On March 15th we set out on a 30 challenge to observe one foreign teacher’s spending habits while living in Jiujiang. The challenge is over- it concluded on the 15th of April but took a few more days to get the last blog updates in and a final observation. Now you can read the entire [...]
Qingming festival is Chinese remembrence day. On this day families will trek to the burial sites of loved relatives to sweep the tomb, set fresh flowers, and offer a gift- some set a glass of wine, others set bowls of oranges. The offering varies by region and local custom. To pay respects, pyres of old [...]
In the last post I laid out the groundwork for an answer to the question; “How’s the pay at a Chinese University?” Today a new blog within this blog begins, Brendan’s Budget Blog, answering that question. Visit, and subscribe if you like, to the BBB feed to watch Brendan, a 23 year old man from Seattle, Washington [...]
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