While in Manila we managed to get lots of paperwork done, visit all of Yen's family who live there, and relax.
Malate, Manila
Manila skyline
on a clear day
I have been hired by a Canadian run college at Guangxi University, the top university in Guangxi province. I mostly teach first year Chinese students who are hoping to transfer either to the main University or else to a university abroad. For anyone in Canada I am basically working full time at the equivalent of VCC.
My coworkers are, for the most part, amazing and very experienced. It is a 180 from the cram school environment I am used to. I've learned more practically in a week here than I did in years there. Barring any unforeseen problems that we encounter I could see myself here for a couple of years anyway. That being said, most of what I have done so far has been orientation, lesson planning, and meetings. I've set up my Bank of China account and managed to get internet etc. All in all good progress for the first 10 days.
Now we start mid-autumn festival (Chuseok for anyone in Korea) and then full time starts on Monday. I'm actually ready to just start, and feel more motivated than I have in years. Early days, but so far coming here was a good move.
The campus itself is also beautiful.
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