Yesterday we swam in the South China Sea. We traveled three hours away from the congestion of GuangZhou, Hong Kong and Macau, to the quiet little shore point of YangJiang.
We didn’t go directly to the beach. We went first to a temple to the Goddess Mazu. Mazu protects people in the water, including [...]
We teach English.
To kids.
At a summer camp.
On a university campus.
Weird.
Luckily, we have assistants who take care of the kids when they go swimming and play sports. It is our job to teach our campers the English language for five hours a day, and then correct their journals every evening.
Joshua’s class is full of University [...]
10-year-olds with $200 electronic Chinese-English dictionaries say the darndest things:
Today Emily church we are many episteme a bout travelling. I know my a bout travelling episteme is not good. But now have Emily I’m never mind. And I today college many a bout travelling episteme. I because of thanks Emily.
I’m so happy.
You’re welcome, kid.
There are five classes of railway tickets in China. Starting with the poshest, these are: soft sleeper, hard sleeper, soft seat, hard seat and unreserved. We took a hard sleeper from Jinzhou to Guangzhou, so now we have experienced every class of train car. Hard sleeper is definitely the best. It [...]
Emily, Joshua and Artemis now live in Philadelphia, PA. They used to live in Qingdao, People's Republic of China.
Category: Stories from South China