Category: Expat Life

Expat Life, Holiday, In-person Classes, Students, Teaching, TEFL

Labour Day Problems

My TEFL Adventure

I work out my schedule for Chinese Labour Day and wonder if it celebrates working a little too much.

China, Expat Life, Holiday, Sightseeing, Travel

Window of the World

My TEFL Adventure

I finally get a chance to do a little sightseeing in Shenzhen.

China, Expat Life, Illness, Quarantine, Travel

Covid in China

My TEFL Adventure

I explore some of the different attitudes to the pandemic in China and the US.

Expat Life, In-person Classes, Students, Teaching, TEFL

One Month In

My TEFL Adventure

I reflect a bit on what my first month has been like and finally get a good surprise.

Expat Life, In-person Classes, Students, Teaching, TEFL, Training

Settling In (Work Edition)

My TEFL Adventure

I start settling in at both of my jobs and have issues at both. But, they get handled very differently. I also get a kitty escort home.

China, Expat Life

Settling into My New Life (Home Edition)

My TEFL Adventure

The thrilling story of how I gain the ability to cook and eat food at home and the things, dishes, silverware, cookware, and food, required to do so.