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Thu, 3 Oct 2013 | By krodin | Views [3045] | Comments [2]
Shangri La / Zhongdian, Yunnan Province
Touristy or not, this is a great place! In about 2001, the government changed the town’s name from Zhongdian to Shangri-La to increase tourism. There are a number of places from Kashmir ... Read more >
Thu, 3 Oct 2013 | By krodin | Photo Gallery
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Mon, 30 Sep 2013 | By korric | Views [1044] | Comments [4]
After one month here, there was certainly a measurable difference in my flexibility. I believe my strength and endurance have also increased, but these are more difficult to measure. I don't know how much more I can expect before I plateau for a time, ... Read more >
Tags: china, goals, martial arts
Sat, 14 Sep 2013 | By korric | Views [1066] | Comments [5]
I've established graduating goals towards the temple run. At a certain point during the run, the concrete road up the hill becomes cobblestones. The cobblestones have 11 breaks in them for a total of 12 cobblestone sections, and the road then becomes ... Read more >
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Wed, 11 Sep 2013 | By yizhifrank | Views [2999]
On his first official visit to India in May 2013, Chinese premier Li Keqiang 李克强 charmed his hosts by reminiscing about how he was mesmerised by the ‘sage poet’ Rabindranath Tagore as a university student. There were Tagorean traces in the ... Read more >
Wed, 11 Sep 2013 | By yizhifrank | Views [300]
Emeritus Professor Ken Taylor AM is an Adjunct Professor in the Research School of Humanities & the Arts at The Australian National University. He was a Visiting Professor at Tongji University in October/November 2012, has been a speaker at China ... Read more >
Sun, 8 Sep 2013 | By korric | Views [1082] | Comments [2]
This week I added the optional Tai Chi and Qigong classes. These add another 2 hours to my daily training, but they aren't as physically demanding as the rest of the training. Mentally, however, the exercises in Tai Chi can be difficult for me to coordinate ... Read more >
Tags: china, goals, martial arts
Sat, 31 Aug 2013 | By korric | Views [1066] | Comments [6]
I've heard that the first two weeks are rough and then it gets easier. I disagree. The first week was rough and then it gets easier. I know we did pretty much the same things as the first week, but it just didn't seem as difficult. I suspect that this ... Read more >
Tags: china, martial arts
Tue, 27 Aug 2013 | By mmanddb | Views [379]
It is our 5th day back in Wuhan. We have settled in quite easily, with only slight jet lag. It was very nice to come back to the apartment and already have everything we needed (except food) but what was not so nice was the amount of dust and mould ... Read more >
Sun, 25 Aug 2013 | By aussie_ange | Views [695]
Week 3 was upon us and it was time to get into the classrooms and start teaching practice.
We were split into groups of four, and given our age groups. I had Agnes, blonde Marcus, Andreas and myself, and we would have to prepare lessons for 12-13 ... Read more >
Tags: bye phone, china, english, students, teacher, teaching practice
Fri, 23 Aug 2013 | By korric | Views [3754] | Comments [19]
My room at the Kunyu school is extremely spartan. Despite my tendency towards minimalism, this place makes me feel that I've been living in luxury until today. It's small, dirty, hot, and isolated. The accommodations were much nicer when I lived in Army ... Read more >
Tags: china, martial arts
Sat, 10 Aug 2013 | By aussie_ange | Views [760]
After the first week of training it was time for a couple days off!
For our planned day trip as a group it was off to the Summer Palace!
Such a big Palace, but truly amazing. Definitely need to go back and see it in Winter. With the ice ... Read more >
Tags: beijing, china, food, summer palace, ttc
Sat, 10 Aug 2013 | By korric | Photo Gallery
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Sun, 4 Aug 2013 | By aussie_ange | Photo Gallery
Beijing TEFL
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Sun, 4 Aug 2013 | By aussie_ange | Views [739]
I left the Sydney International Airport on 2013/06/29 not knowing who or what to expect. After an 11 hour flight I landed safely within the Beijing International Airport with a young man, Jonathon, waiting to pick me up and take me to my hime for the ... Read more >
Tags: beijing, china, classes, teacher, tefl
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