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Teaching Award!

16 Apr

Award

Life has been a little bit crazy recently; although I kind of feel like I am always saying that.  The university has put on a program where ever teacher goes through strict evaluation. The first round had students evaluating their teachers. The second round, each teacher visit five other teachers twice and evaluates them both times. So we are all judged 10 times. Plus, our bosses are evaluating us twice each. 

Plus, the mid-term exam for my students was re-scheduled a week earlier, right after two weeks of holidays – meaning, I suddenly went from 2 more weeks of classes to my last class overnight.

It’s all been a wee bit insane 🙂

However, one awesome thing happened this week! I was chosen as one of 76 professors to give a sample lecture in front of the Provincial experts as part of the school’s evaluation. The 76 professors were judged accordingly, and the top teachers receive a bonus. And I was chosen as one of the top 5 in my group!  

My first year, and I’ve already gotten an award!

It was really exciting! 🙂

International earrings!

15 Apr

Lol, my best friend in the US gave me the blue earrings a few years ago. I just found the silver pair on the street last night. Cross-cultural earrings!  

Happy Easter!

6 Apr

 Birthday party with a friend, playing pool with mom and friends, hiking all over the woods with other friends, celebrating sunrise service. Best Life Ever! 

               

My New Friend!

30 Mar

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Picked up this little guy at the Buddha Temple in PingDingShan as my souvenir; isn’t he colorful? He makes me happy 🙂

Spring in Xinzheng

21 Mar

Spring is arriving in Xinzheng!  I went for a walk in the river park with some friends yesterday.  We were hunting for fishies and we caught some!  Harry was out in the middle of one of the koi ponds balancing on the pots, it’s a miracle we didn’t end up with a soaked, stinky Harry 🙂  the trees were flowering, the weÖather was lovely, what a great day!

              

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Children’s Toys

6 Mar

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Want to pet. . . .

3 Mar

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New Fiverr Gig! ~ Postcard from China

28 Feb

I have a new gig on Fiverr!  I’m sending postcards to people from China!  Doesn’t that sound like fun? I know I would have had fun with it when I was a kid. I used to collect all the foreign stamps I received, dreaming of the path the package had taken to get to me 🙂

Anyway, I’ve started a new gig on the program Fiverr. You purchase it for $5 +.80 cents shipping and I’ll send the postcard out within 2 business days. They will include a message in Chinese too!  🙂  Link is here.

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I Want Him for My Own

26 Feb

Training Chopsticks - Panda

I love this set of Training Chopsticks!  Eating with chopsticks is hard work, and the trainers help. But this one is so cute I’d buy it anyway just for adorableness factors!  They are available from OldShanghaiOnline, and only cost $5.95.  Maybe I’ll have some shipped to me. 🙂

辛年快乐! (Xīn nián kuài lè) Happy Chinese New Year’s!

20 Feb

Chinese New Year’s Celebration in Xinzheng, Henan, China. The fireworks were beautiful!  There were 8-10 sets of fireworks going off all around us all at once, and the sounds echoed like gunfire or shots.  It was everywhere, and it was glorious! I’ve never been close enough and high enough, but the fireworks were right in front of us at eye level!