Exploring Liaoning (辽宁) Province, Part 1: Where we went, and why

This is Part 1 of a series of posts about my trip from Changchun (长春), where I lived and worked last year, to the Liaoning (辽宁) Province. Check out the other parts of the story as I get around to writing them: Part 1: Where we went, and why Part 2: The Bus Part ?: […]

What A View!

It was a few days after Lunar New Year and Charles and I were on the 88th floor observation deck of what at that time was Shanghai’s tallest building–the Jin Mao tower. It was warm and sunny on the observation deck, and our sleeves were rolled up – a novelty after three months of freezing […]

5 Tips For Picking a School In China

For teachers considering working in China choosing a school can be a frustrating (and daunting) task. Private language schools have a reputation for being rip-off artists, and horror stories about them are easy to find. Even public schools have their fair share of horror stories. Because of this it can be a sort of nervous, […]

No One Is Laughing At You (A post about jokes)

That is the saving grace of humor, if you fail no one is laughing at you. –A. Whitney Brown As anyone who has learned a second language can attest, one of the biggest hurdles you come across is humor. Plays on words require a linguistic understanding that is hard to achieve from just listening to […]