It's about -20c already and it's snowing... It's gonna get even colder next month! But on the bright side, some of the view is quite pretty. Like the snowmen :D
It's pretty hilarious 'cause it's the freshmen's duty to shovel every time it snows, LOL. If only we had this back in Canada. I'd laugh at my sister..
Last week I took Katelyn to get our nails done! She got a gorgeous leopard print for 50rmb.
I added a fake tip so mine cost 60rmb. The quality is pretty good!
Last week was also Dana's birthday, so we went to her fave restaurant in the city :D
Pretty birthday cake~
Crappy cellphone pics with friends :D
Also did a lot of shopping these couple of weeks! These, my dear, are lighters. Cute?
A really cute mug! It's the first time I've ever bought a cup/mug.. But it was so cute! C'mon, it has a print of a camera. I had to.
A cute hair tie. When you wear it, it looks as if your hair is wrapped around your ponytail.
A cute lego calendar :) You set it up yourself every month, and the dates are shaped as a heart :)
I'm a huuuuge sucker for cute journals and notepaper.. So naturally I had to get a couple.
Domo-kun camera case! A bit late though, 'cause my camera is all scratched up already...
A cute pair of rainboots I ordered online! Unfortunately they don't fit around my legs, so I'm gonna have to give them to my sister -.-
Two cute cellphone cases a student bought me! I can't use the white case though because of my trypophobia.
A friend had gone to Korea for vacation so I asked her to bring back some Skinfood.. Omg it's so damn expensive in HK/China. She got me goodies from Skinfood & the Face Shop ;) Yay!
Also bought a lot of clothes... of course. A Super Mario hoodie!
An awesome "Math Sucks" shirt.
Saving the best for last... "Atheism, Communism, Free Love".
Remember the scarf from my last entry? Well I finished it :) It's my fave so far!
Currently working on a black version of it... Again, someone's Christmas present probably.
Ever since I came to Changchun, Jacky's been a real darling and has sent me postcards... five of them! So sweet :) Not to mention some ridiculous drawings too.. hahaha.
Pretty bad huh? Hahaha
In terms of school.. This week, I taught my students how to write resumes. Check out this one:
It was American Thanksgiving yesterday, so a bunch of my students sent me texts.. They are soo sweet!
♥♥♥
Also....... I treated myself to an early birthday/Christmas present. It cost me a fortune, but I'm trying to think of it as an investment. I'll blog about it next time ;) We're gonna have a Thanksgiving potluck today. So excited!!
It's pretty hilarious 'cause it's the freshmen's duty to shovel every time it snows, LOL. If only we had this back in Canada. I'd laugh at my sister..
Ok, so the funniest thing happened yesterday. During dinner, I get a random text that led to a 20 minute back-and-forth conversation that went a little something like this....
xx: 干嘛那 (What are you doing?)
Me: 没什么你是谁？ (Not much, who are you?)
xx: 猜 (Guess)
Me: 猜不到！ 我不可以打那么多汉字 你可以打英语吗？(Can't guess. I can't type a lot of Chinese, can you type in English?)
xx: 为什么不能打汉字啊 (Why can't you type in Chinese?)
Me: 因为我的汉语不流利 (My Chinese isn't fluent)
xx: 哈哈...不能吧 (Haha.. Impossible)
Me: 绝对。我会等你的回答 (It's true. I'll wait for your reply)
xx: 什么回答 (What reply?)
Me: 你的名字！哈哈 (Your name! Haha)
xx: 呵呵...你真的不知道我是谁啊 (Hehe... You really don't know who I am?)
Me: 对 你是学生或者。。。？ (Yes. Are you a student or...?)
xx: 我不是学生 但是我已经很久不和你联系了 (I'm not a student. But I haven't communicated with you in a long time)
At this point, I'm like.. Extremely frustrated. So, I asked Dana to call the number pretending to be someone else. We find out that xx is a girl.
Me: 我真的不知道 不好意思 (I really don't know. Sorry)
xx: 哎! 还是告诉你吧 我李x 没想到吧 (Ai! I'll just tell you. I'm XX. You couldn't guess huh?)
Me: English name?
xx:？ 不认识我嘛 (? You don't know me?)
Me: Sorry I don't remember Chinese names.
xx: 你不是李东阳嘛 (Aren't you Li Dongyang?)
Me: 你搞错了 我是 Joan，加拿大的外教 (You made a mistake. I'm Joan, a Canadian foreign teacher)
xx: 哦 不好意思 (Oh. Sorry)
So, that whole time, I had thought she was a guy flirting with me.. And her vice versa. How random, and what a waste of money! Hahaha.
xx: 干嘛那 (What are you doing?)
Me: 没什么你是谁？ (Not much, who are you?)
xx: 猜 (Guess)
Me: 猜不到！ 我不可以打那么多汉字 你可以打英语吗？(Can't guess. I can't type a lot of Chinese, can you type in English?)
xx: 为什么不能打汉字啊 (Why can't you type in Chinese?)
Me: 因为我的汉语不流利 (My Chinese isn't fluent)
xx: 哈哈...不能吧 (Haha.. Impossible)
Me: 绝对。我会等你的回答 (It's true. I'll wait for your reply)
xx: 什么回答 (What reply?)
Me: 你的名字！哈哈 (Your name! Haha)
xx: 呵呵...你真的不知道我是谁啊 (Hehe... You really don't know who I am?)
Me: 对 你是学生或者。。。？ (Yes. Are you a student or...?)
xx: 我不是学生 但是我已经很久不和你联系了 (I'm not a student. But I haven't communicated with you in a long time)
At this point, I'm like.. Extremely frustrated. So, I asked Dana to call the number pretending to be someone else. We find out that xx is a girl.
Me: 我真的不知道 不好意思 (I really don't know. Sorry)
xx: 哎! 还是告诉你吧 我李x 没想到吧 (Ai! I'll just tell you. I'm XX. You couldn't guess huh?)
Me: English name?
xx:？ 不认识我嘛 (? You don't know me?)
Me: Sorry I don't remember Chinese names.
xx: 你不是李东阳嘛 (Aren't you Li Dongyang?)
Me: 你搞错了 我是 Joan，加拿大的外教 (You made a mistake. I'm Joan, a Canadian foreign teacher)
xx: 哦 不好意思 (Oh. Sorry)
So, that whole time, I had thought she was a guy flirting with me.. And her vice versa. How random, and what a waste of money! Hahaha.
Last week I took Katelyn to get our nails done! She got a gorgeous leopard print for 50rmb.
I added a fake tip so mine cost 60rmb. The quality is pretty good!
Last week was also Dana's birthday, so we went to her fave restaurant in the city :D
Pretty birthday cake~
Crappy cellphone pics with friends :D
Also did a lot of shopping these couple of weeks! These, my dear, are lighters. Cute?
A really cute mug! It's the first time I've ever bought a cup/mug.. But it was so cute! C'mon, it has a print of a camera. I had to.
A cute hair tie. When you wear it, it looks as if your hair is wrapped around your ponytail.
A cute lego calendar :) You set it up yourself every month, and the dates are shaped as a heart :)
I'm a huuuuge sucker for cute journals and notepaper.. So naturally I had to get a couple.
Domo-kun camera case! A bit late though, 'cause my camera is all scratched up already...
A cute pair of rainboots I ordered online! Unfortunately they don't fit around my legs, so I'm gonna have to give them to my sister -.-
Two cute cellphone cases a student bought me! I can't use the white case though because of my trypophobia.
A friend had gone to Korea for vacation so I asked her to bring back some Skinfood.. Omg it's so damn expensive in HK/China. She got me goodies from Skinfood & the Face Shop ;) Yay!
Also bought a lot of clothes... of course. A Super Mario hoodie!
An awesome "Math Sucks" shirt.
Saving the best for last... "Atheism, Communism, Free Love".
Remember the scarf from my last entry? Well I finished it :) It's my fave so far!
Currently working on a black version of it... Again, someone's Christmas present probably.
Ever since I came to Changchun, Jacky's been a real darling and has sent me postcards... five of them! So sweet :) Not to mention some ridiculous drawings too.. hahaha.
Pretty bad huh? Hahaha
In terms of school.. This week, I taught my students how to write resumes. Check out this one:
It was American Thanksgiving yesterday, so a bunch of my students sent me texts.. They are soo sweet!
♥♥♥
My students are so so so x1000 awesome. I'm gonna miss them so much! Luckily, I renewed my contract the other day, so I'll be here until June. Gonna travel a bit in January (Shanghai, Xi'an, Hong Kong & Macau!) before heading back to Canada for the winter holiday. So excited!!
Also....... I treated myself to an early birthday/Christmas present. It cost me a fortune, but I'm trying to think of it as an investment. I'll blog about it next time ;) We're gonna have a Thanksgiving potluck today. So excited!!
