Category: Blog
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Shanghai, some updates and the return of Google?
In this post: FIFA, NHL, Shanghai, summer reading, new camera (Xiaoyi), and the return of Google? I’ve been having trouble publishing lately not because of the typical end-of-term workload but because I’ve sunk back into that desire for an “epic post”. Further, each post takes an hour or more to put up once I have the core written. That means…
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Hello Kitty Hello Kitty; Summer Plans; Investing in China
Hello Kitty Not sure whether to be proud or a little bit embarrassed. I recently did a presentation on Canadian culture and listed a few celebrities, one of whom is Avril Lavigne. Most students recognized her which impressed me. And then I found out why. Her new song “Hello Kitty” is all but aimed at…
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Sunbrellas and Summer Storms
I had a new alarm clock for a couple of weeks. YI are YI! Yi are YI! …. YI! ARE! SAN! SUH! YI! ARE! SAN! SUH! Which is Chinese for ONE! TWO! THREE! FOUR! It’s much, much louder in person. Marching orders, that is. Of course, no one bothered to tell me and so one…
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WeChat: Social Networking with Chinese Characteristics
WeChat – China’s social network For those of you in the West who either keep track of what I do or we are friends on Facebook, you might wonder why I’m not online more online. Well, first, living in China requires a VPN which means I have to login to another computer somewhere else in…
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Labour Day and Summer’s Here
May already Well, hard to believe it’s Friday already. Profound words, I know, but my days have consisted of little more than prep prep prep. If I’m not prepping then I’m thinking about prepping. The bane of the first-year teacher. And I do call myself a first-year teacher because I’ve never taught at this level.…