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Friday 16 November 2012

Nanjing QiXia Mountain Scenic Park

Today Maggie, myself and the Brits went on a field trip with the school. It was a little chilly and threatening rain but the entire International Department went.  I think we were in 5 buses total, not exactly sure.  We were told to meet at the entrance at 11:30 for lunch and then sent on our way.  So the five of us walked the area not really knowing what it was we should be seeing exactly.  You will notice that the forest is very reminiscent of Canada but we really are in China.  We climbed a mountain and were celebrities with photo ambushes and it was a pretty good day.

Lunch was in a traditional Chinese restaurant, all the teachers ate together in a private room and were served various dishes such as; beef and potatoes, sweet and sour chicken, cooked lettuce, a full fish, stuffed bread thingy, weird smelly tofu, and I think that's it.  When we came out of the restaurant it was raining so we explored the small town near the park and then ran to the bus to get warm and dry.
Here are the pics.





































Wednesday 14 November 2012

Grocery Shopping at Suguo

Went grocery shopping this morning, thought I 'd show you the grocery store.  I think I'm liking making videos too much lol.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1shuKDvz0k8&feature=youtu.be

Sunday 11 November 2012

A Day in the Life - Regular Sunday Afternoon Downtown


So, the week was okay.   Taught some lessons, confiscated some cell phones, the same old.  Yesterday was pretty rainy out so I stayed in and marked a bunch of assignments, lesson planned and watched movies.  Today was a much better day so Maggie and I decided to go shopping at the international grocers that we go to.


I made a video of today's adventure.  I've compiled it into one file and as soon as I get it uploaded to the internet somewhere I will share it with everyone who is interested but for now I will post the pictures that go along with the video.
Here is the video and just in case, here is the youtube link as well just in case.


 




Lonely Planet Canada Chinese Edition

Egg Pastries, similar to Portuguese custards (still haven't tried them yet tho)

Full train

Very full train

Aqua City, already decorated for Xmas...the Halloween decorations were better.

Live crabs in little containers for easy transport. :(

More crabs

Squid

Its very popular to see condoms in multiple spots in a grocery store as they are trying to encourage young people to use protection. 
My Haul for the day: a lot of yarn for a little over $10 CAD, rice crackers, milk, pear juice, pear nectar, canned tomatoes, nature valley bars - apple crisp flavour, ground beef, apple cutter, green beans



Thursday 1 November 2012

Halloween in China!

Hello everyone, Happy Halloween!

Today as you know was Halloween.  In China they don't actually celebrate the holiday like we do (they actually don't at all) but because I am working in the International Department at the school they planned a Halloween party for this afternoon.  Here are some pics from the party.  They tried to do some of the traditional party activities (bobbing for apples) and they had a lot of candy.  

Three of the four houses of Hogwarts.











Bobbing for Apples




Blindfold Chopstick use, they were just as bad at it as we would have been!

How many students can you fit on one chair?