by Luz M. Sanchis | Jul 16, 2021 | Home Away From Home
Name: Aziz Sipho Matthews Country of Origin: South Africa Occupation: English Teacher and Trainer Years in China: 5 Greetings to anyone who might be reading this. It’s been a while since I’ve written anything meaningful so let me start off by telling you a little bit...
by Luz M. Sanchis | Jul 14, 2021 | Home Away From Home
Name: Umberto Country of Origin: Italy Occupation: Student Years in China: 3 The first time I had a Chinese friend was at the age of 6. I had two Chinese classmates who could barely speak Italian, but at that time language wasn’t as important as...
by Luz M. Sanchis | Jul 12, 2021 | Home Away From Home
Name: Karla M. Gurley Country of Origin: USA Occupation: Kindergarten English Teacher Years in China: 4/Four Let’s be honest, every little girl wants to grow up to be a princess. We all do! I know I sure did. As a child in Texas, I often found any excuse to don a...
by Luz M. Sanchis | Jul 9, 2021 | Home Away From Home
Name: Smita Country of Origin: India Occupation: House-maker, Community Service, Indian Culinarian Years in China: 14 How did your journey in China begin? Honestly, I never thought in my lifetime that I would be living in China, but my husband’s dream brought me to...
by Luz M. Sanchis | Jul 7, 2021 | Home Away From Home
Name: Becky Ances Country of origin: USA Occupation: Teacher Years in China: 12 How did your journey in China begin? I remember my first full day in China at the new school I was contractually obligated to live and work at for the next 6 months. Because of jet lag I...
by Luz M. Sanchis | Jul 5, 2021 | Home Away From Home
Name: François Country of Origin: France Occupation: Student 👨🎓 Years in China: 5 How did your journey in China begin? I first came to Xiamen on June 2015 to study my second year of master degree in exchange program. What do you like most about your city (Xiamen or...