China II: Ningbo!

2013년 3월 31일 일요일

April!

Happy Easter! Man, it's times like this that I really miss Reeses Cups. Yum.

March flew by! We had parents' day on Friday. It went well.

I'm getting a new student tomorrow, a boy from Japan. Can't speak English. That puts me at 13 12 year olds. 7 of whom can't speak English. That's fine. Math and Science aren't important at that age anyway.

Still trying to decide what to do next. Don't know.

It's starting to get nice here! Yay. I'm going to Shanghai this week! Yay! I'm excited.

That's really all that's been going on. Nothing amazing.

Love!

Parents' Day in the "Library".

Just a funny.

2013년 3월 17일 일요일

It's that time again...

It's time for me to make a life decision again, guys. What should I do? Stay or go? Go with no plan? Make a new plan? This school wants a stay or go decision by the end of the month. THIS month. Thoughts?

2013년 3월 4일 월요일

Cambodia, Kuwait, and Sri Lanka in pictures

Before vacation...

We were so excited for beach time!

Happy Friday!

Practicing for the beach

Shauna and I at Angkor Wat

We're bears.

Re-united!

Pool time.

Theme night.

Can you guess who got which?

Cambodia!

Killing Fields

Hanging out with a bear

Me and Lucky.

Giving Lucky a snack.

Hee hee hee.

New favorite hobby!

Boat.

Buried.

Angkor Beer at Angkor Wat.

Giant head. And me.

Just plain cool.

Kuwait Towers.

Temple in Kandy, Sri Lanka.

First time in the Indian Ocean!

Sunset.

Boat on our last day.

You're probably thinking-"No way did they run around like that."
You'd be wrong. We did.

Elephant shower.

2013년 2월 24일 일요일

Bullets!

I'm back in China after a 41 day break. It was AMAZING. I had a great time! In order to keep track of the day, as to not miss any flights and other important things, I kept track of the days by writing two to four words for each day. Tonight, I am going to give you those bullet points. Soon, I will put up pictures. Feel free to email me if you have any questions or want to know more about any bullet points. I loved it. Vacation is good.

1/15- Arrive in Phnom Penh.
1/16- Amercian Embassy, Scuba place, Mexican food
1/17- Killing Fields, Tul Sleng Museum
1/18-Safari, feeding elephants, Ian!
1/19-taxi to Shinoukville, diving movies
1/20-dive in the pool, class, quzzes
1/21-dive in the pool, exams
1/22-OVERNIGHT BOAT DIVING TRIP!
1/23-BOAT DIVING TRIP!
1/24-beach day-playing, reading
1/25-beach day, ran into Brendon, sleeper bus to Siem Reap
1/26-Siem Reap- Angkor Wat, The Bayon, Ta Promh
1/27-Siem Reap-pool day, night market
1/28-Ian Left, Went with Brendon to Ankgor Wat and smaller temples
1/29- Watched T.V in the air con all day
1/30-Angkor Wat for sunrise, pool day, sleeperbus to Shinoukville
1/31-Beach Day!
2/1-Pool and laundry ($.75/1kg)
2/2- Boat day- snorkeling, jungle/river walk, white sand beaches
2/3-Beach day!
2/4-Beach day! Ran into Chris on the beach
2/5-Morning in the pool, Bus to Phnom Penh, crazy traffic for king's cremation
2/6-Go to Kuwait
2/7-watch tv, use the internet, see SOPHIA!, American Embassy Happy Hour
2/8-breakfast, shopping, murder mystery party, home made wine
2/9-Watched Harry Potter, went to Souk and Ahmadi (outdoor markets with hummus!)
2/10-Went to school, interviews, Amusement parks rides!
2/11-did laundry, made dinner and cupcakes that looked like turtles, planned for Sri Lanka
2/12-walked, book store (uh-oh), saw a new baby, Mexican food!
2/13-breakfast for dinner, Watched Pitch Perfect
2/14-ValentinesDay at the Kuwait Towers, Fly to Sri Lanka
2/15- Arrive in Colombo, taxi to Kandy
2/16-Kandy City Tour-Elephant orphanage, spice garden, temples, culture show
2/17-Train to Ella, Tuktuk to Thissa
2/18- Sunrise Safari at Yala National Park-(elephants, leopards, birds, monkeys), first time in the Indian Ocean, travel to Hikkaduwa
2/19- Beach day, learned that sunscreen that does not specifically state to be water and sweat proof does NOT work, Gin Rummy
2/20-Beach, more crap sunscreen, theme night for curry dinner
2/21-Beach, beer, Kings in the Corner
2/22-Beach, shopping(artwork, pants), tattoo, packing
2/23-Train to Colombo, Tuktuk to Negombo, Boat ride, Midnight flight to China
2/24-CHINA.

Books I read: Girl in Translation, Caught, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Sister, Outlander, Hell's Angels, Voices from S-21, Hunger Games, The Zahir, Birdsong, Stay, The Devil and Miss Prym, King's Gold, In the Garden of Beasts, Thirty Three Teeth.

It was a great trip with great people. I can't wait to show you all of my pictures! Semester two starts Friday...yay!?

2013년 1월 14일 월요일

First Semester

First semester is finished. Finally. The last stretch was 8 days of work in a row. Too much. We had a lot to do and it was a very stressful time. Now we're done. I am leaving Tuesday. I am excited.I cannot get pictures to upload. I don't know why. I have several of the kids on the last days. We combined the three homerooms and held a two-day team competition. The kids did well in the various activities and it was a nice way to end the semester. The other thing that I wanted to share with you is what the teachers did after work on Friday. We all put on our beach wear and took some pictures in the snow. This was silly because a.) it was -12C and b.) all of the high school students were shoveling snow and thought we were insane. Which is fair. Friday night we went out with some Chinese staff and to say good bye to the folks who are not coming back next semester. Saturday and Sunday I slept, cleaned, and said bye to people as they embark on their travels. I leave tomorrow morning and I CANNOT WAIT! I want to be warm. I want to not wear layers. I want to get a tan. I want to be warm. I want to see Ian. I want to see Sophia. I want to be warm. I want to not wear socks. I want passport stamps. I want to be warm. I'm sure soon enough I'll be whining about how sweaty I am, but at the moment I just want to be warm. I'll be mostly out of touch until March. Probably not dead, I'll just be playing. Love!

2013년 1월 3일 목요일

2013! Rainbows and duck tongues

I don't know. Here are some pictures from our 5 day New Years Break. Now we have 7 straight days of work and then a weekend to say goodbye to Naomi and then I'm off to Cambodia! I will be traveling from January 15th until February 25th. I can't wait to be warm! It is currently -20 degrees C. here (-8 F). Too cold for me.

China is preparing for the Chinese New Year.

Welcome to the year of the snake.

Naomi.

Cultural Day: Shanyang's Imperial Palace.

Adding a tower to the Imperial Palace.

That's me.

My outfit for our rainbow themed NYE.

Coleen was the sparkles at the end of the rainbow.

Emma the Dilemma did my hair and makeup for the evening.

2012년 12월 28일 금요일

2012 at the finish line...

What a year it's been. Korea. America. China. Weddings. Funerals. Old friends. New friends. Re-meeting my brothers as men. Life decisions. Oye. Big year. Getting ready for 2013. That's weird. I'm going to turn TWENTY-SIX this year. I have to decide where to live/what to do next. I'm looking forward to this year. 2012, you've been great. 2013, welcome to the crazy.