ni hao!

[solardrum]

ni hao everyone! my name is brian and i'm on my way to qidong (in southeast jiangsu province) go to teach english for a year. i've just graduated from university and know as much mandarin as a 2 year old. ahh...this is going to be fun...

the whole family is excited for me except grandma...

grandma: brian, china is too communistic!
me:  well, you can'

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[greenwenja]

ni hao!
during my day in the middle school,our teacher abroad ,who is very popular among us,is from america.the boys and girls in middle school are fond of the class containing much funny and culture.and so to ensure to do that,you will be very popular as well.

[pacificocean]

Ni hao, Brian! Here is Chelsea from Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang Province, near to Jiangsu Province. But I have never been to Qidong yet so far, i only have ever been to Suzhou, Wuxi, and Zhenjiang of Jiangsu, anyway, hope the two websites as below can help a bit.
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Resources-g297441-Maps-Jiangsu.html
http://www.maps-of-china.net/p_jiangsu_map.html

In fact we are not so communistic like your gradma thinks, hehe...we talk freely with friends about politics also, only we dont care about it so much like your people do. Maybe you can set this up as topic for your students when you are teacher here, then you can learn more from them. And...its a little far away, but it will be good experience to have. Hehe...and who knows if you will find someone here.

Anyway, congratulations and hope you will have fun in our country.