Hello peoples! It is time for another exciting* installment of the Life of Tanya! As it’s a new year, I’ve tried to clean up the mailing list a little – delete multiple email addresses, added some new friends, etc. As always, if you want off the list at any time just let me know –…
So I just realised that I wrote this update but never sent it!!! Sorry!!! Now it’s time for another update already. Oops! So I’m sending this now and I’ll send another sometime soon :) Hi everyone! 2009 has begun and you’ve not had an update from me so far this year. I’m starting the new…
Hi everyone! I am headed back to Australia VERY SOON! I will be there December 24th-January 4th. My time’s going to be pretty full with family and a certain Wedding that is taking place on the 2nd, but I’m thinking of having a bit of a shindig seomtime on Saturday December 27th for anyone who wants to…
Hi everyone! Firstly, thanks/apologies to Annemarie, Candy, Josh, Ting, and Zach for photos I stole for the montage pics attached!! (Some of them are mine, really….) The big news is: I am now a blonde! And not in a China everyone-with-non-black-hair-is-blonde sort of way. In a two boxes of bleach across ten days sort of…
Hi everyone! The weather has cooled off significantly in the past few weeks. I still get surprised by how fast the seasons change here! Unfortunately, there is still no word as to when our hot water will come back on. Big sigh. On a better note, the October Holiday has been and gone and now…
Hi everyone, It’s been a yucky week but I am now having a good day! Here are a few reasons why: The weather is BEAUTIFUL – clear blue skies, a light breeze, and warm sun. I actually like the outfit I’m wearing (I don’t think I look huge in it). I just drove my colleague’s…
The Olympic Countdown 2 weeks to go… Beijng Olympics banners in blue/aqua/spring green/yellow lined every major road. The new Olympic Use Only lanes on the ring roads were opened. It was strange to see the inside lane always empty. Fines for using them without permission went up to 1,800 RMB (as opposed to the normal…
Hi everyone! Thought it was about time for another little update. I won’t do Olympic stories this time, I’ll send an email with all the Olympics stuff a bit later, once the Paralympics are done. School is back, and University City is bustling once again. The weather has cooled off and it’s now quite pleasant…
This isn’t a normal update – but after the past week I felt I had some good stories to tell :) Firstly, I went to a huge WEDDING on Saturday! Two of my very good friends, who I met two weeks after arriving in China in February 2004. It was wonderful to celebrate with them –…
Hi everyone! The Olympics are nearly upon us – 16 days to go, I think? Beijing is visibly different with all the changes. There are flowers on every street, neat (uniform) facades newly affixed to every store front, new malls opening, fake merchandise stores shutting, fancy buildings nearly completed, new subways lines finally open (the Airport link and…
Hi everyone, Yes, I am back in China, proud owner of a three month employment visa, which is valid until September 18th. That’s how long I have to go and get the work visa I TRIED to apply for two months ago! Getting the visa was a very simple process – I went in on…
Hi all, Well, the last of the graduation events are over, and all that remains is the last goodbyes to friends who are leaving for good. Too many goodbyes, I almost can’t take it. But a bunch of my kids will still be here next year, and I’m really looking forward to working with the…
Stories From Tanya 