My new blog.

I decided long ago I wanted to keep a blog while abroad.

I decided today that I am going to create a new blog to do it. After formatting and reformatting this one so many times, I like it the way it is; I want to keep using it for its purpose. 

So, because my blogs about China is going to have a completely different purpose, I have a new blog: Waiguoren on Rice. 

I wanted a likable name. I was leaning toward calling it "White on Rice", but then decided that was a bit too punny. (I still really like it, but thought I should use something a tad more serious.) Waiguoren is a Chinese word used frequently for foreigners. Still kind of a pun, right? They both start with w?

Check out my new blog. Follow my Chinadventures. (There's the pun you were looking for!)



10 Sept, 2013 edit:
I'm having a hard time editing the template of my blog... I'm looking to host a photo here in hopes that I can use it there.

haaaaaahhhh...

As a quick update of my life, since finishing the semester working at Elkhart Central, I have been trying to ready myself to leave for China. I have my pre-service orientation in Chicago 29 June and fly to China the following day.

Also, I need to do more writing about what's to come. I said I would, and have not yet. This will not be that post. This post is about my time at Central. Since finishing at Central, my facebook has been flooded with requests from former students. Some tried to add me sooner, but I told them I would not be their facebook friend while working at Central. Now, I'm not necessarily opposed to being connected with them on the social network, but as all my "friends", I have standards and an expectation of etiquette online.

Yesterday, I accepted one student's request, only to find he had plastered links to my blog all over his facebook. ::pause for effect:: That's exactly what I was thinking.

However, the mild ribbing aside, I don't mind the idea of more people reading my blog. So, to all of my students who are wandering here, welcome. Drop me a line. Just don't lose your mind.