https://ronjainchengdu.blogger.de/ Adventures of a Cultural Ambassador in China Blogger.de ronjaehmann 2015-06-07T14:34:57Z en hourly 1 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z https://ronjainchengdu.blogger.de/stories/2507871/ When I sat down with my lovely hostmom last September and agreed on, once again, being her children's English teacher, homework help, and most of all, a big sister, the month of June 2015 seemed so so far away. And now it's June. Time passed in a flash, again, and now I'm finding myself 2 weeks away from stepping on board of that airplane that's taking be back to Germany. This time I do know for sure I'm coming back, that round trip is booked, yet I am also aware that I will be back as a atudent... Blogger.de ronjaehmann Copyright © 2015 ronjaehmann 2015-06-07T14:34:57Z https://ronjainchengdu.blogger.de/stories/2507011/ As the kids' school is sending the kids on summer break next Friday, they reserved the whole yesterday to have kids bring their parents in and show them what they have been doing all year long. Both Amy and Rex were proud to show their parents all their work. Their teachers both made sure to let us know how much they enjoyed having the kids in their class and how much of a role model both have been for their classmates. Ms Grizzle told me how Amy is never the tiniest bit bossy in school (that made... Blogger.de ronjaehmann Copyright © 2015 ronjaehmann 2015-06-04T04:42:47Z https://ronjainchengdu.blogger.de/stories/2506534/ It's been over a year since I wrote the last entry. That's pretty embarrassing. Period. And even more embarrassing it the fact, that I didnt even think of this blog during the last year. Not even once. Til now. And I don't even really know why it came back to my mind exactly now. The good thing about that is that, now, as a year had passed, I have tons of new stories and news to share! I applied for Sichuan University last week, which assured me during application that they will for sure accept... Blogger.de ronjaehmann Copyright © 2015 ronjaehmann 2015-06-02T09:13:45Z https://ronjainchengdu.blogger.de/stories/2403229/ Alright. So after being absent for what felt like eternity I have some catching up to do. So first of all, I got back home, actually to the day 2 months ago and have been feeling misplaced since then. It's like I don't quite belong here anymore, it felt especially hard finding back into a life that everyone around me and that knew me seemed to be expecting. Which wasn't a good fit anymore after my experiences in China. So I felt torn, on the one side trying to find a new role here in Gerlingen on... Blogger.de ronjaehmann Copyright © 2014 ronjaehmann 2014-05-15T21:04:52Z https://ronjainchengdu.blogger.de/stories/2372407/ So as Chinese New Year is coming up at the end of the week, and most Chinese are already off work, traveling to their places of birth or better said where the oldest family members live. The Chinese word 老家 laojia covers it all. As for my hostfamily, they are staying at home over New Year's hosting all sorts of 3rd and 4th grade relatives basically everyday. Which means that all 3 fridges and freezers as much as all the storage room in the house is overflowing with all sorts of either... Blogger.de ronjaehmann Copyright © 2014 ronjaehmann 2014-02-04T11:14:23Z https://ronjainchengdu.blogger.de/stories/2367942/ So to give this whole passport renewing and entry adding in Beijing a real good purpose, I packed my bag on Dec, 27th including a bikini (as excited as I was to wear for the first time) and my recently bargained fake Ray Ban sunglasses to be all set for our one week long vacation on Bolifushi. Haha, you might think now, where the h*** is this place. But by adding Jumeirah Vittaveli Hotel in the Maldives you should get the idea. Oh yes folks, you read correctly, my Chinese hostfamily was really taking... Blogger.de ronjaehmann Maldives Copyright © 2014 ronjaehmann 2014-01-22T17:30:34Z https://ronjainchengdu.blogger.de/stories/2363725/ Before I started my whole traveling around the world over a year ago, I thought by the time Christmas came up and I wouldn't be able to be together with my family in Germany, homesickness would hit me hard. Like laying-on-my-bed-crying-hard. But I have to admit, and I know that my mom will not misunderstand me at this point, that spending Christmas away from home is not bringing up sad feelings in me at all. It's again more of an adventure to be able to experience how people all over the world spend... Blogger.de ronjaehmann Copyright © 2014 ronjaehmann 2014-01-11T16:27:56Z Search this site: q https://ronjainchengdu.blogger.de/search