Nov 16, 2009 - Mommy!!

Mommy!!!! Thank you sooo sooo much for my package!! My mom sent me a huge package with enough Christmas presents for all of my friends here in UIC plus the whole rest of the school.Mommy!!!! Thank you sooo sooo much for my package!! My mom sent me a huge package with enough Christmas presents for all of my friends here in UIC plus the whole rest of the school....

Nov 9, 2009 - Katrina's B-Day, Halloween, Surfing, Macau

Sooo much has happened once again since my last message. :) I hadn't realized before these past two weeks how spread out Zhuhai is, but it is full of coast, and lots of islands, and it is super spread out. ... One end to the other by bus is more than 2 hours! Whoo! So yes'm, we had a BBQ on an island about 20 min from campus.Sooo much has happened once again since my last message. :) I hadn't realized before these past two weeks how spread out Zhuhai is, but it is full of coast, and lots of islands, and it is super spread out. ... One end to the other by bus is more than 2 hours! Whoo! So yes'm, we had a BBQ on an island about 20 min from campus....

Nov 7, 2009 - Attempt $23863 at journalling!

Well, I will try and keep a journal a little more often now that I have just completed my MA (as of today!!).Well, I will try and keep a journal a little more often now that I have just completed my MA (as of today!!)....

Nov 1, 2009 - Smelling the Roses

Wow. Much has happened in Zhuhai since I last updated you on the comings and goings of my life. ... last Monday I had my first day volunteer teaching at Jinfeng Elementary school in the Jinding part of Zhuhai. ... I will put up some pictures.Wow. Much has happened in Zhuhai since I last updated you on the comings and goings of my life. ... last Monday I had my first day volunteer teaching at Jinfeng Elementary school in the Jinding part of Zhuhai. ... I will put up some pictures....

Oct 23, 2009 - Latest Happenings.

Hi All, So last time we talked I got you all caught up on Macau and everything.Hi All, So last time we talked I got you all caught up on Macau and everything....

Oct 8, 2009 - 24 RMB

A dad with a little girl dreams of easy solutions for hair care.A dad with a little girl dreams of easy solutions for hair care....

Sep 30, 2009 - RoadTrip Weekends

Roadtrip weekend.Roadtrip weekend....

Sep 26, 2009 - Adventures!!

We climbed one of the mountains close to Zhuhai. ... There is a core group of outdoor adventurers here in Zhuhai and it was so fulfilling and exciting to find people here in China who love to do something I love to do. ... It is a really different less developed area from Zhuhai and it has a ton of interesting things and different ethnic groups and beautiful scenery and mountains and it's colder there (It's super tropical here) and I'm super pumped. ...

Sep 23, 2009 - So I haven't written for awhile...

Hey All, Things are all and all going really well here.Hey All, Things are all and all going really well here....

Sep 21, 2009 - Day 2: Hong Kong - Guangzhou

This was a day of travelling. With my feet now on Chinese soil, I had my first trip to a good 'ole squat toilet - yes, dark, dirty and smelly - just as I'd remembered them from other countries that use the squat! The bus to Guangzhou drove through some big industrial parts, and areas where construction is taking place in mammoth proportions. ... Then we arrived at the main train station in Guangzhou, only to, yes, you guessed it, queue some more! Even before getting into the train station there was a queue to check passports (Chinese only, us westerners were just let through) and a second queue to check tickets. ... Only then did we get near to the station entrance, where they x-rayed all our baggage, made us drink from our water bottles (to prove it was just water) and punched IDs into palm computers of people who they thought looked dodgy.This was a day of travelling. With my feet now on Chinese soil, I had my first trip to a good 'ole squat toilet - yes, dark, dirty and smelly - just as I'd remembered them from other countries that use the squat! The bus to Guangzhou drove through some big industrial parts, and areas where construction is taking place in mammoth proportions. ... Then we arrived at the main train station in Guangzhou, only to, yes, you guessed it, queue some more! Even before getting into the train station there was a queue to check passports (Chinese only, us westerners were just let through) and a second queue to check tickets. ... Only then did we get near to the station entrance, where they x-rayed all our baggage, made us drink from our water bottles (to prove it was just water) and punched IDs into palm computers of people who they thought looked dodgy....

Sep 19, 2009 - It's My Birthday!

HI!!! :) :) It's my birthday today! YIPPPEEE! The big 2-1. :) We started off with dinner and dancing at the junk bar in Zhuhai. ... Even Zhuhai, where I am now, which is only a small town of 1. ... 2 million, is so huge and unorganized that it thus far has been impossible for me to comprehend.HI!!! :) :) It's my birthday today! YIPPPEEE! The big 2-1. :) We started off with dinner and dancing at the junk bar in Zhuhai. ... Even Zhuhai, where I am now, which is only a small town of 1. ... 2 million, is so huge and unorganized that it thus far has been impossible for me to comprehend....

Sep 17, 2009 - Week 1

Hello! I have already been gone a week! I can't believe it! So much has happened since I left the states that I barely have had time to be homesick.Hello! I have already been gone a week! I can't believe it! So much has happened since I left the states that I barely have had time to be homesick....