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English Fun Day! In Hong Kong

by Ivan B on October 27, 2015February 26, 2018 in China Life, Travel

I walked into my school one day and was “voluntold” (a word we foreign English teachers around here use when we’re forced to do something for our school) that we… [Continue Reading]

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Hong Kong is Part of China! Sort of…

by Ivan B on October 2, 2015February 26, 2018 in China Life, Travel

I was at a Hong Kong currency exchange station counting my coins when suddenly it jumped out at me. A 10 cent Hong Kong coin with a profile of Queen… [Continue Reading]

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Tea and Tai Chi

by Ivan B on September 29, 2015February 26, 2018 in China Life

My company was generous enough to set up a tai chi lesson for all of us teachers, taught by a well-known tai chi master in Shenzhen, Master Li. We made… [Continue Reading]

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Crossing the road in China (or How to Survive Certain Doom)

by Ivan B on September 24, 2015October 8, 2015 in China Life

  “How did the chicken cross the road?” “HOW?” “It didn’t. It died because the road was in China.” All jokes aside, this is not a post where I rant… [Continue Reading]

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Please and thank you

by Ivan B on September 21, 2015February 26, 2018 in China Life

“Thank you!” It was such a strange thing to hear as I let a man and his dog exit the elevator before I did. He uttered it in English, which… [Continue Reading]

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