January 2012
2 posts
December 2011
5 posts
Once again, a victim of Christmas-time theft.
WHY.
Last year, it was my iPhone on Christmas day. This year, apparently 3 men broke into my apartment on the 16th floor to steal my two laptops (one’s broken) and the only 10 USD I had in my spare wallet.
Here’s the details from an email I wrote:
It’s just so strange that 3 men broke into our apt to steal just my laptops. I can’t figure out what kind of people would...
So, I have to change blogs because china’s whack. I can’t access my direct url anymore because it’s randomly been blocked for a few months now and trying to post something is the longest process ever. It’s been driving me crazy! I have so much to update on and I need to document it somewhere asap. AHH! I hate switching blogs and having multiple accounts linked to me. Big,...
try #3: Happy birthday Mama :)
Thank goodness my besty is a Florist! She helped me arrange the right flowers, include a cake, and even personally deliver the gifts to my house for my mom’s birthday. I needed to make sure she felt the love although I’m thousands of miles away :)
November 2011
6 posts
sometimes it’s all I need to get away from it all
WatchI miss teaching my little angels! Look how well behaved all 20+ students are!!
This was my favorite baby class. They usually sing “Baby Bumble Bee” spot on but they were so confused when I whipped out my phone to record them. Haha I might have to visit them sometime in the near future. 3&3 withdrawals! >_
October 2011
6 posts
[Random] OHHHHH A LOVELY MORNING! My scale read a LOVELY number that I have not seen since my days as a highschool freshman. I’m not sure how this has become a reality. I’m pretty sure lately I’ve been eating like a fatass and including dessert after every meal. =X Granted it was morning, I had the bf check his weight too and he said he gained weight.. so I’m going to...
I have already adopted an all too unnatural choice of positively-reinforcing words to repeat to my students online. It’s not that we have to.. but I figured saying “good”, “very good”, “great”.. etc can get boring. So as I’m sitting in our office with the other 6 teachers in the room, I overhear some of them throw in words like...
“Amidst the oceans of enforced mediocrity in the bland, deflavorized culture of...”
– entrepreneur Perry Metzger
September 2011
18 posts
1 tag
How to properly hide alcohol in pictures you post...
daily-tumbles:
You have to follow this blog, it’s amazing
HAH! AH HAH! HAAAAAH!! This killed me!!
Had orientation at my new company today and I just have to say that it is a true relief to now be working in an internationally recognized, foreign-owned, English training school. Everyone was so helpful and friendly, the environment was great, and I could feel the excitement from all the other teachers, whose first experience in China began yesterday.. waiting to start something new and to...
If you’re living in Shanghai, you should def get a smartshanghai.com account. #1 because its the most useful website for dining, art, and nightlife… and #2 when you subscribe to the email updates, there is this one ridiculous writer who calls himself Da Admiral and his updates are hilarious. wtf. This guy is a character. For example, he wrote about his envy of Chinese children having a...
“Without the momentum of small movement, the bigger things may never come.”
noircir:
“And how much better to die in all the happy period of undisillusioned youth, to go out in a blaze of light, than to have your body worn out and old and illusions shattered.”
- Ernest Hemingway
THE CUTEST.
My niece and nephew had a photo sesh with my brother and here are some of my favs! They are getting so big and imissthemsomuch;alkdjsf >_<
TOO CUTE!! :(
August 2011
17 posts
my dearest friends
Chanel: this reminds me of my OCD Janice!! i miss her monkey feet scooping hair off our nasty carpets…and when she aligns everything super straight on her desk…and i have the urge to go over and mess everything up…..and how she flaps her blanket over in the corner when she gets out of bed….then you go look at my bed and it looks like shrek had a fucking orgy in there....
Good Note/ Bad Note
So I’ll be accepting the job offer from my Wednesday interview! Pretty exciting :). I was the most hopeful for this job and the teacher package is sweet. The start date is going to be sept 15th which is perfect for me because I also was invited by a dance company to do a paid performance early September! Yay for 3 jobs! The world is on my side :D
Bad Note: I just went to my Saturday...
Here’s the real photos from Shanghai’s highest bar :)
my oh myy
I got caught up browsing some old emails while I was searching for my United Airlines confirmation from a year ago (to get reimbursed when my contracts up! woohoo bonus time!) and then it really hit me..
Its already been about a year since I’ve moved out to China! Cray-jay, huh? After finally looking back on some of my older posts.. I will truthfully say I think I’ve grown a lot from...
4 tags
lame.
Requirements: 1. Must be willing to travel. 2. Attending meetings and submitting lesson plans. 3. Must have desire to work with children and improve one’s teaching skills. 4. Professional, cheerful, and positive attitude. 5. Native English speakers who are of Asian descent or candidates with Asian looks will NOT be considered 6. Native English speakers (Caucasians ONLY) from the...
We teach company classes at Foxconn and we have a lot of English students who come and take classes at our training center. Just found this article from CNN interesting because today I taught two classes, one about the future of technology.. and the other about emotions, stress and workspace. One of my students works at Foxconn and told me about 300 people work side by side in her office. Crazy to...
