when do I get my adult certificate?
Friends often comment that I like to make life harder for myself and it’s quite true. This is because I’ve been happiest when I’m working on a difficult problem and I successfully solve it. Think back to moments when you’ve been really happy and fulfilled, and I’ll bet that it involved some element of overcoming…
I must be the first person to say that they love the internet in China. To be clear, the internet here is crap. I have a VPN, and the internet works almost all the time, but the speed is SLOW and even the best VPN goes down once in a while. In addition, the VPN…
For my yearbook quote as a teacher, I wrote down “luck favours the brave”. I also left it in a cafe where costumers can put sticky notes on the walls. Two colleagues who were with me saw what I wrote and we proceeded to have an interesting discussion of what really constitutes luck, and if…
The Chinese don’t mess around when it comes to the world’s largest snow and ice festival. This winter break, I had the good fortune of being in Harbin during the Snow & Ice Winter Festival to see this breath-taking display of sculptures. Like, seriously AMAZING. Previously, the largest ice sculptures I saw were in Ottawa…
When people asked me in high school what my dream job was I would answer I wanted to be a graphic designer. But, like many children of immigrants, the consideration of what you love to do comes second to what your parents think would provide you with financial stability. I became a math teacher. Throughout…
I once read that to avoid overeating and wasting food one should shop with a grocery list. I’m not sure how true it is but I did use a list every week when I did my grocery run. I’ve downloaded it and tabulated all the items to see just what I ate for a year*…
I’ve noticed something since I came to teach in China. My work hours were long, the location a step down from London, and the internet was often one step above dial-up. But, I have not been this happy in a while. I was puzzling a little over this because my work days are 12 hours…
Here are some tried and true tips if you’re also a beginner adult like me. I had to get good at meal-prepping in London out of necessity, partly for savings, partly for health, and partly because I can’t stand the 10min it takes to buy lunch from the school canteen. I only had an hour…