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A TALE OF TWO CITIES
A TALE OF TWO CITIES August 2005 For a while, I had been grumbling about how teaching ESL was, for the most part, quite intellectually boring. Few people major in English for a love of grammar, and I was no exception. I dreamed of teaching Shakespeare in a U.S. high school; I remembered teaching Chinua …
REVENGE OF THE BEAN PASTE
REVENGE OF THE BEAN PASTE June 2005 The closest I ever came to culture shock in China was the first time I went to the supermarket. Or, I should specify, the animal section of the supermarket. There are pig trotters, chicken feet, all sorts of internal guts and sacks, knuckles, heads, legs, wings…and those are …
BEIJING
BEIJING October 2005 WELCOME TO BEIJING, Population 15 millionWe arrived in Beijing at daybreak on National Day. We would be staying in Beijing for six nights and planned to see all the attractions that self respecting tourists should see. My parents and Zac and I had left Dalian around 8:30 the night before and spent …
Typhoon Matsa
TYPHOON MATSA August 2005 It had been rainy in Dalian for several days, and on Monday morning, there was a torrential downpour. By Monday afternoon, our school cancelled classes for the rest of the day and Tuesday because Typhoon Matsa was supposed to reach the northeastern coast of China. But seemingly from the time school …
ICE CUBES
ICE CUBES March 2005 It was snowing when we arrived in Dalian on March 1st. People from the school met us at the airport, and we took a taxi to a hotel. The traffic didn’t seem too bad and the city seemed surprisingly normal despite the incomprehensible Chinese characters that adorned the buildings and billboards. …
DALIAN WINTER SNOW
SNOW in DALIAN December 2005 This was the most snow Dalian had received in over 50 years. Snow is not very common in Dalian and winters are mild. click here for the e-mail about this snow
Sera
The Creator and Writer of this Website: Sera Arcaro
LABOR PARK
LABOR PARK located in downtown Dalian
THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA
THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA From Jinshanling to Simatai, October 2005
Forestry Zoo
DALIAN FORESTRY ZOO