Drips and drabs from my life as a teacher in Sichuan Province.

Thursday, December 21, 2006

Pic o' the Day #20



四川省2006年度优秀外籍教师
Sichuan shen 2006 niandu youxiu waiji jiaoshi

Sichuan Province 2006 Excellent Foreign Guest Teacher, that's me.

Well, me and 40-something other people, including about 8 other Peace Corps Volunteers.

Before I got there, I really had no idea what was going to happen. I had no idea that there were other people getting the award. Frankly, I was really relieved to see so many other folks. It meant that I would not be expected to give a speech. Woo hoo!

I'm here with Locke, one of the great folks at my school's International Exchange & Cooperation center. He chose that English name after the character on the show Lost. I'm a little out of the loop these days, so I'm not 100% sure who that is. My TV watching lately has been focusing on the recently acquired Buffy DVD set.

I also got to hear my buddy Binzer's charming poem about life in China. See her pictured with another member of the Panzhihua crew, Amanda (on the left).

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