(The Goodbye Book)
The time has come for me to say goodbye to Kaifeng and to FINALLY say hello to Canada! I fly out of ZhongZhou tomorrow morning and after a 6 hour layover in Beijing, I’ll be on my merry way to Toronto! Merry indeed, just in time for Christmas! I received the loveliest parting gift from one of my classes yesterday, a book in which they all wrote a page just for me. It’s a lovely gift, but like most things in China, it’s filled with hilarious Chinglish. So as my final parting gift to all of you who have been diligently reading my 6-week China Challenge, here’s some of “the best of” my goodbye book:
“Hey Laura. We may not get along with each other for a long time, but…” (meaning: we didn’t get a long time together.. I hope!)
“Hoping that we can still get touched though we are in different country!”
“I still feel very lucky meeting you for predestination!”
“Wish you a beautiful forever!”
“Every class you gave us was full of happiness!!”
“I love Yoga, You love Yoga, therefore I love You”
“Nice girl like you must have a nice life”
“I hope you will become more and more beautiful.”
“May you be happy everyday”
“Laura, I hope you will marry soon!” (haha, as if this is the life goal)
“May happiness follow you everywhere… just like we do” (lol, they don’t)
“I wish your lover will love you forever”
“I have told you that I can play table tennis, but it looked like you were not interested in it (In fact, I don’t want to play with someone who has bad skills)” - hahaha ouch!
“Live a colorful life!”
These are of course the silly bits, but the book was also filled with the most heartfelt and sweet things students have ever said to me! I have loved the whole experience in China and I am sad now to leave the students and the other teachers.
I am, however, pleased to announce that I won’t be unemployed for long! I’ve been offered a job teaching in Vinh, Vietnam! It’s through the same university in Melbourne and I’ll be teaching at Vinh University. This is a new partnership so there will be 4 of us pioneering the new English program there. If all goes well, I’ll be living there for just under 5 months starting in March!
Merry Christmas Everyone and I hope to see most of you when I’m home!
The time has come for me to say goodbye to Kaifeng and to FINALLY say hello to Canada! I fly out of ZhongZhou tomorrow morning and after a 6 hour layover in Beijing, I’ll be on my merry way to Toronto! Merry indeed, just in time for Christmas! I received the loveliest parting gift from one of my classes yesterday, a book in which they all wrote a page just for me. It’s a lovely gift, but like most things in China, it’s filled with hilarious Chinglish. So as my final parting gift to all of you who have been diligently reading my 6-week China Challenge, here’s some of “the best of” my goodbye book:
“Hey Laura. We may not get along with each other for a long time, but…” (meaning: we didn’t get a long time together.. I hope!)
“Hoping that we can still get touched though we are in different country!”
“I still feel very lucky meeting you for predestination!”
“Wish you a beautiful forever!”
“Every class you gave us was full of happiness!!”
“I love Yoga, You love Yoga, therefore I love You”
“Nice girl like you must have a nice life”
“I hope you will become more and more beautiful.”
“May you be happy everyday”
“Laura, I hope you will marry soon!” (haha, as if this is the life goal)
“May happiness follow you everywhere… just like we do” (lol, they don’t)
“I wish your lover will love you forever”
“I have told you that I can play table tennis, but it looked like you were not interested in it (In fact, I don’t want to play with someone who has bad skills)” - hahaha ouch!
“Live a colorful life!”
These are of course the silly bits, but the book was also filled with the most heartfelt and sweet things students have ever said to me! I have loved the whole experience in China and I am sad now to leave the students and the other teachers.
I am, however, pleased to announce that I won’t be unemployed for long! I’ve been offered a job teaching in Vinh, Vietnam! It’s through the same university in Melbourne and I’ll be teaching at Vinh University. This is a new partnership so there will be 4 of us pioneering the new English program there. If all goes well, I’ll be living there for just under 5 months starting in March!
Merry Christmas Everyone and I hope to see most of you when I’m home!
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