Embarrassing Teaching Moments

Embarrassing Teaching Moments

The other day, I was hanging out with some friends that I don’t get to see very often. One friend suggested that we play a game where we all write down a few questions and then we take the questions out and go around and everyone has to answer the questions. Someone...

Dinner at the Cafeteria

Dinner at the Cafeteria

I didn’t have any plans for this evening, so after I climbed Baiyun mountain and enjoyed some time thinking and praying and looking at green things, I went to the cafeteria for dumplings. I love the dumpling shop here on campus because you don’t have to choose just...

Japanese Hot Pot: Shabu Shabu

Japanese Hot Pot: Shabu Shabu

During the Chinese national day, I had a week-long holiday along with most Chinese people, and I decided to go to Japan to visit a friend of mine from college. I spent most of the holiday chatting with my friend and her friends, playing with her adorable kids, and...

Getting to Know My Students

Getting to Know My Students

I started working in my current position in the Faculty of English Language and Culture at my university last fall. Every semester, I have between 100 and 200 hundred new students. Over just three semesters, that’s already a lot of new students, and learning all of...

Flood in Guangzhou!

Flood in Guangzhou!

A couple of friends and I were eating at a restaurant near campus. These lunch dates have become regular during the summer, and I’ve really enjoyed talking and laughing with this couple and their son. Today we were at a noodle shop that has a style of hand-pulled...

Best Biking Trail in Zengcheng, Guangzhou!

Best Biking Trail in Zengcheng, Guangzhou!

50 km Biking Adventure When I heard that my electricity was going to be off on Thursday morning, I knew that I wanted to be out of my apartment. My friend, Jaye, invited me over to their place to hang out this week, and I eagerly suggested Thursday. Jaye had heard...

Lessons around Wooden Buckets of Rice

Lessons around Wooden Buckets of Rice

As a non-Chinese person living in China, I get a lot of stares. Over the years I’ve lived here, I’ve noticed a shift and people don’t stare as much as they used to, and that could be because I now live in a large city; expats and foreign students are pretty common....