Archive for September, 2012
Sapa, Vietnam: A Storybook Paradise
After walking around, dripping sweat, for the majority of my eight months of traveling and teaching English around Southeast Asia (some days were 110F with intense humidity), I had come […]
Five Things I’ve Learned About My Students
After my first week of teaching, I’m left ecstatic and exhausted. I’m really pleased with how great my students are; how much they understand; how willing they are to participate; […]
No Facebook in China
I can’t access WordPress in China. I can legally read my website, but I can’t log in to administer it. The government has an intense censorship on certain social media […]
My Apartment in China
A lot of you have asked about my living situation in China and all I have to say is it’s no Thai hut, but it’s a nice enough place to […]
At Home on Campus: Peizheng, China
I weaved my way effortlessly through customs and found a nervous-looking young lady holding a piece of printer paper with my name on it. “You look not same,” she told […]