About Me!
A recent grad in my early 20's hailing from Seattle, USA. This year I'm teaching English at a high school in Ningbo, China. Read along and have a laugh as I share my ridiculous adventures around Asia!
Tag Archives: Shanghai
Adventure Awaits
AYC is having its first annual photo essay and video competitions. Naturally, I entered both, because let’s face it, what else am I going to do with my time? My last post, This is Home, was my photo essay contribution, and … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, Ameson, Ameson Year in China, AYC, Beijing, China, competition, contest, culture, ESL, Guilin, Harbin, Malaysia, National Day, New Year, Ningbo, rice terraces, Shanghai, Spring Festival, teach abroad, teaching, Thanksgiving, travel, Video, Vietnam, youtube
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4 Reasons to live in a Tier 2 or 3 City in China
Below is a guest post written by Brandon King: Brandon runs SmartIntern China Internships (website link), a company which pairs students and recent graduates with jobs and entry-level positions in Shanghai, China. For me, the decision on which city in … Continue reading
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Tagged Brandon King, China, city, culture, expat, guest post, life, Shanghai, Shenzhen, SmartIntern, Tier 2, Tier 3, travel
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Thanksgiving in China
While I’m used to not going home for Thanksgiving (DC to Seattle is a long and expensive plane ride for just a few days), there’s something about being in China for Thanksgiving that makes you miss home. Almost everyone in … Continue reading
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Tagged Ameson Year in China, AYC, Budhism, ceremony, China, culture, dinner, ESL, food, holiday, Jade Buddha Temple, photo, Shanghai, Thanksgiving, travel, Video, Western food, Xiaolongbao, Yu Gardens, Yu Yuan
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The Apocalypse Has Arrived
This week Ningbo and the rest of Eastern China have been hit with what I can only describe as “apocalyptic pollution”. I thought this kind of stuff only happened near Beijing?! On Wednesday, the pollution AQI (air quality index) was … Continue reading
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Tagged air pollution, API, AQI, AYC, China, East coast, ESL, face mask, Forbes, Hazardous, lung cancer, Ningbo, pollution, Shanghai, smog, travel
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I’m Officially 100% Moving Back to China!
As many of you may know, about a month ago I received a job offer with Ameson Year in China! I’ve been extremely busy trying to get all of the materials together: background checks, health clearances, and signed agreements etc, … Continue reading
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Tagged Ameson Year in China, China, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Suzhou, teaching english in china, travel, Wuhan
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Shanghai: the most impulsive trip of a lifetime
For a little more info on how ridiculously impulsive this weekend was, please refer to this post: So Apparently I’m Crazy Back from Xinjiang for twenty four hours, it was time to leave for a weekend in Shanghai. Barely unpacked … Continue reading
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Tagged Bund, China, Jin Mao tower, Olympics, Shanghai, Shanghai World Finance Center, Study Abroad, travel
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ADVENTURES AROUND ASIA 