Monthly Archives: September 2007
Chinese Civilization
Immersion Chinese
We may have a new Juice Aunt in Beijing. Juice Aunt is the woman who sold bottled drinks outside my apartment in Yantai. She and various members of her family would be outside my house with their cart, all day, … Continue reading
Pineapple Popcorn
We found this popcorn stand just outside our complex. First, you pick your flavor. The possible flavors are pineapple, strawberry, some word I don’t know and chocolate. Popcorn lady puts sugar and butter and pineapple flavoring in a gas-powered popcorn … Continue reading
Rainbow Brite Halloween Costume
The guys at halloweenpartystore.com want you to know about their selection of Halloween costumes. I love dressing up, and I always go all-out — you’ll never catch me putting on half-hearted ears and saying “Oh, I’m a bunny.” HalloweenPartyStore has … Continue reading
Spreading Seeds?
Limited time tonight, so I’ll just leave you with a picture of the least appropriate logo for a condom package. Stick says Trojans just as bad, what with the breached wall and destroyed city thing, but I say that even … Continue reading
Chinese Copyright
Meg: Stick! Are you copying my colored-flowers lesson plan? Stick: We’re in China, there’s no intellectual property.
The Holy Grail Of Cereal In China
This might not be too exciting for those of you in the US. The other day we went to meet up with fellow Americans in Beijing, Stephanie and Fred, and after greeting each other, Stephanie said “I looked at your … Continue reading
Teaching Little Ones
My first two days of classes were great, but also overwhelming. I have 6 classes of 25ish kindergartners per day. Fortunately I only work 3 days a week, oddly enough it’s Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, which were the days I … Continue reading
Proper English Usage
We were told by the director to correct the students’ English names on the first day of class. It wasn’t too hard since my students are all named Ross, Monica, Phoebe, Joey and Rachel. (Apparently Chandler was just a little … Continue reading
