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Recently, I had a unique opportunity to visit the ER of a local Chinese hospital, which was the result of a hockey stick to the face (the 2nd time in a month!). Fortunately, no major damage was done, and I escaped with only 3 stitches and a tetanus shot. The story in itself is really . . . → Read More: My First Trip To A Chinese Hospital          4 comments  Chinese Culture, Social Issues in China  America, China, Chinese, culture, health care, politics, USA 
The Chinese celebrate many holidays over here in the east, and one of the biggest is National Holiday during the first week of every October, where Chinese patriotism abounds. You may have heard that the Chinese New Year, or Spring Festival 春节, each January (or February, depending on the lunar calender) is the world’s largest . . . → Read More: Western China: Lanzhou & Xining 8 comments Chinese Culture, Photography, Social Issues in China, Teaching in China, Travel Baoji, China, Chinese New Year, culture, ESL, Islam, Lanzhou, Ministry, Muslim, National Holiday, Pollution, Serve, Teaching, Teaching English, Tibetan, Trains, Travel, University, Xining In case you know little or nothing about China, get up to speed! This short video is quite helpful in case some of the other stuff I talk about makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. It even covers a lot about modern day culture such as the concept of “losing face” (丢面子） and what to expect . . . → Read More: Everything you need to know about China in 10 minutes I’m definitely not much of a saint. I try, but living in China can sometimes makes me realize we need more saints in this world. I love this country but some days I just have to scratch my head and ask “why?” Often times I’ll never get answers to those questions because so many here . . . → Read More: What’s a life worth? 生命的价值是多少？ 
One of my favorite parts about Chinese culture is the fact that they get to choose their own English names, something us in the west don’t get to do unless we absolutely hate our given name. At any rate, my students this year are no sluffs when it comes to choosing ridiculous names, which are . . . → Read More: What’s in a Name? 
I had an amazing opportunity to visit Moganshan 莫干山 over the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival 中春节. I’ve never seen anything quite like it, there were spectacular views of seemingly endless bamboo forests, and they even had there brand of beer made from the fresh mountain spring water. Turned out to be one of the worst beers . . . → Read More: The Bamboo Forests of Moganshan
Teaching is in full swing now as I started my 3rd week of class today. All my students this semester are freshmen university level, and so far its been a really sweet gig! Each class I start them out with an ‘ice-breaker,’ and today’s was “If someone gave you one million dollars, what would . . . → Read More: Kids say the darndest things Leave a comment Chinese Culture, Social Issues in China, Teaching in China China, culture, Homeless, Teaching 
I’m pleased to announce I’ve been drafted to a new team this year: The Puxi Checkers. It’s a brand new team this season, probably because our league is growing. I heard upwards of 120 skaters! Take a look at the logo! It’s quite a clever play on words actually, like Chinese checkers, only hockey players . . . → Read More: Shanghai Hockey Time! 2011-2012 Season |
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