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Recent Posts

  • Dateline: China
  • Phillipine Dream
  • Hello From Tomorrowland
  • Life in the East
  • The Escalator Girl

Recent Comments

robinstl on The Escalator Girl
Rick Christiansen on The Escalator Girl
Linda allnutt on Juxtaposition
Linda allnutt on Greta Goes Global
Laura Ammon on Greta Goes Global

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  • Apartheid
  • Bahamas
  • Bi-racial
  • birthday
  • Black
  • Blogging Abroad
  • Books
  • Brasil
  • bread pudding
  • broken ankle
  • brunch
  • Cape of Good Hope
  • Cape Town
  • Caribbean
  • cheese
  • children
  • China
  • Chinese medicine
  • Christmas
  • circus
  • Circus Flora
  • conch fritters
  • CSA
  • Cultural differences
  • Culture
  • Culture shock
  • Dating
  • death
  • dinner
  • discrimination
  • Election
  • elephants
  • ESL
  • Expat
  • Expatriate
  • Family dynamics
  • Florida
  • Flying Wallendas
  • Food
  • Freeport
  • Global Nomad
  • gluten free
  • Grandkids
  • grief
  • growing up
  • haircut
  • healthy eating
  • Hong Kong
  • Interfaith
  • Japan
  • Johannesburg
  • Junkanoo
  • Kruger
  • Language
  • LGBT
  • lightning
  • Liuzhou
  • Liuzhou City Zoo
  • Liuzhou Industrial Museum
  • Madiba
  • Mandela
  • marriage
  • McDonald's
  • Missouri
  • Model UN
  • Mongolian food
  • Mount Dora
  • Muslim
  • Nassau
  • Neighborhood
  • Neighbors
  • New Year's
  • organic veggies
  • pandas
  • physical therapy
  • Prejudice
  • presents
  • Racism
  • Radisson
  • Rainbow Bridge
  • recipes
  • Relationships
  • Relationships
  • relocation
  • repatriation
  • rosemary
  • Safari
  • Saudade
  • Seniors
  • sibling rivalry
  • South Africa
  • sprained ankle
  • St. Louis
  • Star
  • Star Trek Discovery
  • step-families
  • storms
  • Study Abroad
  • summer pasta
  • summer squash
  • sundried tomatoes
  • teaching
  • Thanksgiving
  • Third Culture Kid
  • tourism
  • Travel
  • Travel writing
  • Triangle
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Category: teaching

Blogging Abroad, China, Cultural differences, Culture, Culture shock, ESL, Expat, Expatriate, Global Nomad, Liuzhou, St. Louis, teaching, Third Culture Kid, Travel, Travel writing, Triangle, Uncategorized

Week 20: 2018.1.22-2018.1.28

On Monday morning, I turned in my grades and report cards. I was asked to take a photo of the … Continue reading Week 20: 2018.1.22-2018.1.28

Blogging Abroad, China, Cultural differences, Culture, Culture shock, ESL, Expat, Expatriate, Food, Liuzhou, teaching, Travel, Travel writing, Triangle, Uncategorized, Walmart

Week 19: 2018.1.15-2018.1.21

The last time I took an exam was in January 2012. I took the required class and then studied for … Continue reading Week 19: 2018.1.15-2018.1.21

Blogging Abroad, cheese, China, Cultural differences, Culture, Culture shock, death, Expat, Expatriate, Food, Global Nomad, gluten free, grief, Language, Liuzhou, teaching, Travel, Travel writing, Triangle, Uncategorized, Walmart

Week 18: 2018.1.14

I never liked cheese as a child. Gooey, icky, American ‘cheese’ was the only kind we ever had at home. … Continue reading Week 18: 2018.1.14

Blogging Abroad, China, Cultural differences, Culture, Culture shock, Expat, Expatriate, Food, Global Nomad, relocation, teaching, Thanksgiving, Travel writing, Triangle, Uncategorized

Week Eleven: 2017.11.26

The Cold, The Damp, The Dreary The rain and the cold weather began on Sunday and hasn’t let up. It’s … Continue reading Week Eleven: 2017.11.26

Blogging Abroad, China, Cultural differences, Culture, Expat, Expatriate, gluten free, Hong Kong, Language, Liuzhou, teaching, Travel writing, Triangle, work visa

A Day In The Life: 2017.10.31 0:00-12:00

It’s 8:29pm and I’m sitting on a lower bunk in a sleeper train from Guangzhou to Liuzhou. This detour won’t … Continue reading A Day In The Life: 2017.10.31 0:00-12:00

children, China, Cultural differences, Culture, ESL, Expat, Liuzhou, teaching, Travel writing, Triangle

Week Five: 2017.10.15

I’ve now been here for one month, having arrived on 14 September. I’ve already had a week off, and I’ve … Continue reading Week Five: 2017.10.15

China, Cultural differences, Culture, dinner, ESL, Expat, Expatriate, Language, teaching, Travel, Travel writing, Triangle, Uncategorized

A Day in the Life: 2017.9.29

Friday was very busy. First thing in the morning, I went with Carol (my campus liaison) to the health clinic … Continue reading A Day in the Life: 2017.9.29

China, Cultural differences, Culture, Culture shock, Expat, Expatriate, Food, Global Nomad, healthy eating, Mongolian food, Neighborhood, relocation, teaching, Travel, Travel writing, Triangle, Uncategorized, Walking

Week Two 2017.9.24

I taught my first full week of classes. I have five groups of students, only one of which I see … Continue reading Week Two 2017.9.24

China, Cultural differences, Culture, Culture shock, ESL, Expat, Expatriate, Language, Liuzhou, Missouri, relocation, Study Abroad, teaching, Travel, Travel writing, Triangle

My School

I arrived last week on Monday and immediately began teaching the next morning at 7:45am! It was challenging to say … Continue reading My School

China, Cultural differences, Culture shock, ESL, Expat, Expatriate, Language, Liuzhou, Missouri, Neighborhood, relocation, St. Louis, Study Abroad, teaching, Travel, Travel writing, Triangle, Uncategorized

First Impressions: Week One 2017.9.17

Well today is my seventh day in China and it seems like St. Louis was a lifetime ago. (Especially since … Continue reading First Impressions: Week One 2017.9.17

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