Monday, August 27, 2007

Jaime Arrives Today

Jaime arrives today, so what have I accomplished in Beijing for the past 4 weeks?
  1. Connected with the local family
    Visited with Marcus & Julia, Ryan, and Gary and Danita
  2. Made new friends
  3. Knee surgery and a good bit of healing
  4. Finished the last Pimsleur lesson (30+ were completed here in Beijing)
  5. 20+ hours of 1-to-1 Mandarin classes - learned many sentence structures
  6. Worked on Rosetta Stone (but not enough)
  7. Traveled throughout many parts of Beijing - learned the bus, subway, and light rail systems
  8. Taught a little to compen$ate for time in Beijing
  9. Had soul searching experiences
    talked with God about my purpose
    His plans for me & Jaime
    explored reasons for personal decisions
  10. Went to Ikea (laugh, this is supposed to be funny)
What will we do in the next few days?
  1. Have dinner with Glen & Joana
  2. Jaime will get reacquainted with China - time zone, culture, food, etc.
  3. Meet with Marcus & Julia, Ryan, and maybe Gary & Danita
  4. Scout out apartments, schools, and various other arrangements
  5. Do a little shopping
    A store here sells Uno Attack, Scrabble, and Risk
    Ikea
    Maybe a mall
    Metro or Carrefour
  6. Go to Shiyan 4:30pm Friday, 31 September.
What will we do next year at this time? We don't know... Please keep us in your Thoughts! We are talking about full time work here in Beijing! This is an exciting possibility.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

It sounds like you've accomplished a lot. I'm really excited about the possibility of coming to visit you.. I'll have to make a new blog just so I can post from over there. You guys can't get Xanga can you?