Tag Archives: Yantai

No One Said Arbor Day

Posted on January 26, 2007 by Meg

Today I asked my students to choose the most important holiday in their home country and tell me how that day is celebrated and why it’s important. I thought this would be an interesting topic that everyone would relate to, … Continue reading →

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You Weren’t Making Minimum Wage?

Posted on January 3, 2007 by Meg

This morning I signed up at a local (Western Mass is local for me now) temp agency. It was extremely annoying, trying to fit my Yantai experience onto one of their little application forms. Fortunately the real interveiwer asked me … Continue reading →

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Scenic New Jersey

Posted on December 22, 2006 by Meg

“What were you doing in Moscow?” the immigration guy at Newark airport asked. “Transfering planes from China, I was only there for a few hours.” “What were you doing in China?” “I was teaching English in Yantai and I had … Continue reading →

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All Roads Lead To… Yantai?

Posted on December 19, 2006 by Meg

Most people don’t know this, but the Romans actually colonized Yantai.

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Ara Pacis Day

Posted on December 17, 2006 by Meg

We went to the Ara Pacis today. I love the Ara Pacis. (Zorro, if you turn on my computer, that’s my background) My Roman history is the Julio-Claudians with some Livy stuff before and some Constantine stuff after. If Robert … Continue reading →

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Phineus Fogg Never Had These Problems

Posted on December 12, 2006 by Meg

The combination of emotional goodbyes and all the stuff I left until that last minute, the anticipation of seeing Stick again, and worrying about getting through 3 international airports speaking 0 of the national languages meant that I didn’t eat … Continue reading →

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The Best Stuff On Earth

Posted on December 8, 2006 by Meg

It was a great day for globalization in the Jiajiayue last night. I was shopping with Dorothy when we saw this: It’s Snapple! In Yantai! You have no idea how this warmed my little expat heart. Yes, I know you … Continue reading →

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Food I Don’t Hate

Posted on November 28, 2006 by Meg

Since I’ve spent so much time complaining about Chinese food I don’t like, I thought I should devote some time to food I don’t hate. 1) Everything at the Japanese place on Huang Shan Lu. I love this place, I … Continue reading →

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Big Mountain

Posted on November 27, 2006 by Meg

It seems that all expats in China all have something in common. It’s not just our supply of Purell, or our shared lust of bread and cheese, there’s also the group hatred of Da Shan. Da Shan / Mark Roswell … Continue reading →

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Cranberry Sauce

Posted on November 27, 2006 by Meg

Some of my students asked me about Thanksgiving, and I tried to give them a good description of the holiday’s history and it’s current incarnation, while hoping they wouldn’t equate Thanksgiving with their foreign teachers singing bits of Livin’ On … Continue reading →

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