Sports Meet – Round 3
Every year I always look forward to the annual college sports day (two-days) because it’s a fun time to spend with students outside of class, in an informal atmosphere and…
ELIC + Yanda’s 30th Year Anniversary
Yanshan University is a high-level university, also in Qinhuangdao. I have many friends and coworkers I visit there on a weekly basis, and this semester I was blessed to have…
QHD Soccer!
So this year is the first year that I really understood that Qinhuangdao has a soccer team. But not only does it have a soccer team, it has one of…
Jenny’s Quarter of a Century B-day
Birthdays are a fun way to celebrate and enjoy each others’ company amidst the busyness and work. This year for Jenny’s birthday, we invited some of our students we all…
May Holiday – Qu Qu to Chengdu
After already visiting Xi’an in early April, then also having wonderful friends visit, we were ready for another great adventure, so a few of my teammates and I planned a…
A Wonderful Visit by Wonderful Friends
Also this April, some wonderful friends (past teammates, fellow Spanish teachers, and fellow English teachers) came to visit Nandaihe, see our campus, and enjoy some of the excellent Hot Pot…
Classroom Observations
One aspect of teaching which I do enjoy, yet often don’t do enough, is observing other teachers. Both my organization and the Wheaton program have helped encourage me to observe…
Quick Trip to Xi’an
This year our school gave us an extra 2-day holiday during the Tomb-sweeping Festival due to high school testing that our campus will be hosting on Thursday and Friday. (I…
Easter Celebrations 2016
This year I was very thankful and excited to have the opportunity to celebrate Easter with so many different people in China, teaching its history, sharing its religious and cultural…
Chinese Lantern Festival – Beidaihe Style
This year was the second year that I’ve had to privilege to attend the Chinese Lantern Festival in a park near the imitation Russia section of Beidaihe (a neighboring and…
Back home to QHD
Since I work with ELIC [English Language Institute/ China] and since they like to use abbreviations, I have also learned to appreciate abbreviations. So, I apologize for the many abbreviations that…
Wheaton Winter 2016
This winter we had a course on Intercultural Communication. This was my third “semester” in the Wheaton TESOL and Intercultural Studies MA program through ELIC. Every winter in Thailand and…
New Years Fun
I was glad to be able to start off the year 2016 with my city team at the Wu’s apartment (Jonathan Wu is our City Director). We had fun playing…
Christmas Celebrations 2015
Christmas this year, even more than other years, felt like I was working double-time. Not only did I teach about Christmas traditions in my classes, but as in past years,…
Christmas Decorating
After all of my travels this fall semester and making up all of my missed classes, I knew that I wouldn’t have enough time to decorate everything for Christmas by…
