{"id":291,"date":"2010-08-17T13:39:10","date_gmt":"2010-08-17T19:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/laowaiteacher.wordpress.com\/?p=291"},"modified":"2010-08-17T13:39:10","modified_gmt":"2010-08-17T19:39:10","slug":"packing-begins-and-repacking-follows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/pilgrim\/index.php\/2010\/08\/17\/packing-begins-and-repacking-follows\/","title":{"rendered":"Packing Begins &#8211; and Repacking Follows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/laowaiteacher.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/dsc03172.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-292\" title=\"DSC03172\" src=\"http:\/\/laowaiteacher.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/dsc03172.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"184\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Well, it is time to go through all the stuff we think we want to take to Changzhou and see what room is left for &#8220;Extras&#8221; or to find out how much of the stuff has to be left behind. \u00a0This is the hardest part of the whole process.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/laowaiteacher.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/dsc03173.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-294\" title=\"DSC03173\" src=\"http:\/\/laowaiteacher.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/dsc03173.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"219\" \/><\/a>I have to tell you that there is a major difference between men and women when it comes to the amount of stuff one needs to take to live for a year in a different country. \u00a0But, in all fairness, I am not showing the other stuff such as my electronics, cords and books which add significantly more weight than three times as many clothes.<\/p>\n<p>Oops, I forgot about shoes &#8211; the scales tilt again. \u00a0After all, a woman needs to have shoes to match the different outfits and colours, doesn&#8217;t she? \u00a0In the end, it comes out equal. \u00a0And,\u00a0incidentally, everything fits with room for a few more items. \u00a0Now, what other books do I want to take?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, it is time to go through all the stuff we think we want to take to Changzhou and see what room is left for &#8220;Extras&#8221; or to find out how much of the stuff has to be left behind. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/pilgrim\/index.php\/2010\/08\/17\/packing-begins-and-repacking-follows\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[28,33,75,100,123,167,217],"class_list":["post-291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-changzhou","tag-china","tag-esl-blog","tag-foreign-teacher","tag-jiangsu","tag-packing","tag-teaching-esl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/pilgrim\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/pilgrim\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/pilgrim\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/pilgrim\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/pilgrim\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/pilgrim\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/pilgrim\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/pilgrim\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/pilgrim\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}