I just finished reading adult acne treatment review and it is very informative. It’s been several days now that i am checking acne related websites because I am trying to find an answer to my daughter’s problem. I did not ever imagine that one day her face will be full of pimple (big and not so big one). One of the students told me to bring D first to the doctor for medical evaluation. She hopes it’s not an allergic reaction.

Almost 4 am now and i really need to get a sleep. Babush everyone! Signing off now!

MSH College Chorales is the official chorale of the campus church. They had a short concert last night entitled “Make Us an Instrument.” It was a nice and cool evening of beautiful religious music.

There are four dormitorians in the group. Two ladies and 2 gentlemen. And this Sweet lady, Sweet is one of the girls.

That sweet in the middle.

The first photos i’d like to share with you here at Nostalgia was from my Zhangbei trip. My years spent teaching chinese students how to speak english was unforgetable. The last school where i worked was the more unforgetable because it was my last year working in China. I have to come back to try my luck in other another field. Unfortunately, 5 years has passed since i came back..the dream has not been fulfilled.

Anyway, this Zhangbei trip was a treat of my school after working for one whole academic year (sept 2004 – june 2005). It is located 40 kilometers north of northeast Zhangjiakou City where i was working. Zhangjiakou is a county government under the city of zhangjiakou, in the province of Hebei. For the whole three years, i’ve only worked within that province. It’s one of the big provinces of the whole republic.

I remember that it was only a one day trip. We left around 8 am. The school assigned the FAO in-charge. I want the head of my department to go along with the trip, but since she went along me to a trip to Datung, she assigned one of the chinese english teachers to come. 2 guys! I feel uncomfortable so i asked one of my students, Helen, to come along with me. So there were 5 of us who made the trip and that includes the driver.

Here’s me with the driver and Helen (Lun Li Li). s was taken in the restaurant where we had lunch.

This is Larry with me and Helen. Larry, is one of the chinese english teachers in the department so he does not have a hard time accompanying me anywhere. Helen is loves accompanying me too so that she can practice her oral english.

The view in Zhangbei county is a vast area of green grasses (prairie) and the blue sky is just so overwhelming. I love it there! Great time going there is middle spring time when it is not yet too hot during day time.

Me in local attire. Native mongolian attire. Behind me is an altar for sacrifice that is why am holding that little box acting like i wanna make a sacrifice. I didn’t want to wear the local attire because i was thinking am just a visitor. But my companions forced me to wear one just for photo purposes.

Larry and Helen in local costume. I like their costume. Then we took this photo to emphasize that am the visitor to their place. I am the foreigner. I am a laowai (foreigner)

Here’s the 4 of us – Liu Bin, Foreign Affairs Officer of Zhangjiakou Vocational and Technical School, Larry, one of the english teachers, Helen, one of the students in the English Department and me.

It was a very unforgetable trip. This trip was made 2 days before taking the train to Beijing to catch a train for HongKong.

Photos made: June 2005
Location: Zhangbei Plains, Zhangjiakou, PR China

In the gym where i do my exercise, we have the TV and by the time i am on the treadmill local news starts.  One of the bad news this afternoon was a bus and trooper collision along the highway from Iligan City to Cagayan de Oro City – a tragic accident that killed 3 individuals, two of whom are children.  The accident happened in a place where tertiary medical facilities never existed.  According to the news, the victims arrived at the hospital dead already.  I think that maybe if they were subscribed to a medical assistance program then even while they are on the road, they will be given immediate medical care – if that is the case then who knows those children are still alive.

Knowing the story behind the collision made me think that the incident should be a lesson to all drivers out there – never  try to over-take another vehicle unless you are so sure that there is no upcoming vehicle especially in a one way lane or road.  I just feel sad for those who died because of a driver’s negligence.