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17th Jiangsu Games
Last night we went to the opening ceremonies of the 17th Jiangsu Games. We got picked up by people from the FAO who were the ones to “gift” us with the tickets to the event. We walked down to the … Continue reading
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XueJia Village, Changzhou District
Today we got to travel with our boss, Athena, her husband, Thomas and their daughter, Angel, to Athena’s home town of XueJia which is on the outskirts of the XinBei district of Changzhou. We have been fortunate to have been … Continue reading
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Dentistry in Changzhou
Yesterday, we went to People’s Hospital Number 1 because Maureen had an appointment to see a dentist, Dr. Chen. Our FAO chief, Athena had made the contact for us so that we could see if Maureen could have some dental … Continue reading
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A Tale of Two Campuses
I took this photo from the fourth floor of a building on the main campus of C.I.T, the floor where the Foreign Affairs Offices (FAO) are located. in the distant background are the two towers of Changzhou City Hall. On … Continue reading
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A Taste of Educational Bureaucracy
Yesterday we had our first staff meeting involving the Foreign Teachers (FTs) and their co-teachers as well as the head of the Foreign Languages department of C.I.T. and two members of the Foreign Affairs Office (FAO). Sunny is in charge … Continue reading
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Medical Health Form
This is a detail from the entrance to the XinBei (新北) campus of C.I.T. (常州工学院). There are basically four buildings in which teaching is done on this campus as well as performance and music centre, library, dining hall and dormitory buildings. … Continue reading
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Tagged C.I.T., Changzhou, China, Chinese Embassy, FAO, Foreign Affairs Office, FT, health record, medical form, teaching esl, visa requirements, xinbei
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Avoiding the Middle Man and Recruiters
On the first full day in Changzhou, two of the workers in the Foreign Affairs Office (FAO) took us on a tour of the downtown area of the city so that we could open up a bank account as well … Continue reading
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