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Frustrations
Last night, Stick predicted that I wouldn’t get paid on time, because the new shift in the state holiday calendar has led to an increase in mei you frustration. The holidays were rearranged to break up the long Golden Week … Continue reading
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Tagged bad China day, Brooklyn, Chinese life, dragon boat day, frustrations, General, mei you, state holidays, Stick, teaching ESL, working abroad, Yantai
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Dragon Boat Day
(Written on 6/1 but Dragon Boat Day is 5/31 so I’m backdating this) Once there was a Chinese poet called Qu Yuan (??). Depending on who you ask, Qu Yuan either jumped or fell into a river and drowned, and … Continue reading
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Tagged awesome, British, chinese, Chinese customs, Chinese food, Chinese life, dating, dragon boat day, ESL, family, frustrations, Wesleyan, Yantai
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