China 1.0 – A life experience

Table of content

Chapter 1

• Why China?
• The flight
• USA’s stops
• Beijing’s arrival
• Arriving in Changchun
• John – the savior

Chapter 2

• Changchun’s first night
• Changchun’s first day
• Meeting with Alice
• The teaching company
• Lunch with Ms. Huang
• At the hospital
• Chinese chess

Chapter 3

• My first time
• Kids and Kids
• Made a difference
• Students’ supportive parents
• Linda, Jimmy and Jack
• Chinese primary schools
• Chinese teachers’ secret to control
• Memorizing questions
• Chinese secondary schools
• Prayers
• Shyness
• Spectacular classes
• Taking the math class
• The secret greeting
• Chinese chess at breaks

Chapter 4

• First college
• Bad students at the back
• Rapport
• Second college
• Mutual enjoyment
• Outdoors
• Embracing and kissing
• Leonardo da Vinci’s anecdote
• Chinese food
• Bean curd (Tofu)
• Gubarou
• Instant noodles
• Dumplings
• Chaomian
• Chaofan
• Hot Pot

Chapter 5

• Washrooms
• Some Chinese customs and habits
• On streets
• Eating
• On a bus
• On a subway
• On the market
• Greetings
• Spitting
• Smoking
• Doing business with Chinese people

Chapter 6

• The day had come
• A day that could have been the last
• Who is going to pay the bill?
• My first bāozi (包子, bun)
• One step further
• The visit

Chapter 7

• Moving
• The arrows
• Celebrating
• Dalian
• The city
• Landlord
• Pángxiè (螃蟹, crab)
• Exchanging items

Chapter 8

• Private classes to Ivy
• Another kindergarten
• Fei working
• Return to the hometown
• Fei’s private school
• Conquering the capital
• Lee – Méiguānxì! (没关系!, It’s OK!)
• Beijing’s subway
• Taking Mandarin Chinese classes
• It happened despite nobody wanted it

Chapter 9

• The hyena
• Spanish classes
• The computer company
• Shanghai
• Anhui
• Getting on the train
• On the train
• Departure

Chapter 10

• First station
• Our souls escaped momentarily
• Welcoming
• My first class
• Hyperactivity
• Other activities
• A teacher’s collision
• The eve
• The farewell

Chapter 11

• Běijīng kǎoyā（北京烤, Peking duck）
• Shenzhen
• Coconut palm
• The factory
• Some friends and colleagues
• Traveling abroad