Wishes

Over the years I have accomplished many things that I am supremely proud of, and well, as many things I am not so proud of, but I don’t have regrets. In my 43 years, I have crossed off all of the things I wished for as a child and even a few “bucket list” items…

Where does the time go??

Has it really been 2 years? It is hard to believe that 2 years ago I was in China finishing my year of studying Chinese and began teaching children of migrant workers English. I drug out my departure to the very last minute. My visa expired July 20 and I left July 19th. I was…

Neon

One of my favorite things to do when in China was to go out at night and get lost in the miles of neon lights. It was like Christmas lights in the states only on steroids. Every city and even every neighborhood of every city was lined with street after street, business after business of…

听到没有邪恶，没有邪恶，说话不作恶 (Hear no evil, see no evil speak no evil)

Hear no evil, see no evil speak no evil 2012-2-9 Those three short phrases are the truth. I do not deny bad things happen everywhere, but in my little corner of the world (Kaifeng, China), life is pleasant. I have not witnessed anything that would contradict my statement. Call it naivety or blindness, but it…

My YouTube Channel

Now, I warn you, I am not a film maker but I wanted to share some of the “from my perspective” video footage I took in China. Some are me riding around in cars, taxis and buses and videoing the surroundings. Maybe you won’t get what I am doing in the videos, I guess I…

Luoyang（洛阳）

2012-6-2 On Saturday our class took a trip to Luoyang, a historic city about 3 hours away from Kaifeng. I was really looking forward to this trip for several years now and couldn’t wait to see the Longmen Grotto’s. I really wanted to see first hand what I was drooling over on travel shows and…

Are Americans too safe and sanitary?

2012-6-1 One of the first reactions of all Americans entering China is how dirty everything is. Not just the pollution, but the trash on the ground, the dust everywhere, and the lack of what they feel are necessities in their modern life in America. Their first instinct is to apply tons of hand sanitizer on…

Night and day

2012-2-9 As yet another night turns into day and my 4 hours of sleep then 2 hours of awake pattern continues, I began thinking about goals. I have only 10 days until my next semester begins. Last semester my only goal was survive. But not that I am neck deep in life in China, I…

WWMJD?

2012-2-10 They said it the other night on gLee and it got me thinking about the mysterious man. I recently had the honor and privilege to help so middle and high school students with their English. During that time I let them pick the topic for the next day. Unanimously chosen was the King of…

What Would Carrie Do?

2012-2-5 Well, for some reason, today I have been totally bummed. Not sure why. Usually I can shake it off pretty easy but today I couldn’t. So I turned to the one sure fired cure for glumliness(yes it is a word because I created it) watch a marathon of Sex and the City. No matter…

This is where I hope to write about my trip

I have avoided talking about it for months, at least in any specific terms. It was just too painful. Being on the opposite side of the world from your love. I tried to push the memories away but they keep coming back haunting my dreams. I didn’t want to think about it, much less talk…