Category: All Blog Posts
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Christmas in the Philippines. Lechon, Swimming with sharks, Bohol island, and a river boat dinner
December 23, 2023: It’s 1:35 am and we touch down in the Philippines. The Philippine islands are only a two hour flight across the South China Sea from where we live. The flights are cheap, short, and they even served us a meal! The downside? The flight is in the middle of the night. We… Read more
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Our trip to Shanghai, Beijing, the Great Wall Of China, and Hot Pot
Our first school break was for the Chinese holiday called Mid-Autumn Festival, so this post is about our week of September 29, 2023 to October 8th 2023. As we release this, it’s been six months since the trip! Copied from Wikipedia: “The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival or Mooncake Festival, is a… Read more
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A Typical Day In Our Chinese Life
At about 5:30am the soft “beep beep beep” of Scott’s Casio watch enters our eardrums. Marissa turns over in annoyance as Scott lays for a few minutes and says morning prayers. The prayers revolve around being thankful he woke up again (trying to be thankful for being awake at 5:30am) and for strength to get… Read more
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Two weeks of School Training, School information, and our first month.
The following Monday we started our two weeks of new teacher orientation / training. It’s so neat being in an international school because the teachers (and other staff) are this wild collection of eclectic humans from all around the world put into one building. Our first two days of training were rather chill and actually… Read more
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We made it to China! What we packed and first week.
We are officially in China! Outside of being a long 24 hour journey, we had zero issues, or delays, during our journey to China. Our Trip itinerary:7pm Phoenix, AZ to San Francisco (2 hour flight)(3 hour layover)12am San Fran to Hong Kong (14hr flight)Hong Kong – Shenzhen – Dapeng via taxi (3 hours) Outside of… Read more
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It’s Official, we’re moving to China in 1 week
Last Monday we turned in all the needed docs to our travel agent, or so we thought. After turning in our visa papers, Marissa and I headed to Silverton, CO to do a week-long camping trip with her mother and sister while we wait on our visa’s. Man, why don’t people talk about the beauty… Read more
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Our China Preperation
07/27/2023 About one week before our wedding (02/25/23), Marissa accepted a job at RDF International school, which is located in the Dapeng district of Shenzhen, China. Here’s a link to the schools website:http://www.rdfis.com/ Marissa will be teaching middle and high school AP Art history and Drama . A few weeks after Marissa accepted the position,… Read more
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Our Honeymoon In New Zealand
Hello, and thank you so much for deciding to read this post! It’s quite long with lots and lots of photos. So sit back, enjoy, and feel free to split it up into a few sittings. And keep scrolling past all the photos until you see ‘the end!’ We love you all -Scott and Marissa… Read more