Dear Universe,
We get it. You work in mysterious ways.
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Author: Rose
Five Life Lessons I Learned Teaching in China
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:
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Beijing’s 798 Art Zone and Hamilton’s James North: Thoughts on gentrifying neighbourhoods worldwide
As self-proclaimed artists, the 798 Art Zone was the highlight of our Beijing trip.
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Rose’s View: China Three Months Later
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 about his experience so far.
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What to Wear to a Chinese Kindergarten Graduation
“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.
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KTV: A Chinese Cultural Experience
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 KTV last weekend.
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I Took a Chinese Physical and Survived
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.
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How Did We Get Here?: Rose’s View
Six months ago, I was feeling really stuck. I wasn’t loving the city I lived in, I was exhausted working four day jobs, and even though I called myself a theatre artist, I was feeling equally uninspired to do anything creative.
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