Heya, how goes?This Week: Noodles, Commutes, and Breakfast on CampusThis week features reflections on commute-time productivity, a favorite Chinese noodle dish, and a breakdown of what a typical breakfast looks like in the city.⎻🎵 Listen to the late...
Happy Mother's Day!To all you hard-working Mothers out there: have a very happy and wonderful day! As I wrote to some of the Mothers I know here in China: 母亲节祝福快乐！And you expats: Don't forget to call home!This Week: Campus Walks, Rage Bait, a...
Hello and welcome to this week's newsletter!This Week: Teachers, AI, Labour Day, and Rose Garden MysteriesIt was a holiday-shortened week here in China as the Labour Day is in full swing. That means we have five days off straight (but have to make up...
This Week: Two Types of Fluency, University Life, Aviation Adventures, and What is a "Make Up Day"?Each week I share practical reflections, language-learning topics, and snapshots from daily life here in China. This time, we explore what fluency real...
Happy Easter! Christos Voskres! (If you celebrate!)This Week: Daily Life in Beijing & The Variety of Chinese Postage Stamps (plus some AI)This week's newsletter is a little bit late since my usual routine was interrupted by a visit to the aviatio...
This Week: Studying Outside, Catkins in Beijing, and 中文检查A month ago we had snow, then the cherry blossoms arrived, now we have big wind (大风）and the air is filled with the fluff of the catkins (柳絮). I thought the weather was supposed to get...
Hello and welcome to yet another edition of the language vlog newsletter!This week is a "newsletter-heavy" edition as we only published one video on the YouTube channel. We take a look around my new neighbourhood, practice typing in Russian, check in...
Hello and welcome to this week's newsletter!This week saw us post two long form videos to the channel, one of which we shot a couple months ago during the Spring Festival. Another video discusses whether or not it's worth it to go overseas to teach,...
Xairete! Zao! Nihao! Welcome!This week's newsletter arrives at the real beginning of Spring as the flowers are now in bloom, the weather has warmed up, and we're finally in a good routine with the new work schedule.If you're new here, welcome aboard...
Hello and welcome!This week covers some of the APPs you need to survive in China, how to find an English teaching job, and my own first impressions of being back in the classroom. There’s also a look at a classic sci-fi novel, daily commutes in Beiji...