by Alison | Dec 9, 2025 | Blog, Chinese Language and Culture, Just Life
The university where I teach has a really cool program for the students and the foreign teachers. We have dozens of foreign teachers from all over the world since our university is a foreign language university, and our school also has students whose major is teaching...
by Alison | Nov 28, 2025 | Blog, Just Life
Growing up, Thanksgiving was one of my favorite holidays. Usually my cousins would be in town, and I loved hanging out, playing together, talking and laughing. I loved the family time. Christmas was fun because I got to be with my family and exchanging gifts and focus...
by Alison | Nov 18, 2025 | Blog, Travels
We didn’t have too much driving to do today, so we had a bit more time to relax. We also wanted to see a village that Brandon (who is our travel guru) had recommended in the area. Since we had some time to relax in the morning, Shirley, Jaye, Timothy, and I decided to...
by Alison | Nov 11, 2025 | Blog, Travels
After our P day on day 3, we had some more driving to do again today. But we felt rested and refreshed, and we planned our day today meticulously. There were a couple stops that we wanted to make on the way from Kangding (康定), north to Danba (丹巴), and I was also very...
by Alison | Oct 28, 2025 | Blog, Travels
Our second day in Western Sichuan was full of adventures. We left our little hotel in Luding (泸定) in the morning. We had planned to sleep in a bit and relax in the morning, but when Jaye and I were at breakfast downstairs, the boss told us that the electricity would...
