Category Archives: 10,000 Smiles

Do you love your freedom? Have you ever been told on how you are to look? Well in China at many of the public schools from elementary through high school they enforce a strict hair policy. A Chinese woman, Ripple, informed me firsthand of her experience and knowledge of the students’ loss of freedom with […]

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Do you Dream of Traveling the World? Do you have the desire to travel the world? If so, teaching English in China is one way of accomplishing this dream. For the last year my husband, Denny and I have been teaching English with a private academy, Kings English for Kids in Qingdao, China. Because of […]

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Are you a rebel or rule follower? Most people fall in one category or the other. I tend to lean on the rule follower but when there are rules/guidelines that I don’t think make sense I break them. Yep, I April break rules. Most cities in China, except for Hong Kong, have architectural designs that are […]

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“Why are you moving to China?” “Are you crazy, it’s not safe there.” “Wow, that’s a trip of a lifetime! I am so happy for you.” “I wish I could go there, but I have all this stuff.” I heard so many responses about a year ago when Denny and I announced we were moving […]

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[box] “Don’t judge anybody until you’ve walked a mile in their shoes. After that it doesn’t matter, because they’re a mile away and you have their shoes!”- Author Unknown[/box] Have you ever had something valuable stolen? Have you ever been a predicament where you can’t do anything about it being gone? Well, ladies and gents […]

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