Archive For The “Shenzhen, China 2010” Category
First, it’s hot and humid. Really hot, and really humid. There’s a two-hour break in the middle of each day so no one has to do anything in the middle of the day. Businesses are still open well past 9pm so people can eat and shop after the sun has gone down. Grown men walk […]
Gratuitous cute. This entry has almost nothing to do with China, except that my roommate takes more (and probably better) pictures than me, so I am starting to raid her iPhoto library. This one was taken just before we came to China. She says the baby elephants at the Wild Animal Park are not to […]
You know how those oddly translated menus at Chinese restaurants make you giggle? Being surrounded by Chinese signs with English translations (well, if we’re lucky, they’re translated) provides many opportunities for such mirth! However, we do have to be careful! Patti recently told me she’d found the oddest sign at school and was wondering what […]
Sunday, July 11, 2010 Shenzhen, China We have received many hour-by-hour schedules of our activities. We keep receiving them because they keep changing. Often, they change before we get a new schedule. This morning at 8:30, we gathered in the lobby to get on our bus to go to a tea ceremony. At 8:40, with […]
This post pretty much skips the first week I have been in China, but I figure I need to start getting something on here. I will try to point out when things are out of order. On Saturday morning, we went to our school to get our classrooms ready. Unfortunately, our materials were not available […]
There are many things I love about my iPad so far, but last night I fell asleep while reading and woke up when it hit me in the face. For that, I would have rather had a book.
Tuesday, July 6, 2010 7am Taipai, Tawain We lost Monday. At home right now, it’s 4:00 yesterday. We’re in the future, and it’s good, says one of my travelling companions. On Sunday, July 4, I woke up anxious, which only got worse after Rebecca brought over chai to see me off. I drove in to […]
Welcome to Upsidedownandbackwards.com! In case you’re wondering about the name, well, Acroyoga is one of my favorite things to do. (acroyoga.org) In addition, in the last year, I gave up my tenure at San Diego City Schools, helped start the visionary school of my dreams (xaraschools.org), experienced the end of a ten-year relationship, and decided […]