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The past 2 weeks have been a whirlwind of activities:   hustling on and off Chinese airplanes and buses, moving in and out of numerous hotel rooms, dragging luggage around, suffering in roasting heat, unpacking boxes and visiting with old friends … Continue reading →

I just want to remind readers that all my photo albums  and pictures since my start of this website are located at the below site.    https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=82087792aa368e14&sc=photos#!/?cid=82087792AA368E14&sc=photos&group=0&sff=0 Ping An (Peace)!

            In between the packing, end of the school year and visa woes, I’ve been heading off every afternoon to my pool-in-the-middle-of-nowhere.  Banging along country roads, crammed on board with all the Guangxi farm and village folk heading back … Continue reading →

            In the midst of all the mounting, uncompleted tasks and stress came a little bright spot yesterday evening:  My team of volunteers from English Education Class 111 (the freshmen) came to help put my boxes together.             4 weeks … Continue reading →

             Stress, stress and more stress.             I certainly don’t like it nor do I need it but ever since Little Flower died, the stress has been through the roof.              Stress of the air-conditioner being broken for a month … Continue reading →

             In a past blog, I explained how our tiny English Center  has proven a haven for misfits.  Students such as strange Isaac, bullied Godfrey or shy Elise found a home in our Center, high above the campus on the … Continue reading →

           Our heavy rains over the past few days have cooled us down immensely and caused our usually clear-watered Li River to run a muddy, ugly brown.  Along with the wet and cool come another yearly event to our remote … Continue reading →

        Friday had our English Association members scrambling in their prep work to get ready for our school’s last English contest, not only for the school year, but for our small campus as well.              Heavy rains forced members … Continue reading →

          Those who know me know that I am an avid swimmer.  Years of swim team from age 6 to university, and then continuing onward with my own daily rigid work-outs, make me somewhat of a water fanatic.                 … Continue reading →