Rose – View From This Spot

Letters to the Universe #002: Beijing Shopping Street

November 24, 2019January 14, 2020Rose

Dear Universe,

We get it. You work in mysterious ways.

Five Life Lessons I Learned Teaching in China

November 17, 2019January 14, 2020Rose

An acting teacher once told me that people stop changing at twenty-five, that after that time your character is pretty much set in stone. When I moved to China to teach at the ripe old age of 27, I realized just how wrong he was. These are five life lessons that I learned in my time living abroad that I will take with me for the rest of my life:

Beijing’s 798 Art Zone and Hamilton’s James North: Thoughts on gentrifying neighbourhoods worldwide

October 2, 2019January 14, 2020Rose

As self-proclaimed artists, the 798 Art Zone was the highlight of our Beijing trip.

Rose’s View: China Three Months Later

August 11, 2019January 14, 2020Rose

We can’t believe that we’ve been living in China for a whole three months. It has been a whirlwind of a time with many ups and downs and we wanted to share our thoughts of what the past 90 days have been like. This is Rose’s view, and you can read Adam’s view by clicking here.

What to Wear to a Chinese Kindergarten Graduation

August 1, 2019January 13, 2020Rose

“Do you have a performance dress?”

I assume this is referring to something to wear for the upcoming kindergarten graduation which is happening two days from now. After being postponed at least two times, it’s finally happening and it’s happening all at once.

KTV: A Chinese Cultural Experience

July 28, 2019January 14, 2020Rose

Three Canadians, two Brazilians, and a Chinese woman walk into a bar…

Nope, it’s not a joke. That’s just how I rolled into karaoke last weekend.

I Took a Chinese Physical and Survived

June 10, 2019January 14, 2020Rose

When we were offered teaching jobs in China, we had no idea just how involved the process would be to get our visas. We had to take countless pictures, send documents back and forth dozens of times, and still ended up unemployed and in Canada for six weeks longer than expected. But nothing in the visa process was quite as interesting as the physical exam.