I really had no idea until now what it feels like to be discriminated against. Its really one of the crappiest feelings ever. To get turned down from a job based soley on what I look like is terrible. K&H retracted their job offer yesterday after having called me and telling me they wanted to offer me the job. Its not because Im underqualified of because a more qualified person got the job instead of me. Its only because I am Asian. Its the strangest feeling ...

First things first, I have a very promising lead on a job. The company called me today to offer me the job and to come in to sign the contract. 3/4 of the way there, they asked to reschedule until monday. But they called later saying that I need to come in to do a practice lesson so I can show the students and parents that even though I'm Asian I can still speak perfect English and am a good teacher. It's such a ridiculous expectation of Chinese parents that thei...

So I havn't really been up to much the past couple of days. Been pretty lazy I guess. But I did get some good news, I have an interview at K&H international school on tuesday! Now I just need to come up with fun, interesting, and exciting 15 minute demo lesson. Hmmmm.... let the research begin! I am also going to try to look into another school that Kevin's friend just got a job at. The connection to this friend is rather funny though. If any of you remember...

So today was my first day as an English tutor. While it's not really the ideal job that I was looking for, it will have to do for now. My first student is a 6 year old girl names Ya Ya. And the funny thing is I can actually see her house from the window in my room. She literally lives across the road from me. Ya Ya's house is amazing! It is huge and beautiful and fairly well decorated for her family having just moved in a week ago. Ya Ya's parents are very nice, ...

So shortly before I left for China I found out that my high school friend Todd Lane was going to be passing through Shanghai a week or so after my arrival. And we made tentative plans to meet up when he arrived in Shanghai. Todd has been backpacking around southeast Asia for the past 5 or so weeks. After we met up he still had one more week of his trip remaining before heading back home to Seattle. I was super excited to see Todd because I hadn't seen him since C...