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My classes started recently. I guess they're going fine. Today, however, I had a class sort of bomb during a subject I felt the students would be very interested in: music. I tried to convince them that their pop music that they fancied so greatly actually all came from African Americans in the early 1900's. It's not as if the students didn't ( Read more... )

I'm back in my lovely home now. My trip was absolutely wonderful. In retrospect, it was the best vacation I've ever had. Robert and I became better friends because of it, and I learned a valuable lesson about how fireworks are totally rad ( Read more... )

So I arrived in the Fuijian province a few days ago. This part of the country is pretty pricy. Our hotel at the Hump in Kunming cost Robert and I a measly 25 yuan a night whereas the hotels we've been staying at here cost us a hefty 135 a night. The pro to this is that the food here is unbelievable and we can watch DVD's in our rooms. I now ( Read more... )

So I'm in a pizza restaurant right now waiting for my food. Yesterday I got a bit sick and was unable to keep anything down so I'm now famished. Back at The Hump we've met some rad people to talk to. We're at Wei's Pizzeria with two gals from Wales and a dude from New York that's filming a movie out here. A documentary. Basically he'll get ( Read more... )

back at The Hump. I heard some rather unsavory things about Ruli so we're probably going to spend Spring Festival (Chinese New Year) in Kunming. Yesterday Robert became pretty ill; he probably caught the same flu that I caught a few days ago up at Tiger Leaping Gorge. Man was I sick. It was like that cold-hot bone hurting hallucination ( Read more... )

So last night was kind of cool. I walked home from the internet cafe to find Robert (who left before me). He wasn't in the hotel room, so I went downstairs to this courtyard where these Austrailian, British and Scottish chaps were loudly drinking Gordon's Gin. I asked them "Have you seen a guy that looks like a bum? He has a white collared ( Read more... )

So back from Tiger Leaping Gorge. From Le Jiang. From Dali. (From Kunming). It's been a while since I've made a post. Let's get down to the technical. I believe in my last post I mentioned Robert and I staying at the Hump, which was full of hippies and stuff. I ended up meeting this girl...Angie...at a bar... I remember asking her "Do you ( Read more... )

Wow. So the city has thoroughly captivated me. After learning that there was a better hostel to stay in, Robert and I moved from Camillia to The Hump. It is a total hippie community. It's fantastic. Just about every person you talk to is very intellectual, with many stories to tell. I feel very magnetic on this trip. My last trip to Tibet I ( Read more... )

Robert and I just arrived in Kunming a few hours ago after a nice flight across the country. The city is considered "Spring City" meaning that it's weather is mild all year round. It trully is beautiful here. There seems to be much more culture than the north of China. Having been here only a few hours I have seen numerous advertisements for ( Read more... )