CHINA
Country Overview:
“Love the food, hate the government”
I arrived in China in May 2013 and left August 2020. I taught English for awhile, did my master’s of politics & foreign policy at Tsinghua University, worked for a year at China Today, and then two years at Xinhua News Agency. I spent most of my time in Beijing, but also traveled to Shanghai, Wuhan, Inner Mongolia, Shenzhen, Panjin, Guangzhou, Tianjin, Qingdao, Xi’an, Sanya, Macau, Taiwan, and Hong Kong.
Halloween day 2 at our center
Had students try and make balloon towers using only tape. They didn’t get too far with a ‘tape as fast as possible’ game plan. Also did a 'mummy-wrapping’ race that they thought was hilarious. Round 3 mañana
Close but not quite...
Student 1: I am happy!
Student 2: I am angry!
Me: What am I?
Student 3: You are Chinese boy!
Didn't see that one coming
Calories on packaged food in China are written as KJ, which are roughly around ¼ of a calorie. So my buddy hasn’t been eating anything except meat and vegetables because as he put it, “I don’t know what’s in that fucking top ramen, but it’s close to god damn 2000 calories! And don’t even get me started about bread!" Calm down clown, just divide by 4.
I don’t know what’s more disgusting, the thought of cheese lobster flavor, or the creepy picture of nacho cheese being poured all over a lobster
It’s not just thick, it’s ESPECIALLY THICK!!! You’d think that million dollar companies would spend a little more money on the marketing team and hire someone who actually speaks English to correct the translations.
Headed to the Zoo tomorrow to wrap up my summer class. It’s been a pretty wild week. We learned about bones, created caterpillars from bottle caps, and made spider hats. This is my job.
