I will no longer be teaching 15 third and fourth grade classes. Instead, I will teach 16 first grade classes. This all starts tomorrow, which I found out at a meeting earlier this afternoon.
1. Order a pre-made turkey from Sam’s Club
2. Make a bunch of food on a hot plate
3. Celebrate!
Pronounced: gǎnēnjié kuài lè! Translation: Happy Thanksgiving! Today I am thankful for international phone calls from my all my relatives currently in Chicago.
Halloween ads still line the sidewalks of Shenzhen. Along with these ad campaigns come strange holiday font gimmicks.
A video containing photos and footage I captured at the opening ceremony for the Guangdong Cultural Festival in Shenzhen
Ladies and gentlemen, my alternative to the iPhone I lost a few weeks back: The Nokia RH-105. I didn’t need to indulge myself, but I mean, with these features: A color(!) LCD display Brick shape Basic keypad texting utility Snake game who could resist? I’m pretty sure I had the same phone my freshman year. [...]
From the Washington Post: “Mark Okoth Obama Ndesandjo … has lived in the Southern Chinese city of Shenzhen for seven years and has just produced his autobiographical novel, ‘From Nairobi to Shenzhen.’” Word on the street is Ndesandjo owns a restaurant here. I am determined to find it. EDIT: Shenzhenparty.com details the book release press [...]
One thing that really bugs me about Chinese culture: Nowism. It’s when you find out important things like meeting times, vacation days and canceled classes right as they are happening.
As frustrating as it is, nowism is an inescapable phenomenon that happens to everyone here, including myself.
It was just 60 degrees outside when I walked to school this morning, according to Weather Underground. That’s a dramatic drop in the temperature I’ve been getting used to here. You’d think being from Michigan would mean I wouldn’t have any problems with this “cold” weather. But it’s surprising how quickly I’ve adapted to Shenzhen’s [...]
Bridget O'Donnell, 22, is a designer for the China Daily in Beijing. She graduated from the University of Michigan in 2009 and lived in Shenzhen for eight months before moving to Beijing. More »
