Monthly Archives: September 2007
Don’t Drink And Hop?
Stick’s already gone to bed, but I just have to share this picture. It was on a bulletin board at school with a lot of drawings of training athletes and Olympic mascots. I’m still not sure what the drunken bunny … Continue reading
Never A Dull Moment
I have more pictures to post, both from this weekend and school pictures, but just haven’t had time. I had to wing some lessons in my deskless classroom, and then on break we had a surprise meeting about our roles … Continue reading
Surprise! No Desks!
We were drinking coffee in the office this morning, just before my first class, when I asked my TA to make sure the kids had their markers today. I asked the kids to bring them yesterday, but they’re only 5 … Continue reading
Gadget Addict
Gadgetaddict offers quite the array of tech toys, like remote-control cars or videogames. Some of them are the crazy toys like we just saw in that in-flight duty-free catalog, like the motorized inflatable bumper boat. I think it would be … Continue reading
Rainbow Bridge By Night
Christina’s awesome panoramic of the rainbow bridge. (PS — Eric, the Great Firewall seems to be preventing me from answering your comment, but Stick said the same thing when we saw it.)
Tienanmen Tourists
Yesterday, we decided to catch the bus into central Beijing and do a little exploring. It was touch-and-go whether we’d get out at the right bus stop, it seems that in Beijing, all the streets in the neighborhood are variations … Continue reading
Housekeeping or Certain Death?
Most of the time, I can get around on my Chinese. I can read simple signs, I can ask basic questions, and I can recognize both foods I like and foods I won’t touch on a menu. But sometimes, everyday … Continue reading
