have just came back from Shanghai. What an amaizing city!!! It has everything and is so full of growing businesses. Shanghai is a s big as New York mabe bigger.
My training for my new job went well. I have just extended my visa for another 6 months. My new job starts soon and i will be moving into a new 1 bedroom apartment. No more messy roomates. I am happy to work for a better school and move on. Teaching children was not rewarding at all. I learnt a lota bout myself.
I have never met so many people that i dislike. Some chinese are fantastic, some are very two faced people.
Every conflict that i have had has been a result of cultural difference or misunderstanding. So it ends up not being nobody's fault. If you are impatient you can forget about coming to China. I have been absolutley frustrated of how they do things. Just one example of a 100, it took me 1.5 hours standing in line to deposit money into my account while people budge in line. This usually isn't that bad but it happned to me once.
Wenzhou investors are the most richest people in all of China. What they do wrong is they are not educated well but have too much money to spend. Shanghai people know they are like wolves when they do business sometimes. All that has went wrong has been not my fault. Every foreigner has had similar experiences. I have never encountered culture shock before. This is also my new challenge. It's the mentality of the way they do things that we wouldn't do.
The best of China is that everything is really cheap, and there are so many jobs for us. Just seeing a nice women pass on the street would make your bad day all that more cheerful. They are so kind and nice to talk to. They are so helpfula and go out of their way to encourage you. Forget about that China is a different country it is a different world. You can only know it from coming here. Forget about what you here on the news all the time. China is for sure the world's greatest opportunity and the biggest race that ever lived.
I am so glad that i have come here. There has been a lot of surprises good and bad. But things get better and better. I learnt a lot in Shanghai from a great teacher. Mabe i will move there in the future.
anyways, sometime i will post up two downtown shots of Shanghai and the nice women in my new office.
Keep it real!!
My training for my new job went well. I have just extended my visa for another 6 months. My new job starts soon and i will be moving into a new 1 bedroom apartment. No more messy roomates. I am happy to work for a better school and move on. Teaching children was not rewarding at all. I learnt a lota bout myself.
I have never met so many people that i dislike. Some chinese are fantastic, some are very two faced people.
Every conflict that i have had has been a result of cultural difference or misunderstanding. So it ends up not being nobody's fault. If you are impatient you can forget about coming to China. I have been absolutley frustrated of how they do things. Just one example of a 100, it took me 1.5 hours standing in line to deposit money into my account while people budge in line. This usually isn't that bad but it happned to me once.
Wenzhou investors are the most richest people in all of China. What they do wrong is they are not educated well but have too much money to spend. Shanghai people know they are like wolves when they do business sometimes. All that has went wrong has been not my fault. Every foreigner has had similar experiences. I have never encountered culture shock before. This is also my new challenge. It's the mentality of the way they do things that we wouldn't do.
The best of China is that everything is really cheap, and there are so many jobs for us. Just seeing a nice women pass on the street would make your bad day all that more cheerful. They are so kind and nice to talk to. They are so helpfula and go out of their way to encourage you. Forget about that China is a different country it is a different world. You can only know it from coming here. Forget about what you here on the news all the time. China is for sure the world's greatest opportunity and the biggest race that ever lived.
I am so glad that i have come here. There has been a lot of surprises good and bad. But things get better and better. I learnt a lot in Shanghai from a great teacher. Mabe i will move there in the future.
anyways, sometime i will post up two downtown shots of Shanghai and the nice women in my new office.
Keep it real!!
Sunday, September 11, 2005
The good of the good; I am not backing down
I am not giving up, I am not backing down. Shanghai is a very nice city. It has a western way of doing business. I have learnt that the city that i live in Wenzhou is the hardest to do business. They have a very different way of mentality in doing business.
The city of Wenzhou is filled with millionaires. In order to make a lot of money you can't be upfront. I want to stay the course of a year there. I can always find a better way of doing things in Shanghai. China is full of jobs for us. I am not worried. I just have been in culture shock of the way they do business in Wenzhou. I have felt betrayed and rejected but this is normal at the beginning.
I have a friend here in Shanghai who studied at UBC and he agrees that Wenzhou is very different from China. I was born to travel and born to find myself abroad. I am not coming home to give up, i want to stay in China as long as i can.
The Chinese women are the most beautiful in the world. They are very nice to talk to. They are very supportive in my situation. I have made some good friends. My girlfriend stopped her shift
to take an hour bus to give me medicine when i had the flu. When i was let go from my job she was there to comfort me. She has spent a lot of time with me in support. She even sewed some holes in my clothes for work.
I AM NOT BACKING DOWN!!!!!!!!!!
I am a winner if i do not give up.
Rob in Shanghai.
The city of Wenzhou is filled with millionaires. In order to make a lot of money you can't be upfront. I want to stay the course of a year there. I can always find a better way of doing things in Shanghai. China is full of jobs for us. I am not worried. I just have been in culture shock of the way they do business in Wenzhou. I have felt betrayed and rejected but this is normal at the beginning.
I have a friend here in Shanghai who studied at UBC and he agrees that Wenzhou is very different from China. I was born to travel and born to find myself abroad. I am not coming home to give up, i want to stay in China as long as i can.
The Chinese women are the most beautiful in the world. They are very nice to talk to. They are very supportive in my situation. I have made some good friends. My girlfriend stopped her shift
to take an hour bus to give me medicine when i had the flu. When i was let go from my job she was there to comfort me. She has spent a lot of time with me in support. She even sewed some holes in my clothes for work.
I AM NOT BACKING DOWN!!!!!!!!!!
I am a winner if i do not give up.
Rob in Shanghai.
Friday, September 09, 2005
A new Door of Opportunity
Just down below you can see Spain's Joaquin dejected from a free penalty kick to send Spain to the World Cup's Semi Final for the first time.
I have tried to express what i feel like through soccer photos. Everything is very unclear here in China. Business people are not upfront. If you are you will be poor. The business is similar to a mexican mentality. It has taken me two months to realize that. My eyes are open now. The thing is that the business people do not think they are not upfront. It is a custom to just smile and tell half truths.
I have met some super great people of support and others not. Teaching kids is really hard. I tried my best and my classes were active with new friendships. The kids have been acting out very undisciplined behaviour lately. Politicaly that wasn't good enough and nobody told me anything. I have been in great culture shock. It is all not my fault. The difference is between the two cultures. It has been a hidden blessing to move on to something better where i am appreciated more for who i am. Somebody that will give me a chance to support me and improve my approach. I have learnt that no matter how much you like the children you cannot hug them.
Life is about falling 7 times and getting up the 8th time. I knew asians were hard to deal with from Korea but i am surprised about how hard it is in China. It is all part of the experience.
Now i should be stronger from it. I have thought to myself am i good at anything? I couldn't make it in Vancouver, I tried construction, the navy and so many other jobs only to end up in a dead end to succeed. This is my major frustration in life. What is wrong with me i cry out!!!!!!!!!!!! Will i ever find my place in life? Or am i a person programmed for unemployed work for the rest of my life? It is time to arise to the situation of opportunity and work harder like my life depends on it. In order to do this i need a lot of support.
This is all i have to write now, I will write more later.
Robert in Shanghai.
I have tried to express what i feel like through soccer photos. Everything is very unclear here in China. Business people are not upfront. If you are you will be poor. The business is similar to a mexican mentality. It has taken me two months to realize that. My eyes are open now. The thing is that the business people do not think they are not upfront. It is a custom to just smile and tell half truths.
I have met some super great people of support and others not. Teaching kids is really hard. I tried my best and my classes were active with new friendships. The kids have been acting out very undisciplined behaviour lately. Politicaly that wasn't good enough and nobody told me anything. I have been in great culture shock. It is all not my fault. The difference is between the two cultures. It has been a hidden blessing to move on to something better where i am appreciated more for who i am. Somebody that will give me a chance to support me and improve my approach. I have learnt that no matter how much you like the children you cannot hug them.
Life is about falling 7 times and getting up the 8th time. I knew asians were hard to deal with from Korea but i am surprised about how hard it is in China. It is all part of the experience.
Now i should be stronger from it. I have thought to myself am i good at anything? I couldn't make it in Vancouver, I tried construction, the navy and so many other jobs only to end up in a dead end to succeed. This is my major frustration in life. What is wrong with me i cry out!!!!!!!!!!!! Will i ever find my place in life? Or am i a person programmed for unemployed work for the rest of my life? It is time to arise to the situation of opportunity and work harder like my life depends on it. In order to do this i need a lot of support.
This is all i have to write now, I will write more later.
Robert in Shanghai.
Tuesday, September 06, 2005
Saturday, August 27, 2005
CEREAL !!!!!!!!!!!! Breakfast
I finally found some cereal!!!. Corn Flakes is expensive i will just stick to the Fitness cereal that is like Vector
Thursday, August 25, 2005
A Typical day for me in China
Some of you have asked me what a typical day is like in China. Well i will give you an average day. I probably get up around 9:00 am. My alarm will go off with a cartoon tune in English "Good Morning"
I will then enjoy eating my hard fought to find cereal. It is like Vector cereal. I will also enjoy my orange juice. I may even drink powdered Nestle cafe coffee. Then i organize my books and go to class. It is a 10 minute walk, most of people stare at me while i walk. My face is white and my hair is not black. I arrive at the office and photo copy what i will teach to the middle school students. Class will last for an hour then i usually get a big break, split shift then i go to resturant to eat lunch. I usually eat vegetables with rice, meat and noodles. I don't know what else to drink so i usually have a Sprite. They even have nice Korean resturants here.
I don't know why but i would feel tired at this point and go home to have a nap. It is probably because i sweat a lot and lose my fluids because it is so hot. But this should improve with a new scheldule and my new gym memberhip. I then would teach in the afternoon for an hour.
Once i finish, that i would go home and check my e-mail. Then i would go out with mabe a friend and have dinner. I may be out until 9:00 pm. I would then come home and mabe check my e-mail again and then have a shower before bed. For some reason i don't get to sleep until midnight. This happens to a lot of teachers, you just sometimes can't stop thinking about how exciting China really is. Plus the beds are harder than ours. It is a pretty simple basic scheldule i have. But to tell you the truth working 20 hours feels like 40 a lot of the time. Because Thursday, Friday and all day Sunday i have to travel a ways to get to class. Then i have to prepare a lot for my classes. Sunday is the most biggest day from 6 am to 6 pm. I usually get some surprise phone calls while i am resting to mabe teach another class on very short notice. This happens once in a while.
What are my struggles? The heat is main factor here. It has really throwen me off. Sometimes my stomach hurts from the different food that i am not use too. It is also fustrating trying to communicate in my 20 word chinese vocabulary.When i need something sometimes i just can't find it and you feel lost trying to find things. Cereal for one, shorts for another. Another thing is this blog. I really cannot see my whole blog from the computers here. All i do is put in. You can see my photos so that is the main thing. It has taken absolute hours on my little break here to try and figure out how to upload these photos with this program.
Monday is a nice day, the maids come in the afternoon to clean. Tuesday is my day off. Wednesday and Thursday are a bit heavier of days. Friday and Sunday are the biggest. Saturday is ok, but working split shifts kind of throws off your plans for the day.
This is the basic day that i have. Morning classes will stop soon and so wil some ofl the split shifts, so i should be feeeling a lot better.
Enjoy my two recent updates and my new photos! More student photos to come as i have scanned them on a disc.
I will then enjoy eating my hard fought to find cereal. It is like Vector cereal. I will also enjoy my orange juice. I may even drink powdered Nestle cafe coffee. Then i organize my books and go to class. It is a 10 minute walk, most of people stare at me while i walk. My face is white and my hair is not black. I arrive at the office and photo copy what i will teach to the middle school students. Class will last for an hour then i usually get a big break, split shift then i go to resturant to eat lunch. I usually eat vegetables with rice, meat and noodles. I don't know what else to drink so i usually have a Sprite. They even have nice Korean resturants here.
I don't know why but i would feel tired at this point and go home to have a nap. It is probably because i sweat a lot and lose my fluids because it is so hot. But this should improve with a new scheldule and my new gym memberhip. I then would teach in the afternoon for an hour.
Once i finish, that i would go home and check my e-mail. Then i would go out with mabe a friend and have dinner. I may be out until 9:00 pm. I would then come home and mabe check my e-mail again and then have a shower before bed. For some reason i don't get to sleep until midnight. This happens to a lot of teachers, you just sometimes can't stop thinking about how exciting China really is. Plus the beds are harder than ours. It is a pretty simple basic scheldule i have. But to tell you the truth working 20 hours feels like 40 a lot of the time. Because Thursday, Friday and all day Sunday i have to travel a ways to get to class. Then i have to prepare a lot for my classes. Sunday is the most biggest day from 6 am to 6 pm. I usually get some surprise phone calls while i am resting to mabe teach another class on very short notice. This happens once in a while.
What are my struggles? The heat is main factor here. It has really throwen me off. Sometimes my stomach hurts from the different food that i am not use too. It is also fustrating trying to communicate in my 20 word chinese vocabulary.When i need something sometimes i just can't find it and you feel lost trying to find things. Cereal for one, shorts for another. Another thing is this blog. I really cannot see my whole blog from the computers here. All i do is put in. You can see my photos so that is the main thing. It has taken absolute hours on my little break here to try and figure out how to upload these photos with this program.
Monday is a nice day, the maids come in the afternoon to clean. Tuesday is my day off. Wednesday and Thursday are a bit heavier of days. Friday and Sunday are the biggest. Saturday is ok, but working split shifts kind of throws off your plans for the day.
This is the basic day that i have. Morning classes will stop soon and so wil some ofl the split shifts, so i should be feeeling a lot better.
Enjoy my two recent updates and my new photos! More student photos to come as i have scanned them on a disc.
Wednesday, August 24, 2005
Room
Part of my room. it is more wide on the left side there is a nice desk. Here you can just see my bed, window and part of my closet dresser. I really happy with my room.
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