Number 1: The arrival

Nihao!

So perhaps some of you know our lives. Perhaps some of you don't. So I'll give a little background.

We are Ed and Jen. We used to live in Korea. And now we live in China.

Xiamen China to be exact. That's in the Fujian Provience.

And we are here as teachers at a local international school.

As of this current posting date, I (Jen) have been 'living' in China for less than a week. It took me five plane rides, over 36 hours of traveling (with layovers), sitting next to a man who farted (and smelly ones to boot) for 10 out of those 36 hours, finally arriving in Xiamen, meeting and greeting a whole bunch of new people, apartment hunting for 3 days, cleaning (ahem scrubbing the apartment with in an inch of its life) for half a day, all while waking up at 4am. Everyday.

Needless to say I'm tired.

However, with that said, I think I'm adjusting well. The people I've met (locals and non-locals alike) have been helpful and generous. Language learning is slow (how can a tone deafish person learn a language based on tones!??), but I've managed a half a word a day. Yup half a word. I can now say "stop" with confidence. It only took me two days. Food is good. Sooooo good in fact. And today I get to experience a real live Chinese hospital! Let the fun times begin!

So pictures of the apartment and the area are to come (God willing I can get them up on here). More insightful ramblings will be soon to follow.

I would sign off with the Chinese word for good bye, but I haven't learned it yet. Give me a few months.