Yeah All Of A Sudden update！ So much for context ( Read more... )

We made burritos last night. Man was it a pain in the ass to find all that stuff! The only one that is really worth discussing is the tortillas - everything else just required patience and looking enough places. Tortillas - man. What an adventure. I was thinking, like, mushu, it'll be easy to find, but they don't have tortillas at all here in ( Read more... )

So my life has become considerably more boring as far as adventurous travel postings will go. Scott and I have arrived at our school in Yibin and settled down. photos are being uploaded as we speak, but will take forever. There are plenty ( Read more... )

Well. THAT was a totally fucked up weekend ( Read more... )

We've had several interested schools. I'll post a few (un)interesting details about the one we saw yesterday. The job is $500/month, with housing taken care of. We are provided TV, Internet, a furnished kitchen, a two bedroom apartment and furniture. All utilities except long distance calls are free. We work 20 hours/week. Our students are ( Read more... )

Back in Chengdu. Scott and I have more or less decided - upon reading the fine print in our contract - that we aren't going for the jobs we had planned on. Instead, we're looking here and in Xi An. The other job wants us to work 8 hours every work day and teach 30 classes per week. Everyone thinks that's ludicrous, as we can get the same pay ( Read more... )

Hi there. Long time no see ( Read more... )

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Well, that didn't go at all as planned ( Read more... )

Hi. Whirlwind sort of month - a lot of teaching, a lot of planning, and very little time to actually see Saigon. Highlight of the month was Jung-Eun coming to visit, which was an amazing blast ( Read more... )