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For several weeks there was no post. No post at all. It has several reasons:

1. Some readers told me this blog became more of a food court than a real blog about life in China and my experience of teacher in here.
2. Few weeks ago I started an on-line course on memrise to learn how to Read a Chinese menu.
3. I was struck down by Culture Shock and seriously considering leaving China.
4. Writing nice articles takes time I rather dedicated to meet with friends and learn something new.

What will happen now? 

After a thorough consideration (around 43 seconds) I decided to continue the blog in a different way, with less optimization, grammar check and graphics. Focus more on sharing experience from the class – teaching methods, grammar explanation techniques. Things I tried and failed and things I tried and worked. Adding pictures shared on Picasa. Continue posting Smoments.

But all this will come after coming back…Next week I am leaving to Romania and you can track me on my other blog from Bucharest.

China street camera LIVE

Stabbed while looking for some fun

Imagine following situation:

You are a little high, lets face it you are pretty drunk…you are coming back from a pub where you spent couple of hours chatting and drinking with your friends. Played a few games of pool. Won a several rounds, lost a few. You are bored. You are searching what to do on your way back. You spot a pair of chicks. So you tell your self…finally some fun…you approach and try to be awesome, nonchalant, rude-cool as in every other American movie. But the only think that pops out of your mouth is “Hey Chicks wanna get a room in the nearby hotel with me?” Stupid, right…Now one of the chicks pulls out knife out of nowhere and stabs you. And once more, and once again. And one more just for sure. U kneel down, bleeding…breathing heavily. Instantly sober you realize you can bleed out within seconds.

Harassed while going back home

Imagine following situation:

You and your friend are coming back from B.day party of one of your female friends. maybe heaving couple of sips of a some alcohol, but definitely satisfied from delicious meal. Chatting with your friend walking down a dark alley you are not afraid. You feel safe you have a knife with you. Not to attack anyone, just to defend yourself. As you know from every other American movie, the streets at night might be dangerous and unpredictable. Suddenly a guy approaches you and your friend…adrenaline hits the ceiling. FEAR. He smells of alcohol and is dangerously close to you…blabbering something about going to a hotel with him. Your hand reaches cold and solid hilt of your savior. Once, twice, three times…ONE MORE and RUN….RUUUUUN.

Those stories are just products of my imagination. I guess my brain wanted to get rid of the creative energy accumulated over time. Low attention to this blog! – guilty as charged 🙂

Anyway, you can watch the video triggering my creativity here:

http://player.ku6.com/refer/SQ0RL9YBTNrpdHS26pHh9g../v.swf

World is crazy place to live in.

Smoment – Gele mountain Chongqing

It is few months since I posted some pictures with sound. After Sanhui – Qijiang I obtained several sounds from different places around Chongqing. Gathering sounds and making pictures is fun, though it is not as easy as it sounds. So after several months I have enough material to create few videos and post them online.

Since calling it pictures with sounds is too long and has no credit, lets call it Sound Moments or simply Smoments.

Today’s Smoment is from Gele mountain trip. There is always more to see, hear and smell on every single place. You can find pictures on my Picasa profile, recording and transferring smells was not popularized yet but the sounds of Gele mountain accompanied with several pictures are here: