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Things Aren’t Always As They Appear – Misperceptions
Here is a scene that we came upon during our second week in Changzhou, parents and grandparents at a set of school gates waiting to pick up their children at the end of a school day. When we came upon … Continue reading
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China Dinosaur Park – Changzhou
In the northern sector of Changzhou, in the Xin Bei district, lies China Dinosaur Park. Looking out our apartment window we can often see the three white arms reaching as if to join hands. We often walked towards the park … Continue reading
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An Introduction to Teaching ESL
This was Maureen’s first class, the first day of a new term in September, 2006. Luckily, I didn’t have a course to teach at that time, so I was able to take a few photos of this special event. … Continue reading
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Welcome To C.I.T.
Well, I am continuing in preparing for our next trip to China as I practice writing Chinese characters. Both Maureen and I are focused on this next teaching year in Changzhou as we do our shopping and cleaning the clutter … Continue reading
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Preparations For Teaching ESL
After about a week of getting ourselves acclimatized to Changzhou, it was finally time to begin the work for which we came to China, that of being ESL teachers at C.I.T. The process began with a meeting with the department … Continue reading
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Tianning Temple in Changzhou.
Since I have mentioned Buddha twice as well as temples, I thought it best to show the main temple in Changzhou (常州), the Tianning Temple (天宁寺). The first solo trip into the city using the local bus system lead us … Continue reading
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Bath House or Restaurant?
A week into our first experience of China we began to get a better idea of our new home away from home. As we wandered, always carrying a a camera of course, we continued to discover more and more of … Continue reading
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Recycling: Doing it Right in Changzhou
In a field just east of China Dinosaur Park in the Xinbei district of Changzhou, a mixture of modern and not so modern technology are at work together as a site is being cleared for a new development. One of … Continue reading
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Appearances are Important
Changzhou is not famous in the same sense that Suzhou, Hangzhou or Nanjing are in the province of Jiangsu, yet it is a city that is trying hard to become more beautiful, more friendly and more modern. While we were … Continue reading
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