year abroad

Part Er of Yuxi Trip I’m dropped off on the street by the bus station.  Luckily I know that down the street somewhere is the office of John Bo my contact of how I got to china in the first place. At this point the noodles are wearing off and I get a pear.  Luckily […]

About two weeks ago I decided I would travel the 2.5 hour bus ride to Yuxi…alone.  I got the cities names written in characters, got a basic map of the city from people who have lived/visited there and was even going to have help navigating the bus station in Yuanjiang. As luck would have it,

Where to begin… ha with this sentence. SUCK IT writers block. NOT this time. lol   It’s more a question of.. can I be tactful about the following post.  Well my long time counselor during the divorce would question my tact prowess.  Here we go. I make literally a lot times as much as my

Friday, August 30, 2013 11:07 AM The other day I did a hike with Duan and Ada and Kurt.  We walked about an hour to the mountain and then climbed 500 steps up to a temple.  It gave spectacular views of the city and river.  Then we walked back and she treated us to chinese

Yes, this post is about 10 days late.  Still worth blogging about it though. I was talking to a friend in America the other day.  We both have blogs, and have a list of events to write about.  In fact we are both trying to learn a new language using Rosetta Stone.   After working all

Here are just a couple random videos.  One of a ton of fish fighting for food,s night time bad quality of people dancing at the square, and the red river turbulence. And of course ,myself speaking a few phrases that are used everyday in the hospital. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGpV6oZOVGc&feature=youtube_gdata_player https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQRiC6Rmzt8&feature=youtube_gdata_player https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5G-wqBLulw&feature=youtube_gdata_player https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbZZtjm12U8&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Since I’m so behind on China adventures already, I figured I’ll fast forward a bit to right now and go back to things like my Bday a little later.  Well technically this blog will be a mixed bag. When I first arrived, I was told I would get reimbursed for my travel in the next

Mr. Lee is the CEO of the hospital.  My guess is he is in late 40’s maybe 50’s. But a very outgoing and jovial type of guy.  He took me and the coworkers out to dinner about three times in a row. A typical dinner costs about 6 RMB. I bet he spent 300-400 each

After the one night stay at the kai di hotel, they gave me a tour of the hospital. There are two parts. The part facing the street is a one story building with a breeze way big enough for three cars..but that is where people wait for treatment.  The building behind it is about six

When we are eating the first dinner, who walks up but the CEO of hospital with a 52 year old white American. I couldn’t believe it. Some one i can speak to completely. He said his name is Kurt from Minnesota. He works four days a week here and I work five. Yup we have