Paris, France
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May!
Puyi's Palace in Changchun
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Puyi's Palace in Changchun
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Puyi's Palace in Changchun
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Puyi's Palace in Changchun
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Puyi's Palace in Changchun
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Puyi's Palace in Changchun
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Puyi's Palace in Changchun
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Puyi's Palace in Changchun
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John's Mom getting a hairwash
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hairwashes for all!
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hairwashes for all!
hairwashes for all!
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Kim and her Brother
(outside my favourite restaurant)
Too many eggs!
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oeuf gallore!
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Bruce and the Spinach
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Spinach
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my dear friends!
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dear friends
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making pizza
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squatting - we can't do it right
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nap in the office
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funny picture of Leon
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oops...almost fell
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Julie's Birthday rollerskating
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rollerskating fun
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Team "beauty" night
for the sake of random pictures
for the sake of random pictures
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for the sake of random pictures
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for the sake of random pictures
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for the sake of random pictures
the thriller pose
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Art and Culture Festival
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Art and Culture Festival
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Art and Culture Festival
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Art and Culture Festival
My officemates
Art and Culture Festival
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Art and Culture Festival
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Art and Culture Festival
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Art and Culture Festival
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Art and Culture Festival
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Art and Culture Festival
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Art and Culture Festival
that's my teammate John - I like his shiny pants
Art and Culture Festival
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Art and Culture Festival
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Art and Culture Festival
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Art and Culture Festival
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Art and Culture Festival
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Art and Culture Festival
the president of our school
Art and Culture Festival
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Art and Culture Festival
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Art and Culture Festival
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Art and Culture Festival
some Korean students!
Art and Culture Festival
Several of the Korean international students - they're here to learn Chinese
Flower Park in Changchun
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Day at the Park
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Day at the Park
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Day at the Park
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Day at the Park
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Day at the Park
apparntly EVERYONE else had the same idea!
Day at the Park
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Day at the Park
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funny sign
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flower market
(the light really is like this!)
John playing the erhu
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Jennie's Birthday
(we went to a "mexican" restaurant)
Leon and I
(He wants to come to Canada for grad school)
The ZOO - bright and early
we got there at 6am so that it was free
the ZOO
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the ZOO
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the ZOO
my friends who took me there
the ZOO
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the ZOO
yes, apparntly a turkey IS a zoo animal. We should have come here for Thanksgiving!
the ZOO
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the ZOO
(I love these girls!!)
Poster at my school
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The Liver lunch day
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May Holiday in Dalian
In the train station
Our tour guide graduated from our school last year)
Leon - his shirt is perfect!
Shell Museum
(this was inside a big castle and the first sight after we got off the train)
one BIG shell
It looked like a Tiffany's store
...but filled with sea shells
Beautiful Dalian
"Sea World" Asia Style
hmm...
Space & Sea??
combination of the two...with a lot of funky lights and TONS of people
Look at all the people!
my favourite part of "Sea World"
(moving sidewalk thorough the fish tank)
Big turtle
Fish
Funny Sign
China has many of these
Eaten by a shark!!
(too bad I look happy about that)
Another funny sign!
Polar Bear
ha ha!
3 of us in the Inuit display!
(China lets you go anywhere!!)
China discovered the world!?
PENGUIN!!
These ones were sleeping..
...that's our guess anyway
I'm back in Changchun!!
or so it felt like!! :-) haha
Creepy Polar Bear!
This climbed up a rope and down. it was really creepy!!
A little early...or late??
The beach
(and MORE people)
Leon barefoot in the sand
This was his first time to do this!
A beautiful place!
Jennie & Leon
(Jennie went Bungee jumping)
Beautiful city
Leon's first Starbucks!
Best Starbucks location!
(this building was really cool!)
I am one happy person!
Outside Starbucks
hmm...
There was a second guy driving, and this one was laying on top!
Selling Mango's
mmm...I found that I LOVE mango's this trip!
Balloons!
(Celebrate the holiday!)
Shopping Centre
I felt like I stepped back into North America for a moment!
Jennie and the dried fish
Dalian is known for seafood
Flowers!!
In China, they never just sell a lilttle of something...always a TON!
Leon shopping with 4 girls!
(I think he enjoyed it really!)
PEOPLE!
Funny guy with the BIG pen!
I could not stop laughing at this guy. He thought I was Russian.
Manicure at the end of the day
The 4 girls all got them, so Leon did too! (no nailpolish, don't worry!)
seriously...try to count them!!
On the bus/train thing
L - Emily & Vanilla (Jennie's students) and Kristy, Emily's cousin
Shanghai park
Vanilla, Emily & Jennie
A Book
This has Dalian's history written on it...in Chinese of course!
Shanghai Park
Our 3 person Bicycle's!!
This was TOO much fun!
(and difficult too!)
Jennie & I on the bike
Jennie tired of steering!!
All 6 of us!!
Castle
We never did figure out what this was for!
Dalian
Such a clean and beautiful city!
Leon and the big bike!
Jennie hard at work!
with Emily and Vanilla behind! :-)
Playing cards in a van
Oops!
they almost fell over!
Double decker bus!
Famous thing in Dalian
This looked like fun!
Second trip to Starbucks
This time we took friends! :-)
Second floor of Starbucks
Modeling our funny sunglasses!
Leon modeling them too
Emily's mom making dumplings
She is by far my favourite Chinese person EVER
Emily's mom made these!
(and she gave Jennie and I a pair)
On the train
Me, Jennie & Leon
I couldn't get the camera any farther away because of the ceiling)
What a tiring trip!!
Happy to have a bed on the train!
Jennie, Leon & I on the train
Next morning
Leon trying Oral-B Brush Up's for the first time!
April Photos!
Easter in Siping!
Microwave Batata Chips
these were GROSE!
My Students!
(Aren't they BEAUTIFUL??)
Students Cooking!
Students cooking
YUM!
Students Cooking
Fun with students
I love having them over to my apartment, it is so fun!
Fun with students
Laughing with Tony
He is always smiling!
Fun with students
Fun with students
Fun with students
Tom & Echo
Jennie, Amy & Brae
They did Amy's hair!
Office Hours!
sometimes we work...sometimes we play!
Office Hours!
Amy poses with the new 'do!
So cute!
Class Wedding
The girls LOVED this activity!
Stared at on the train
(This woman didn't move for 10 minutes, so I took her picture!)
Another class wedding
so much fun in class!
Bruce and I joined a game!
Always random games, so Bruce and I joined in!
Unfortunately, our team lost!
:-(
me running with the basketball
Other teams waiting
Waiting and watching
Two of my students
(We were on the same team)
everyone joins in!
Spring in Changchun!
On April 19th we have no heat, but we do have snow!
The fish died!
(Who knew fish could survive in this thing!)
More student fun!
Jessica and I
I LOVE my students
Arent they precious??
Karen laughs a LOT
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They make me happy!!
:-)
Yum...eat up!
A favourite place to shop
Zhong Dong Market
Sunset
Hanging out with Students
Mio
She taught me to say Starbucks in Chinese!
Sister in Green!
The power went out!
(this is very common here)
March!
Team + Chocolate
Bruce's family brought Chocolate
so we ate it together!
Brae going to the beach!
Setting up our blanket
Team/Family Beach Photo
it was so cold!
Notice the people in the back
All bundled up!
brr
Bagel Making
I've never made bagels before!
more bagels
The Singapore Merlion
thanks to Bruce, John & Marty
Sale!
good prices are not worth this, I'm sure!
My student cooking
she made me dinner! how sweet!
shrimp!
Me in John's apartment
(5th floor, using the internet from the 2nd floor...long cord!)
John and I talking online
we had too much time this day
My Apartment
This was for class, thought you'd like to see it!
Class 3
my students!
We made PB&J in class!!
this was so fun
What an odd experience!
They don't eat sandwiches, peanut butter, or with their hand often...or at all!
hmm...is this good?
My officemates wanted one too!
At Lucy's home!
Making dumplings!
this takes a lot of skill...
...that I don't have!
Rollerskating!
it was really smoky
Bruce's first time ever!
Crystal and Jennie
whoa!
they had swings to sit on!
squattie with rollerskates?
this is embarassing...but so funny!
it smelled HORRIBLE
The boys pose!
Crystal singing Karaoke
She has an amazing voice!
fun
I ran into Jennie and Marty!
Chicken Dance
From arrested development
Team!
The trough and no doors!
this is bad enough without rollerskates! :-)
this is the bathroom also...
it was grose. the worst I've ever seen in China!
Traveling Photos!
On the Road...with kids
Julie's Young Life keychain
Hike in Guangzhou
Funny signs along the way
Julie and her student
We were visiting her and her family in Guangzhou
View from the top
It doesn't look that high, but trust me...we hiked a LONG way!
All of us at the top!
Hike in China = Stairclimbing
So many stairs!!
Lunch!
We ordered fish, and then they went and caught it. That's what I call fresh food
Lunch?
We may have eaten one of these guys too!
Theatre in Guangzhou
Me and the big tree
Fingerpainting
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Angie & Julie
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7-11 in Guangzhou
This was just before we got in trouble for taking pictures.
Chinese New Year
A glimpse of what you would see to prepare for the New Year celebrations
Door inside a store
What it says is really random!
Our feet on the train
(My bed was on top)
The Train
Train ride from Guangzhou to Guilin
Angie & I
we enjoyed Guilin's Meat on a stick
Guilin at night
Under a bridge
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Playing cards in the park
We joined the Chinese that morning to play cards!
:-)
This man LOVED that we were out playing cards with them
Guilin
view by the river
Guilin from the top
We hiked a small mountain & this was the view!
more stairs....
Angie & I joined them too!
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Main street in Yangshuo
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Funny sign
This was funny because I was looking forward to finding Starbucks!
Beautiful Yangshuo
A similar view is on the back of a 20RMB Bill!
On the boat
Yangshuo is popular for marketing
Me in Yangshuo
Haircut?
No need to pay rent, weather permitting!
From our bike ride
We rented bikes and rode around Yangshuo
Another hike
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Moon Hill at the top
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Moon Hill at the bottom
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more of Yangshuo
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Chewing sugar cane
Everyone else was doing it, so we thought we'd try. Kind of like chewing wood
The first one in 6 months!
You're not supposed to take photos in Sarbucks, but I did anyway!
Starbucks in Guangzhou
this was very exciting for me!
My favourite redhead in China!
Together on the eve of the Chinese New Year! :-) hehe
Bus to Hong Kong
we had a lot of stuff between the 3 of us!
IMPARK in Hong Kong
(this is for my family - you'll understand!)
Hong Kong Skyline
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Hong Kong Skyline
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Hong Kong
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Hong Kong
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Worlds longest escalator
500 metres of pure fun! Takes about half an hour to ride up!
Riding the escalator
Travel down: 6-10am Travel up: 11am-Midnight
Funny sign at the top
Hong Kong is not like any other part of China in so many ways!!
Reunion in Thailand!
We found Ray and some of my team !
Elephant Ride
This was taken while I was on an elephant! Part of our day trek in Chiang Mai
so hairy!
eeeww!
Me at the waterfall
Also part of the trek
Bamboo Raft
We thought this was going to be a peaceful ride down the river but...
We got all wet!
...it wasn't so peaceful afterall, but it was a lot of fun!
Katherine, Angie & I
Packing up for conference
too much stuff
Best coffee in Chiang Mai
This even came with free refills
ATC 2006
Conference!
Pretty flower
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Marty's Birthday!
Team ice cream to celebrate!
Team on the Bridge
(most of us anyway)
Brae & Julie
I love this photo
Lasagna in Chiang Mai
This was at a real italian restaurant!
Beach in Phukeet
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Phuket
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Phuket
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Rainbow
Good reminder of our Father's faithfulness in keeping His promises!
Phuket
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Where we stayed in Phuket
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TV watching in Phuket
(notice the beach and no walls...we did have HBO oddly enough)
View from the airplane!
Flight back to China!
Terracotta Warriors in Xian
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Terracotta Warriors in Xian
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Terracotta Warriors in Xian
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Terracotta Warriors in Xian
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Xian Train Station
This photo doesn't do the crowd justice! We were heading to Beijing next
Starbucks in Beijing
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Pete's Tex Mex in Beijing
This sandwich was as big as Katherine's head
December & New Years Photos
Last day of Chinese Class
Me and my mask
I am wearing it as a joke - the masks here are worn to keep warm!
Frost
SO Beautiful!
more frost!
My Bedroom
slowly showing all of you photos of my apartment!
My Bedroom (desk area)
My Christmas Wreath!
(I found this in China!)
My students
My students are wonderful!
Times Square Changchun Style!
Christmas Display
I never expected to see anything like this in China!
Apparantly this is an elf!
The dwarfs moved to the North Pole I guess!
Katherine and I
They haven't realized how much money they could make if the charged for this!
Tacky Christmas decorations!
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas????
me and some students!
These girls are WONDERFUL!
So fun!
They all wanted pictures of the foreign teacher to take home for the holiday!
FAO Christmas Party
Foreign Affairs Office had a Christmas party for us!
Singing Santa!
downtown Changchun Christmas displays!
Your best interest in mind!
Walmarts warning about not getting bumped with the cart!
More of my students!
The upside down Tree
This is at SPR Coffee
My Christmas tree!
It may be small, but it is GREAT!
Julie wearing her new things!
On Christmas Eve we opened gifts with our team.
Brae asked for Hello Kitty...
and she got Hello Kitty!! :-)
Chinese wrapping paper!
Candle Light Service
Team A & B Togetrher!
My White Christmas!
Campus from my bedroom window.
Class 4 Christmas Party
Hua Qiao New Years!
Kim, Amanda, Julie, Angie and Mike (Mike is visiting Angie, they're engaged!)
Katherine and I
(too colourful!)
Pizza Hut Holiday special!
Ostrich pissa and fungi soup!
At the orphanage in Siping
Worlds Biggest Tassles!!
Kim and Seth
Lunch in Siping
The Art Department!
They teach at a public school and they have an art department!
Still Life Painting
Oh, how I remember having to do that!
Siping Train Station
Kim and Katherine
Chicken Feet on the train!
November!
Grazing Cows outside our school
Little close to the street!
(the closest I've been to a cow ever!)
Show outside the store!
Mary Kay Car
(seriously, we met the lady too!)
John eating Jennie
Julie & Bruce at Hot Pot
mmm...food!
so much food!
the Hot Pot!
(kinda resembles fondu)
My REAL Birthday cake
(Chocolate cake and icing...very American!)
Class 0504 Birthday Party
(Looks like a wedding cake!)
Chinese cake
and the cake fight
(this always happens!)
Everyone in my apartment
(Big Birthday party!)
Class 0501 Birthday party
later that day
I look like a giant!
(Vera and I)
Race
more Chinese cake
(it's so different from cake I'm used to!)
And another cake fight!
(seriously, ALWAYS happens here!)
oh the madness!
wow!
Chinese Take Out
no little boxes in China, always in a bag!
The jiggly dofu
(Tofu is dofu in Chinese)
Ping Gua Pi
(Apple pie in Chinese)
Two red heads in China!
Dong Dong, Ronald and I)
Slippery when wet!
A sign you don't see too often here!
Creepy Doll!
It's one of those dolls you'd get rid of and it would suddenly appear again!
ooh, a close up!
seriously, who'd want a doll that looks like this?
Pineapple guy!
(it looks so great how they do this!)
Only in China
A donkey next to an Audi!
Notice we're on the right side
(this is the correct side - in the taxi)
Now notice we're on the LEFT
(this is the WRONG side)
moving back to the Right side
luckily we moved, cause cars were coming!
MMM...YUM
Strawberries dipped in melted sugar. MMM!! These are good!
Trip to Siping! (November Visit)
We drew a crowd!
At the Changchun train station...
Observing Seth Teach
Look at those two little trees!
The Brazilian Restaurant
soooo much meat, it just kept coming!
Park in Siping
Seth...he landed on his feet!
more of the park
Johnathan and Sarah
Kim and Sarah
The Boys
BIG Cake from a truck
We think these are guinnea pigs
The old orphanage
They just moved out of this building
The NEW orphanage
The pink castle looks like it's from Disneyland
SO cute!
This little one was my favourite
She slept in my arms for a long time!
Inside the nursery
Sleeping Beauty
Making animals on the wall
The outskirts of Siping
(where the orphnanage is)
Brae and the random man
(He didn't know what was going on!)
Traffic Jam!
we were trying to get taxi's
All of us playing a game!
Funniest game of Taboo EVER!
I haven't laughed so hard in a long time!
In the Siping train station
outside getting on the train
The ride back to Changchun
Changchun Train station
The crowd getting on the train!
(this is NUTS!)
Everyone leaving
SOOO many people!
At Pizza Hut
(China special)
mmm...PIZZA!
(Pizza Hut here is really GOOD!)
October Photos!
Freshman Morning Run at 5:40 am!
running past my building...
My Milk expiry date
It'll be bad about when I leave here!
Bruce, Amy and Me
Bruce my teammate, Amy my officemate
Knitting
gotta prepare for the winter.
Friend in my department
(she's a teacher, her baby is due soon!)
French Bakery
I love this place. Feels WESTERN!
My teammate Julie at the bakery
Canadian Thanksgiving
the "turkey" in the oven
Thanksgiving with Friends
hehe. (this photo is for the girls from NWC!)
Pumpkin Pie!
mmmm...
Team Thanksgiving Dessert
English Corner - Wedding
We acted out a western wedding.
Leon played the father
(this was embarassing!)
Oh, the wedding portrait!
Can I just say....
one of the most embarassing moments of my life!
Hecto Coffee
I've never been in, but it looks like NEETO coffee.
A Chinese Birthday Cake!
Surprisingly familiar looking!
The Birthday Girl!
Sunny
One of my students at the party.
Cake Fight
wouldn't be a Chinese birthday without it!
everyone...
These dumplings were so good!
(so I took a picture!)
Scary!
I haven't figured out the purpose of this yet...)
Some of my Students!
Dinner & Movie at Miss. Katie's
The first snow!
(from my apartment window!)
My Favourite drink in China!
pearl milk tea!
One of my classes!
Tug-of-war!
This is a popular thing in China!
Some of my students
Some more of my students
this was a lot of fun to watch!
Bruce and the Icy Mint Sprite
I haven't heard if it is good or not yet.
Katherine at SPR Coffee
SPR Coffee - home away from home
Pizza Hut - at Halloween
Everyone who worked at pizza hut had the same thing!
Pumpkin Carving
The Jack-o-Lantern!
Trick-or-treating - in Reverse!
my team dressed up!
We went to the classrooms and...
gave candy to our students!
Fun!
My Radiator
Yes, it IS working now!
September!
The Heart on our building!
A classes gift for teachers day!
Students sing for Teachers Day!
It wouldn't be China without a song...
Team Dinner at PIZZA HUT!
It is kind of a fancy restaurant here, but so good!
The bus stopped for gas...
yes, that is right...while we were on it!
Then the Taxi stopped for gas...
same day as the bus on the wawy home! No Kidding!
My students on their first day!
Oh, they're so wonderful!
More Students...
(I have 140 of them!)
My Front Row Girls!
the view from my desk
(this is from inside my office)
My Office
(There are 6 of us who share)
View of Campus from my Office
A Beautiful Campus!
Freshman Opening Ceremonies
(some of the foreign teachers)
President Awarding Student
Look at all the Freshman!
Waiting for the Parade to Start
School Sports Meeting
more parade photos!
The Parade Begins
The Hua Qiao School Sign
Opening Ceremony
I felt like I was at the Olympics!
More Parade Photos
I love how they can do this!
English Translation Department
Cheering on their classmates!
Brae, Bruce & Jenny
We work in the same department!
One of these things...
...is not like the other!
Translation Department Staff
We won 2nd place for the Teachers!
10th Anniversary Show
We performed the Hustle for 6000+ people
My Apartment
The Entryway
My Living Room
Bathroom - thankful for hotwater
(That is the water heater on the wall)
So Many Shoes!
China has more people to shoe I guess
I Found this Park!
I got lost alone in Changchun one day!
Pulling the cart is a donkey
Yes, I live in a city. I love it here!
Welcome to our School
Looking at the Stadium
This is the view from one of the cafeteria's. I like that they have "HELLO" written in the bushes!
The Library
This view is looking across the central part of the campus towards the main department buildings and library!
Such a pretty campus!
Cafeteria 2
This is the second of 3 cafeterias on campus!
Random archway thing
I love this area in the center of campus!
Library
I found lots of english magazines here! They even had Time and Newsweek!
Gymnasium
The Faculty Apartments
This is the view of our apartments, the other buildings are for the international students and Chinese teachers.
the Bridge!
This is a fun bridge. We have a mote (I dont know how to spell that) running through campus, this is how to cross it!
my "home" at Hua Qiao
This is our building. My room is the third from the left on the second floor! (I'll try and get a better picture)
my sweater!
I just finished knitting this sweater (long plane/train rides and downtime at training) and it fits! YAY!
Our Training
Our Team in California!
L-R, Brae, Kim, Jennie, Julie, Me, Bruce, John, & Marty
At the Forbidden City in Beijing
Me at the Forbidden City
Bruce took this picture. he always insists on having HIS picture taken places...I'd rather not...
more Forbidden City
Our Team at the Forbidden City
L-R, Bruce, John, Julie, Kim, Brae, Marty, Me and Julie (We're in Tian'anmen Square)
Tian'anmen Square
Tian'anmen Square
Flags at Tian'anmen Square
The Beach at Qinhuongdao
more beach photos...
"The Frozen Chosen"
The 14 of us all living and serving at Hua Qiao. We earned our nickname because Changchun is known for the COLD!
My team at the Great Wall
This is the "Great Wall by the Sea." A very steep portion of the Great Wall & FUN to hike!
random sign!
It says "Warming" not "Warning." I love the signs in China!
Man on the Beach
I guess he didn't want to get a sunburn...
Beach at Qinhuongdao
"Chainsaw Chicken"
This was our "surprise" dish we ordered (pointed to the characters on the menu). It's the WHOLE chicken cut up!
Marty & the Chicken Head
The Chicken head was IN the Chicken stew dish thing. I didn't enjoy this meal much....and no, he didnt eat it!
Julie
Parks in China have these random exercise things...Julie is trying one out in downtown Qinhuongdao
John & Marty
Again, trying out the exercise equipment!
Our Building
This was where we stayed in Qinhuongdao on a University Campus...experts, eh?
What is the Horizontal Way???
Brae, Jenny & Kim
Practicing their Tai Chi at the Great Wall!
The Great Wall
view from the beginning of the hike...
Looking Back
So Steep!
so Beautiful!!!
I couldnt' believe that I was ON the Great Wall of China! This was an AMAZING experience!
more of the Great Wall..
Fun thing we had to climb in
amazing!
View From the TOP!
This was as high as we could climb, past the restored part. Just amazing...
Only picture from training!
We spent the better part of 2 weeks in this room and this is the only photo I have of it! Thanks Brae, John & Bruce!
the two Katherines at Hua Qiao!
my first Chinese Coffee
It actually tasted pretty good. I thought I was pointing to the size, but I accidentally ordered it iced!
a Market in Qinhuongdao
so many bikes!
people really do ride bikes everywhere here!
Qinhuongdao
my team at a coffee shop!
we had pizza and coffee for dinner, and played "apples to apples." It was a very fun night!
lunch!
This was my favourite restaurant in Qinhuongdao. Unfortunately, I cannot read Chinese to tell you the name!
CTF Banquet
Amanda, Angie & Lana are posing with all the food! There was SO MUCH!
Karaoke anyone?
Jed showed us his Karaoke abilities by singing a Christmas Carol!!