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Christine in (the world): February 2009
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Christine in (the world). Here: This is what you can do with an English major! Friday, February 27, 2009. Apartment hunting.and maybe we have a job! First the good news: we got a call today that one of the companies that we interviewed for is going to offer both Pat and I classes starting next week! Oh well, tonight is the hostel's weekly giant BBQ, so we'll leave apartment worries alone for now, and we have a place to look at later this evening, anyway. Monday, February 23, 2009. Way south of the border.
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Christine in (the world): July 2008
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Christine in (the world). Here: This is what you can do with an English major! Monday, July 7, 2008. Travel Troubles: the northeast. I forgot the sky could be that color! So we scraped that and got a train to Shenyang, a big transport hub, to get a connecting train/bus to Dandong, a smaller city on the N.Korean border with a famous section of the Great Wall and a bridge across the river to NK, where you can walk as far at the actual border! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Welcome to my blog! Into the (Korean...
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Christine in (the world): China + Chile: from The Atlantic
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Christine in (the world). Here: This is what you can do with an English major! Wednesday, June 3, 2009. China Chile: from The Atlantic. My recent experiences are actually relevant to a current event! It actually had little specifically to do with China's relationship with Chile, but was a well written and interesting, if dated, travelogue. Imagine my excitement when theatlantic.com (website of the Atlantic. Photo also from theatlantic.com). Some comments and quotes from the article:. Began, that Asians a...
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Christine in (the world): China Flashback....
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Christine in (the world). Here: This is what you can do with an English major! Thursday, June 4, 2009. Guess what day it is today. (June 4th). To the Chinese that date is "code" for the Tiananmen Square. That happened twenty years ago. What it looks like when an internet page is blocked by the Chinese government). I've read a lot of new articles about Chinese censorship related to this anniversary of this significant but "secret" day in recent Chinese history. Also, relating to the book. On the 4th, pree...
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Christine in (the world): 10.000 Pesos
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Christine in (the world). Here: This is what you can do with an English major! Friday, June 26, 2009. What can you buy for 10.000 pesos (CLP)? That's about $15 US, and the standard bill that comes out of the ATM. Other cities might be cheaper (or more expensive), but here, based on various categories is what you can get with your 10.000 note in Santiago:. I actually thought of this post after visiting our neighborhood supermarket, Lider. Your money goes a lot further at La Vega Central. Or family restaur...
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Christine in (the world): 100 Days
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Christine in (the world). Here: This is what you can do with an English major! Sunday, May 31, 2009. This marks my 100th Day in Chile (well, also including the four days I spent in Argentina, Days 90-93, to be exact). so here is a summary of the up, downs, adventures and et ceteras of my first 100 days. No Home, No Job. Claudio Arrau house and part one of ou. R job with Burford. Finally having gotten a bit settled, be do a bit more checking out the city: climbing Cerro San Cristobal and Cerro Santa Lucia...
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Christine in (the world): January 2009
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Christine in (the world). Here: This is what you can do with an English major! Tuesday, January 6, 2009. Some much needed maintence. I suppose a six month lapse in posting is a little lazy, but by now I'm long out of China, even further. Removed from Jinan, having left for good almost a year to the day at the end of last August. I've been home for nearly three months now after a hectic (but surprisingly. I have "big eyes" and my similar salary doesn't stretch. I think I'm ready for another adventure or t...
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Christine in (the world): March 2008
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Christine in (the world). Here: This is what you can do with an English major! Wednesday, March 12, 2008. Ka-Boom.Chinese New Year. Spring Festival (aka Chinese New Year) ended a couple of weeks ago, the new lunar year having begun on February 7th. Happy Year of the Rat! Something I did experience, without a doubt, was Chinese Fireworks Fever. These fireworks are cheap (like everything else in China) and POWERFUL! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Welcome to my blog! Or post me a message here on the blog!
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Christine in (the world): April 2009
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Christine in (the world). Here: This is what you can do with an English major! Thursday, April 30, 2009. So many daily things you never thing about being different until you live in a foreign country: trash pick up, household goods and appliances. here are a few of the things that confused or surprised me the first time I tried to clean/wash/cook:. PS: all photos taken from the internet. I hadn't thought to take photos of our stuff). I don't know if gas lines even exist here (because of the earthquakes?
