Yeye Goes to China - Ni Hao China 2010

Yeye Goes to China

Journal Entry #1: Day 1 – May 12-14, 2010

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The trip from Chicago to Hengyang was long and hard. I left my home in Woodridge, Illinois at 3:30 pm on Wednesday, May 12. I was actually leaving an hour later than I should have. I thought my flight left at 6:20 p.m., when it actually left at 5:18 p.m. When I arrived at O’Hare Airport the line to check in was so long that I thought I would surely miss my flight.

Journal Entry #2: Day 2 – Saturday, May 15, 2010

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It’s about 7:00 a.m. on Saturday morning and I feel pretty good. It’s cool and cloudy here. I'm hoping with the day before us the sun will shine. Sunny, the Chinese assistant that met us at the airport, has taken very good care of us. She made sure we had everything at the apartment that we needed including what the Chinese call “fresh milk” and bread. I think I have Internet. It seems to be working correctly.

Journal Entry #3: Sunday May 16, 2010

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Sunday we had our first day of the week family meeting at Gary and Linda Gearhart’s apartment. They live one floor above me. I had met them about 10 years ago at Ted and Sylvia Craig's house in Illinois when their daughter Lisa was living with them while attending Med School at Midwestern University in Downers Grove, Illinois. They think that Sylvia Craig is an Angel from heaven!

Journal Entry #4: Monday, May 17, 2010: First day of class

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My first class in Hengyang was actually a guest appearance in another teacher’s class. Aurelie LaMotte is a young French teacher that teaches English and French. Her students were always asking her about the American culture.

Journal Entry #5: Tuesday – May 18, 2010

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Tuesday was another good day here in China. I did not have any classes to teach myself, but two of the English teachers that are here wanted me to come to their class and talk to their students, one class at 8:00 a.m. and one at 10:00 a.m. I have a couple of photos from one of the classes posted here, and a few photos of the campus.

Journal Entry #6: Wednesday, May 19, 2010

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Wednesday morning, and as per usual, I was up early. My only class that day was at 3:00 o’clock in the afternoon. I walked into town just to look around. I bought some pastry for breakfast. I had already consumed two cups of coffee at my apartment. They DO NOT have ground coffee here - only instant, and almost no restaurant has coffee at all! Ed Mosby brought the Myers some ground coffee when he arrived on Sunday, and yesterday Mary Myers (knowing I had not had a good cup of coffee yet) made me some. But I must say the Nescafe coffee that I bought at the Supermarket is a lot better than I thought it would be.

Journal Entry #7: Thursday, May 20, 2010

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Today was supposed to be rather slow, a no class to teach, no scheduled appointments kind of day... but it turned out to be really, really exhausting. I first met my two Harding Student guy team members, Daniel and Will, so I could go to class with them.

Journal Entry #8: Friday, May 21, 2010

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It’s still raining here. It has rained every day since I have been here with varying degrees of downpour. There seems to be a few hours each day when I think it’s finally done but then it rains again. I’ve learned not to leave my apartment without my newly purchased umbrella.

Journal Entry #9: Saturday, May 22, 2010

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Saturday morning and it was raining, and then it rained it some more, and then it poured! I thought this was a good time to stay in and do my laundry. The washing machine in the apartment is very small and can only do a few items at a time. But I worked my way through my first week’s-worth of clothes and also washed my bed linens.

Journal Entry #10: Sunday, May 23, 2010

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SUNSHINE! Finally a bright and beautiful day! Sunday morning was full of anticipation. For me at least, the arrival of a group of dignitaries from Harding was exciting to say the least. The visitors were