9:30 at night, ‘Knock, knock’ who is that at my door!  “Shashar (is my name apparently) open the door”.  Luckily for me (or them) I was not yet in my really awesome teddy bear nylon boxer short PJs, not that it wasn’t anything the people in my building hadn’t seen before. After all the students have literally fallen through my door (stupid lock) only to be confronted with my nylons. They were pretty impressed, or...

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“Half time in the game of Chinese Apartment Vs Sasha and the Chinese Apartment has a clear lead of 4-1 with an amazing display of exploding toilets, power failures and flooding.  In the second half can Sasha regain some ground against this tough and persistent opponent?”   After the exploding toilet incident and power failure I was hoping that was all the apartment had install for me.  Yet despite my hope I had a persistent...

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It’s inevitable when teaching that at some point you are going to come across some disciplinary issues particularly when teaching children.  Children can turn from little angels into little devils in the blink of an eye and even the model student can turn into your worst nightmare.   When I came to teach in China I was fairly confident that I wouldn’t come across to many problem children after hearing how well behaved and hardworking...

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I had always dreamt of living abroad.  I had imagined a romanticised life in a beautiful foreign country surrounded by gorgeous foreign people and spending every night eating delicious foreign foods.  If you had asked me a year ago where in a years time I would be living and working, China would have been the last thing I would ever had said.  Yet here I am in China my first time living and working abroad....

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I run an online travel magazine and website www.onurwaytravel.com.  I'm in the process of putting together the second issue of the magazine and are looking for feature writers and a feature traveller.  If you're passionate about travel and travel writing then you may just get featured.  The magazine is all about young people exploring the world and discovering all the amazing things it has to offer!  I want young, enthusiastic, passionate travellers to share their stories and experiences.  If...

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As I stepped into my apartment my nose was offended by an extremely putrid smell. At first I thought nothing of it, offensive smells are not an uncommon occurrence in my building. It wasn’t until I stepped into my bathroom that I came across the most horrific sight. An exploded toilet! Now it had been threatening to erupt for weeks like Mt Vesuvius ready to bury Pompeii. In the night I would often hear loud...

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Taking the plunge to live and work in China wasn't that tough a decision to make. I’m passionate about travel and saw this as a great way to travel, earn some money and really get an indepth look into the culture。   I had all these pre-conceived ideas of what it all would be like, the experience, the school and the accommodation.   It all got off to a very rocky start with my placement falling...

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