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last day in school

Dec 18, 2008 Published under education, life in Valencia, work 173 views

My “studies” espaƱol has therefore come to an end and I am supposed to be ready for life and work in Valencia

Mia has finally arrived in Valencia!

Nov 24, 2008 Published under education, food, life in Valencia, move to Valencia 225 views

On Saturday afternoon I could finally pick up Mia from the airport after our 2.5 months of separation! It was great to see her walking through the gate, pushing her cart with a stack of suitcases on it. We took a taxi back home and went to the supermercado to buy some things for in [...]

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Student visa Mia approved!!!

Nov 11, 2008 Published under education, life in Valencia, news 232 views

Great news! Mia just called that this morning (it’s 7 hours later in Beijing) the Spanish Embassy called to inform her that her student visa to Spain has been approved! So in a couple of weeks the long wait is over and we can together start our life in Valencia! The initial date of the [...]

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beautiful light

Oct 29, 2008 Published under education, food, life in Valencia 159 views

A weird day today. It seemed all right waking up in the sunlight, but it was extremely cold. Read on the news that a cold front has arrived in Spain and the first snow has already fallen in the north. In Madrid it has been raining heavily causing flooded roads and lots of traffic jams. [...]

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Bocadillo

Oct 27, 2008 Published under education, food, games, life in Valencia 234 views

Woke up to another gorgeous day and since my ciggies were finished last night, I decided not to waste too much time inside and instead go out and enjoy. After getting new ciggies I went to the park to sit on the terrace in the sun for a bit. I ordered a large strong coffee, [...]

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the week that was

Oct 26, 2008 Published under education, food, games, life in Valencia, move to Valencia 244 views

Finally today the sun is shining again and the sky is gorgeous blue after more than a week of pitiful weather. The most important reason why I haven’t been writing my blog: grey and wet outside makes me dull and without energy. Another reason to write today is because I have an hour extra. Wintertime, [...]

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tutoring Chinese

Oct 12, 2008 Published under education 66 views

Last week or something I met a guy in the elevator of my building. He is from Nigeria, has studied in the States and is now en route to London to continue his study. We chatted a bit and after learning that I had spent time in China, he said that his plan is to [...]

Happy Miercoles and Valencia Day

Oct 09, 2008 Published under education, life in Valencia, music 293 views

Every Wednesday at my school it is Happy Miercoles (Happy Wednesday), all students that want to participate go with 1 or 2 teachers to a bar for a few drinks and afterwards you can join dinner. A good opportunity for me to get to know some people, so I decided to join. My class finished [...]

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my 2nd day in school

Oct 07, 2008 Published under education, food, life in Valencia 160 views

When I arrived at school yesterday they had made some changes as my co-student canceled an hour before. So instead of giving me 4hrs per day, they changed it now into two hours per day for the first week, but then guaranteed private lessons, plus on Monday 4 hours private class. Well, that’s ok with [...]

things happening in Beijing and Valencia

Oct 02, 2008 Published under Beijing, education, events, health, trips, work 1,324 views

I wanted to write this post earlier already, but didn’t get to it. So now we have a collection of a couple of days… While having a look at my Woopra stats two nights ago, I came across an article that was recently published in CityWeekend Beijing, about hikes on the Great Wall. A nice [...]

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