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For three years, I have been in China teaching Swing Dancing. Now I'm wandering yet again...
2007-09-16
Good weekend
This weekend I met with two of my old friends from Shanghai. One was the guy who shot the video for our very first swing dance party back in Christmas 2003. The other was one of my oldest friends back in Shanghai. Both of them were active in the Shanghai Swings group way back. It was really great to see the both of them, because this last week had gotten a little more difficult. Work had been just a touch harder than before, and I was getting tired and needed a good break. Good to see them both.
I am still living in the hotel, but soon I'll be in a position to put down a deposit on an apartment. This is always on my mind and my overriding priority. There are several things which I would like to arrange in my personal affairs. I want to get some new clothes, and get a Mandarin tutor, for instance. It does not make sense to do either of these, because I don't want to haul around a lot more stuff when I move, and I want to be sure my tutor does not live too far from my house.
But the weekend was good, I am feeling much better and recharged.
More later,
-J
2007-09-07
Stuff
It's the end of week 2. Things are pretty good. I met quite a few of my workmates. Plus, and old friend from Shanghai came into Beijing recently. He's doing some sort of program with a local college. And, he's asked me to put together a swing dancing class for his students. Why not? Sounds like fun.
The only big problem is that I haven't got my home sorted out. Thought I did, but then there were some difficulties with the deposit and up-front rent. I'm going to have to wait until I get my first paycheck at the end of the month, but the company was good enough to extend my hotel stay time, so it should all be ok. Wish I had a place, though. It drags on you not to have a home to go back to.
Today after work I went out and played basketball with some of the guys from work. Not too bad. I haven't lost too much skill, and I kept up with them OK. Not that I had too much skill in the first, place, but hey.
So, smooth so far.
-J
