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Posts Tagged ‘crazy things’

Wed
23
Sep '09

Chaos on the streets – update

So I talked to my friend Angela a couple days later and she saw the event on the news, she was able to clear up a few things. What happened was as the bus was driving towards the bridge its engine caught on fire. Somehow this fire also disabled the bus’s brakes so it was [...]

Tue
22
Sep '09

Chaos on the streets

With our school we have Monday and Tuesdays off, so Sunday night we usually take the bus down to Foshan to hang out with the whole crew. Since there was 3 of us together and we were a little tired/lazy from all the teaching we decided we’d take a peaceful hour long taxi ride instead [...]

Fri
18
Sep '09

The Craziest Thing About China

If I had to pick the one craziest thing about china, it would absolutely be the driving. The roads where I am are absolutely insane. It’s complete madness. I don’t care how long you’ve been driving in Canada, and how many people cut you off, how many close calls you’ve had , how many stupid [...]

Fri
18
Sep '09

Chinese Beggars!

In my last post I said that no one treats me in a negative way because I’m a foreigner but there’s one exception! The Beggars! Deeehy Tooouuk Ouurrrr Jeeeooobsss! The homeless people in Toronto have nothing on the people who ask for change in China. In Toronto the beggars usually sit on the side of [...]

Sun
6
Sep '09

Chinese Health Check

Aaaah Finally caught up to present day. Today we went for the health check! It’s an important step in getting your work visa. I got picked up at 8 am and then we picked up 4 other teachers, it was sweet to finally meet some of the other new teachers! So the hospital was interesting… [...]