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This year changed my life
1 year, 12 months, 365 days, 8760 hours, 525,600 minutes, 31,536,000 seconds... One year A lot can happen during this time, and for me it...
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Easy Rewards
Before coming to China I worked in Spain as an au pair and found out how rewarding being with children was. How much joy then can bring...
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Chinese New Year
Here in Nanchang, I've been lucky enough that my home stay falls during Spring Festival (春节). Spring festival is a huge thing in China...
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A very Chinese Christmas
Before I left for China, and even talking to friends outside of China, I'm often asked 'do you miss home?', or 'will you be going home...
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My top 10 must learn Mandarin phrases
Mandarin is the number one spoken language in the world with 873 million native speakers and a total of 1.051 billion (#2 Hindi, #3...
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One Month Encounting
Somehow I've now survived my first month in China... How is it? Crazy. Things confuse me and if I see something strange, I am always just...