The following 2 movies are video tours of my colleagues apartments in down town Guiyang. There is a double apartment- two apartments joined together and a single self contained apartment with a large bedroom and bathroom. I have tried to be as neutral as possible when describing these flats along with their pros and cons. I hope you find it eye opening. Double Chinese apartment Single apartment with a large bathroom
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For public schools the summer holidays are a time of rest and the teachers can begin their long, relaxing work free breaks. However, fro private schools it is a time for capitalising on a long period of potential money making by giving finding financially profitable ways to fill up the kids free time. Giving them days and days of fun and interactive lessons to form a summer camp. For so many private teachers like me, this doesn’t mean we can rest. It in fact means…
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To save me from lugging my hand luggage around with me I decided to post all the things I wanted to take home but didn’t have room for. This mainly comprised of my winter gear, jumpers and a jacket along with an abundance of multinational souvenirs such as Japanese coffee mugs and Cambodian football shirts that I had accumulated over the past 7 months. In total for this first of two despatches I had about 20 K.G’s of belongings to ship back. Sending them home was surprisingly…
Read More »Heres a video of my apartment. Transcript: Hi everyone Im Ben from Guiyang in Southwest China. Today Im going to take you a little tour around my Chinese apartment. so lets have a look. First on the agenda, juicy door complete with upside down Fu symbol meaning blessing in Chinese. Unfortunately the door is not as secure as I would like. I was burgled once when I forgot to double lock it! Lovely little painting as you turn around you will see my authentic pine…
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