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Girls just want to have fun
You know, one thing I've been really struggling with for years is making time to do mail related things. I don't even know why it is so hard for me to reply to letters on time, it's not like I don't HAVE time. Sure, I'm busy with a lot of things, but I also spend a lot of time reading the paper or magazines or stuff like that, or watching series on ( Read more... ) -
The staring
(Just posted on www.rapturina.comThere is one thing I was rather apprehensive about before coming to China to live in a city where a foreigner is still an anomaly: the staring. When I was in India last year the amount of people staring at me drove me crazy, so I was worried it’d be the same here in China (I could obviously never be a celebrity ( Read more... ) -
Home sweet home
(just posted at www.rapturina.comA few days ago I finally moved into my own apartment, hurrah! I’m very happy with it, it’s only a small apartment but for one person it’s perfect. Once I get all settled in I will take some pictures, I promise. :D ( Read more... ) -
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Some pictures of the area where I live now can be found at www.rapturina.com, and at my Flickr page. If there is anything specific you would like to see, just let me know and I'll see what I can do. :D ( Read more... ) -
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Hello from Yantai
(I keep forgetting to cross-post to LJ... This is the latest blog entry, more can be found at www.rapturina.comWell, I’ve arrived safe and sound in Yantai. The journey from Hong Kong to Yantai was pretty smooth, no problems at all getting into China, so I was all worked up for nothing, as usual. :D ( Read more... ) -
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So far Christmas has been pretty uneventful, but that's good, I guess! On Christmas Eve we went to Almere to my brother's house to have dinner with everyone together, which was fun. I always enjoy it when the whole family gets together, there are always interesting conversations and lots of laughter. Yesterday, on Christmas Day, Selmer and I went ( Read more... ) -
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To NaNoWriMo or not to NaNoWriMo? That is the question ( Read more... ) -
I have a job!
Big news: I have found a job in China! After the interview I mentioned in my last blogpost I had another Skype interview with a second school. I asked for e-mail addresses from current teachers at both schools (apparently that’s common practice when trying to find an ESL job in China) and I spent about two weeks e-mailing back and forth with those ( Read more... ) -
The board is set, the pieces are moving
If you can guess where the quote in the title comes from, I’ll give you cookies ( Read more... )