We were going to get Married in Chengdu in August

This is the girl, that i really thought about marrying. Everything made sense and was set in place. Well jee whiz, i spent more time with her and realized how careless and immature a 24 year old can be.

When i met her, i was surprised that she didn't look so stunning like she does here in this pic. Now after 3 months she doesn't talk to me anymore because my body language showed that i wasn't as excited when i first met her. Instead of talking about our concerns she got offended. I was really serious about persuing this girl. Our phone conversations lead to just fighting. So i asked her to send my clothes back and that was that.
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Atleast I tried and got out of my comfort zone. Marriage is unpredictable, it seems way harder these days to get it right, than 20 years ago when you fall in love with your high school sweet heart.

What No Hockey In China Yet?

I would love to play again, but hockey just has not attracted the chinese yet. Yes they have some figure skating in big city shopping malls but that's about all.

Rumors have that, up north near North Korea, they may start beginning to play.

Luongo at his best in Vancouver

Saying GOOD-BYE to Wenzhou

The time has finaly arrived to move on. I should have moved on from away from Wenzhou a long time ago. But it's never too late.

I have been here too long working for peanuts and being cheated and lied to. I have received too many empty promises Teaching English in small cities just doesn't suit me. I think teachers all around the world are under paid for their hard efforts and long training years in University.

Wenzhou can go ahead and find foreigners that aren't' native English speakers and pay them peanuts, wow the big $800 a month, a crap apartment and maybe they will just pay half of my airfare too!!! I have had enough of these uneducated, rich, greedy, corrupt, rude, two faced "mono" peasants. One thing is for sure, i won't miss it too much. As i look back all these negative experiences have lead me to a better place perhaps like the promised land.

So, enough complaining, what about the solution? The answer is freelance your way teaching English to earn 150rmb an hour or more for a person. You can also make a group of students and charge up to 400rmb an hour. I think the best is, find foreign friends in foreign trade that can use your help. You can earn 100 times more and learn a ton about the international community. Enough of these long term investments, make it short term and enjoy your and reap the gratification that you deserve.

SHANGHAI SURPRISE

Well what can i say, I have seen how great and big Shanghai is now.
I ask myself where have i been the past year and a half in Wenzhou dumpville.

I met a few friends and went out to see the center of SH. An Extremely nice international city filled with oppotunities beyong the sky. I don't know how to explain it but my eyes were open to see past the blindness that i suffered in the Wenzhou culture mind set.

Shanghai reminds me of Seoul Korea, but i think it is way better than Seoul. China's great cities are changing the fastest with the economic revolution that China is experiencing.

What can i say? I am way behind my potential, but the portal gate is open and i am walking in it.
It's always about the contacts you make, people become friends and friends help each other. We all have something very unique to give.
To be continued and more photos to come

Kindergarten Teacher 4

Little Venus
playing snakes and ladders

Kindergarten Teacher 3

I am Teaching Lee, the difference between fat and thin.

Kindergarten Teacher 2

Doris and I playing snakes and ladders.

Kindergarten Teacher 1

Little Doris and I.