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Life in Zhengzhou 郑州生活: January 31 - Exams, Customer Service, and New Firsts
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Life in Zhengzhou 郑州生活. Monday, January 31, 2011. January 31 - Exams, Customer Service, and New Firsts. My students all cheated blatantly. This was borne out by the corrections that came later. I should say at this point that carrying 400 exams nearly cost me a baby finger, as the plastic bag I was carrying them in bit extremely deeply into my joint and caused my finger to turn blue and numb, only easing up after several hours. February 1, 2011 at 2:09 PM. Awwww sorry to hear about all the cheating = Its...
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Life in Zhengzhou 郑州生活: Catching Up 2
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Life in Zhengzhou 郑州生活. Sunday, May 22, 2011. Despite the improvements that Sang pointed out to me, this was my first true instance of culture shock. The temple we went to is called "a third-rate Chinese tourist attraction" according to the official government placard at its entrance. It turns out that a third-rate attraction is a good bet, since it means there are no crowds, the grounds are meticulously maintained and the price is cheap! Xu Chang is also a very clean city compared with Zhengzhou and tho...
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Life in Zhengzhou 郑州生活: November 4 - Meeting some of my students on Nov. 1st
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Life in Zhengzhou 郑州生活. Thursday, November 4, 2010. November 4 - Meeting some of my students on Nov. 1st. I had a huge, bright red, inflamed, lumpy rash covering my torso from just under my chest all the way down to my lower thighs. As soon as I saw it, I began to itch. I had no time to do anything about it, however, so I took my shower quickly, trying not to scratch. For some reason, when I had clothes on, it itched less. I got mobbed. About fifty students out my one hundred student class rushed me ...
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Life in Zhengzhou 郑州生活: May 2011
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Life in Zhengzhou 郑州生活. Sunday, May 22, 2011. Despite the improvements that Sang pointed out to me, this was my first true instance of culture shock. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). A Canadian's adventures in the capital city of Henan, China's most populous province. If you have any questions about life in Zhengzhou, please leave a comment and I will try to address it in my blog. View my complete profile. November 3 - Night and Day (The First Two Days) Day 2 (October 31). December 25 - Merry Christmas! So Iv...
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Life in Zhengzhou 郑州生活: January 28 - Catching up (and going all the way back to December 19!)
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Life in Zhengzhou 郑州生活. Friday, January 28, 2011. January 28 - Catching up (and going all the way back to December 19! So this is the first in a series of back-logged things that I wanted to post, but never got around to doing. I'll hopefully get it all out soon. When I arrived here, back at the end of October, I was planning to stretch about $500 I had brought with me until my first paycheque arrived, supposedly one month later. As I learned, however, that is frequently not how things work here. I arriv...
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Life in Zhengzhou 郑州生活: February 2011
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Life in Zhengzhou 郑州生活. Thursday, February 17, 2011. Comparison of Google Maps with Baidu (China's leading search engine and Google clone/pirate), to scale. Http:/ j.map.baidu.com/qkn7. Sorry, don't know how to embed the Baidu map, but this is a great way to hide the spoiler! Please draw your own conclusions! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). A Canadian's adventures in the capital city of Henan, China's most populous province. View my complete profile. December 25 - Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas from China!
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Life in Zhengzhou 郑州生活: October 20 - Insurance
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Life in Zhengzhou 郑州生活. Thursday, October 21, 2010. October 20 - Insurance. First, I'd like to say that today I was supposed to be in China. To any of my friends who have been expecting me to have left already, you'll just have to be stuck with me for a while longer. On the other hand, if you haven't had a chance to see me before I leave, now is the time! That was a mistake. I'm not going to turn down Chinese insurance - it's still better than nothing - but to be safe (and to keep my parents from worryin...
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Life in Zhengzhou 郑州生活: November 3 - Night and Day (The First Two Days) Day 2 (October 31)
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Life in Zhengzhou 郑州生活. Wednesday, November 3, 2010. November 3 - Night and Day (The First Two Days) Day 2 (October 31). I'm so lucky to have wonderful friends. They really came through for me with lots of support in many different ways. I'd especially like to thank James for helping me come up with a to-do list, as I was too overwhelmed and disoriented to come up with one for myself. We walked through the campus in search of food and that's when I learned something interesting. Apparently, in China,...
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Life in Zhengzhou 郑州生活: A Cultural Commentary
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Life in Zhengzhou 郑州生活. Thursday, February 17, 2011. Comparison of Google Maps with Baidu (China's leading search engine and Google clone/pirate), to scale. Http:/ j.map.baidu.com/qkn7. Sorry, don't know how to embed the Baidu map, but this is a great way to hide the spoiler! Please draw your own conclusions! February 17, 2011 at 12:11 PM. February 17, 2011 at 8:16 PM. Orcould it be they are keeping their citizens in the dark. The Church of the middle ages had nothing on these guys. So I finally have som...
