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What? This isn't China!

As you can see in the above pic, I'm not in China! Dean decided he was gapping it and I didn't want to be left behind. Things had dulled down quite a bit and the last person who was normal was going! I booked my train ticket and changed my plane ticket and Saturday at 1am I left. In the biz they...
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The Apartment Grande Tour

Now it's time for the tour of my apartment! Yay! You'll see that there's bars on my windows. Not sure if it's to prevent suicides or prevent crime... Buildings that are 20 stories high have bars on nearly ALL of their windows. Or maybe it's just a status thing, like you need bars because you have...
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Sports Day!

For two days the students participated in sports day. They had events such as long jump, high jump, track etc. For the first time this year they also had a bike race! I thought it'd be quite cool to watch so I went down to check it out. Early in the morning they had the opening ceremony. And by...
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An English Speech Contest, with a twist!

On Tuesday us foreign teachers were asked if we could judge an English speech contest (which they call "Avenue of the English Stars"). We were told it was pretty simple, we just had to score them out of 10 but under no circumstances were we to give them less than 7! We also had to ask 2 questions...
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Wait, what am I suppose to be doing?

Anna rang me at 5:20pm on Friday and said that I needed to be at English Corner right this instant! She was in a bit of a hurry as she hadn't told any of the foreign teachers and she was now trying to round us all up on a Friday evening when we all thought our week was done. She'd managed to...
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The Grand Tour

We've just had a holiday in which we got a whole week off! It's called National Day or Golden Week and during this time everyone travels. Except me. I woke up Monday with a bad cold, managed to do my one class for the day and then went to bed straightaway. I then slept until Wedneday and was up and...
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My Wingman - The Hokey Pokey!

Friday afternoon came along and I receive a text from Anna saying she had something important to talk to me about and could I come straight away. Like a good little employee that I am, I went and met up with Anna.   Anna told me that there was a private school down the road that was...
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The cost of China!

So, what do things cost in China?   Food: Bottle of coke (600ml)       3RMB Dish of noodles                5-8RMB Instant noodles (pp)         4RMB Fruit smoothie    ...
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Call me Forrest Gump and It's the Mid-Autumn Festival!

The Mid-Autumn Festival is an important holiday in China. It is a three day holiday, centered around the full moon in the middle of Autumn. It is a time when family are meant to get together and spend some time as a family.   There are a few legends surrounding why they have the...
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