tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53793138470133163632024-02-08T02:37:03.048+08:00*Joke80http://www.blogger.com/profile/04351330910301522030noreply@blogger.comBlogger722125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5379313847013316363.post-2704038099785301722017-08-04T17:13:00.002+08:002017-08-04T17:13:21.969+08:00New Website, New Blog!Hi everyone!<br />
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Hope to see you there!Joke80http://www.blogger.com/profile/04351330910301522030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5379313847013316363.post-46627854775465432592016-12-02T10:05:00.002+08:002016-12-02T10:11:14.949+08:00Creating a Wechat post<div style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hello! I've been learning about making posts on Chinese Social Media.</div>
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It's been quite a messy experience but more importantly: it's fun!!</div>
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This morning as I was creating a new post, I realised that I was writing in two non-native languages, that thought amused me quite a bit! </div>
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To be honest: it is a little bit nerve wrecking to write in Chinese, but I've decided to be brave ✌🏻</div>
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Speaking is much easier so that's why most of info comes in the little video's that I post.</div>
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There's a 20MB upload limit so it is vital to be fast, hahahaha. There'a also an external way to upload longer vids but I haven't figured out how to do that (yet!).</div>
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Here's an example why writing Chinese is so tricky. All of these characters are pronounced as "de":</div>
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的得地德锝底........ 🙄🤔</div>
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How about "yi"?:</div>
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一衣以已亿易伊.........😳</div>
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So yeah, you can see the problem, right?</div>
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It is also quite interesting to see how differently I express myself in English and Chinese as I'm trying to be culturally sensitive in both languages. Some ways are perfect in English but really weird in Chinese, also the other way round.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After acknowledging that you in fact really want to post, you have to scan this QR code with your phone.</td></tr>
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Yesterday my student was being brilliant and I created a post from my phone about it.</div>
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Little did I know that you can't send a pic AND text (I mentioned that I was still learning, right?).</div>
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As a result only a text went out.... Oopsies.</div>
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So what to do?</div>
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<span class="s1">我的学生吹了sol fa mi re 就停下来了。</span></div>
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<span class="s1">我问他为什么停呢?他说:</span></div>
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<span class="s1">这个音被划掉了。</span></div>
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<span class="s1">😂🎶😂🎶😂</span></div>
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My student stopped playing at "d".</div>
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I asked him why. His response?</div>
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"The last note has been crossed out"</div>
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I included the above in my post from today and apologized in a funny way for being so silly.</div>
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Since then I have had 64 page views in one hour. Not bad for a page that's been open for a week and a half! </div>
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I'm also having fun on my brand new Facebook page called Jo's Music Stream. I'd love for you to join me there for more fun and giggles.</div>
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I hope you enjoyed my little blog up here and the struggles I endure to entertain you 😜</div>
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Joke80http://www.blogger.com/profile/04351330910301522030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5379313847013316363.post-26653508882018865542016-11-25T10:20:00.001+08:002016-11-25T10:23:53.730+08:00A peek into my Wechat adventure!<div style="clear: both; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Hiragino Sans GB", "Microsoft YaHei", Arial, sans-serif; padding: 0px; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;">
第一个小视频是英文版,请听一听!下面有中文版哦 😃</div>
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This first video is in English, the second one is in Chinese 🀄️</div>
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(I haven't worked out how to select a better still yet and I'm not sure if these video's work abroad either. Hey, chaos is creation, right? The rest of this post is unedited. It is also kinda scary to type in Chinese......)</div>
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今天晚上我和我好朋友Kato在地铁站里演出!我们在广州塔地铁站,APM线入口给你们精彩的表演。时间:11月25号,晚上6和7点。热烈欢迎大家光临!</div>
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晚上也给你们听这首曲子。</div>
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Tonight my good friend Kato and me will be playing in the metro concert series. Our concerts will be at 6 and 7PM at the entrance of the APM line at the Guangzhou Tower metro station. One of the pieces will be the Rossini you just heard.</div>
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上个星期五我们去过现场过彩排。特别好玩!</div>
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We went to try out the piano and the sound system last Friday.</div>
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We had so much fun!</div>
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Joke80http://www.blogger.com/profile/04351330910301522030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5379313847013316363.post-6098848727305627522016-10-28T13:22:00.001+08:002016-10-28T13:26:19.523+08:00Blog time (finally!!!)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Hurray, finally another blog. Time flies by so fast!</div>
Well, here I am :)<br />
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I've started to teach flute and clarinet at one of the international schools in town (ISA). I'm teaching kids from P1 (P for Primary) up to middle school. The school is located in Rectory which is an arts district in an old brick factory. There are lots of separate buildings that house galleries and restaurants. It is a very green area with nice lanes and beautiful old buildings. The school is new and modern.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some of my ISA students</td></tr>
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The system is that I go to the classroom to pick the students up, and I take them back after class. This is pretty nice because I get to walk a lot and also climb loads of stairs in the process and by now you know I have a thing for stairs 😋<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">🎶Morning has broken.....🎶</td></tr>
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Some of the kiddos are really small so holding a flute is a bit of a problem. We use a special kiddy flute and also "just" recorders. For the clarinet students I've bought a clarineo which is a super lightweight plastic clarinet in C. The kids love it! The sound is not bad at all.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Class with Justin</td></tr>
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Besides ISA I'm still teaching in HuangPu where the new first year students have also started their classes. Argh!!! So many new names to learn!! Every Tuesday I'm off to HuangPu for the afternoon. Not this Tuesday though, as we had an unexpected day off. That was fun too as I treated myself to a massage and a manicure, after a nice quick work out and general chilling out.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hi sun! ☀️</td></tr>
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I've also been subbing at the American School which is very nice as well. I get to see the sunrise!<br />
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The trip to the school bus has become more enjoyable and much faster due to new city bikes. You download an app on your phone, reserve a bike and go. Once you lock the bike it is available for the next person so you don't need to worry about your bike being stolen. I tend to move around town in circles so using my own bike is not an option.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Making a wish!</td></tr>
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Tuesday was also the day that Lexie turned 5. We had a celebration during the weekend with nice food and a lovely cake. She went to kindergarten during the day and had an extra celebration on Thursday. The kindergarten has a once a month birthday party for all the kids that have their birthday in that month.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gimme my cake!!!</td></tr>
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Some more pics:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Super cool yet sweet kungfu Lexie</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mommy! Me too!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chilling out before work</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Higher physics, baby!</td></tr>
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Last weekend my music school had a student concert. The kids did great and it was a lot of fun.<br />
Luckily one of our teachers got a nice place for us to use. Everybody was happy, yay!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lexie and part of ma clarinet gang :)</td></tr>
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I've bought myself a new Bb clarinet this week. My old trusty LeBlanc wasn't as trusty anymore. I had it maintained but I'm afraid it is getting too old. It has been used super intensively throughout my conservatory and orchestra days. I tried a gold plated clarinet but I honestly couldn't find any pro's compared with a silver plated one. I actually felt that the sound of the gold plated one was a bit on the thin side.....<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Selecting my new clarinet (left one in pic is my old one)</td></tr>
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That's my update for now! I still have to write 3 articles for GWIC but I felt like writing to you first! </div>
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Joke80http://www.blogger.com/profile/04351330910301522030noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5379313847013316363.post-43886519851182753862016-09-05T11:06:00.002+08:002016-09-05T11:06:44.441+08:00Quintet Concert<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Yesterday we played a quintet concert in Shenzhen's Grand Theatre. There were about 600 people in the audience. </div>
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It was a concert organized by our flutist and I'm very happy that she worked so hard to put it all together! It was a very "Chinese" affair to start with..... The dates kept changing, the musicians kept changing but in the end it all worked out. One of the concert dates was particularly terrible as she herself was not available that day, nor was the french horn player as their orchestra was performing out of town somewhere. But as I said, it all turned out well.<div>
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The dad of the flutist (her name is Fay) drove us to Shenzhen at 8 AM. We got there a little bit after 10 and we went on stage for our dress rehearsal. In this pic you can see Sihui, our oboe player in the foreground. I'm in the back testing out the mic. After our first piece Fay and I had a mini conversation in Dutch as a comical element in our program. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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After looking at the audience with a I-don't-know-what's-going-on-either-face she switched to English and asked me to introduce the clarinet. I started off in English but then said 啊呀,算了,还是讲中文吧 (Ah, forget about this, lets just speak Chinese). </div>
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The audience really liked this as they love it when foreigners speak Chinese. I told them a bit about the clarinet and then played a chromatic scale ff, then pp, followed by the opening solo of Rhapsody in Blue and a tiny bit of the Mozart Concerto.</div>
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We had worked out beforehand who would introduce which piece and their instrument at which moment. Glad to report that this as well worked out very nicely.</div>
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Only SiHui and I don't mind speaking in public so we did most of the talking, hahaha. Talking is definitely one of my stronger points! It was a bit scary to do it in Chinese though....... </div>
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We played mostly quintets but also a few quartets (no french horn) and some duets (flute/oboe and clarinet/bassoon).<br />
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A very special occurrence took place during the concert: the flute broke!! One of the springs had come undone so one key didn't open up anymore. We started off a piece and it sounded weird from the start. Fay tried for a bit but then stopped us as it was a serious problem.</div>
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SiHui told the audience to take a 10 minute break and we went back stage to fix the flute. </div>
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When we continued we made a joke about how exciting it is to visit a live concert and that you'll never know what will happen. I guess we've all seen strings break before on stage but out of my hundreds of concerts this was the first time that this happened to a flute!</div>
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We had a lot of fun on stage and the audience was very happy with our performance (so were we).</div>
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It was awesome to share the joy of music and I got so many nice comments and texts of people afterwards :)</div>
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We drove back to Guangzhou in some pretty awful weather. We still needed to get some food as we were starving after the long drive back. The original plan was to eat something in Shenzhen but we weren't hungry yet and the roads were clear so we just headed back.</div>
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We decided on a mall so there was no need to swim outside to get to the food. We went for some lovely Japanese and SiHui drove me home afterwards.</div>
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All in all a lovely day and hopefully the beginning of many more concerts like this one :)<br /></div>
Joke80http://www.blogger.com/profile/04351330910301522030noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5379313847013316363.post-35436109406114369442016-08-12T06:54:00.001+08:002016-08-12T06:54:01.763+08:00My interview by Jocelyn!<a href="http://www.speakingofchina.com/yangxifu-pride/interview-joke-tummers-professional-clarinetist-music-instructorentrepreneur-china/">http://www.speakingofchina.com/yangxifu-pride/interview-joke-tummers-professional-clarinetist-music-instructorentrepreneur-china/</a><div><br></div><div><br></div>Joke80http://www.blogger.com/profile/04351330910301522030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5379313847013316363.post-3103283618430045772016-08-11T16:49:00.001+08:002016-08-11T16:49:40.248+08:00Time OutToday I'm home with a case of food poisoning.<br />
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I'll spare you the details but let's say last night was not my most comfortable one.<br />
I'm super happy that Lexie and Izzie slept deeply and I didn't wake them up. I would not have been ready to "mommy" for sure. So being sick sucks but somehow I got lucky as well.<br />
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I decided to put my essential oils to the test. I used Deep Blue with Peppermint on my neck to get rid of the horrible pressure headache that I was experiencing. I wasn't ready to ingest anything so I rubbed some DigestZen on my tummy. Then I just sat very quietly until I felt better.<br />
The cold sweats started to disappear and I could lay down again.<br />
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After a little while I applied the oils again (always just a few drops per time) and I managed to go back to sleep. I woke up a bit groggy but feeling OK.<br />
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Now I'm just giving my body time to rest up before going at it again tomorrow with various appointments. I've got a saxophone class scheduled and also a health consult with a lady that just got her oils today. In the evening it is time for some Dutch fun at the monthly Dutch Evening.<br />
Looks like it will be a typical fun and random Joke day, just the way I love it!<br />
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<br />Joke80http://www.blogger.com/profile/04351330910301522030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5379313847013316363.post-39946692209376879182016-08-06T22:52:00.002+08:002016-08-06T22:52:31.533+08:00Impressions from ShenNongJiaHere's a photobomb from our tour in ShenNongJia, Hubei province.<br />
I've written an official blog post that will be published next week so I can't use it here yet.<br />
Enjoy the shenanigans and nature :)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These snakes got pushed into my hands, well yeah... all good</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The bus wasn't as full on the way back to Wuhan as some people had to leave a bit earlier</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ShenNongJia is really beautiful</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We got lucky with a few amazing days</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ShenNongJia was put on the UNESCO World Heritage List while we were there</td></tr>
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<br />Joke80http://www.blogger.com/profile/04351330910301522030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5379313847013316363.post-30023904302580907602016-08-02T20:29:00.000+08:002016-08-02T20:29:29.085+08:00ZhongShan Training Camp<br />In the beginning of June the HuangPu Middle School students had their music camp in ZhongShan (ZS). ZS is about an hour and a half drive from Guangzhou.<div>
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The teacher team that included me headed over for the first three days of the camp and our schedule was pretty packed. I went there by car, shared with a few teachers.</div>
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We arrived around lunch time on Sunday and classes started at two o'clock. We had a break for dinner and one more class at night. The lessons were in my room so that was pretty convenient.<br />
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On Sunday night I was pretty tired so I went to bed early (riveting, I know.....)</div>
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Luckily I had brought my diffuser because the smell of my room was, well, uhm..... "interesting"</div>
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It was one of those moldy smells that don't make you feel good. Hurray for EasyAir blend!</div>
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The students noticed the improved air every time they walked in :)</div>
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We may also have done some experimenting with a clarinet put over the opening of the diffuser. It is pretty cool when the fumes come out of the key holes, hahaha.</div>
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On Monday night I chilled out with the other teachers for a bit. Some snacks were ordered and we had a good time.</div>
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All the kids have been playing since September last year so I opted for a somewhat easier piece but I made sure that we totally nailed it. And that we did ;)<br />
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The concert was fun and I was again very happy to not be a string teacher ;)</div>
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Joke80http://www.blogger.com/profile/04351330910301522030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5379313847013316363.post-80445656059057929672016-07-28T08:29:00.001+08:002016-07-28T08:29:15.734+08:00What a JulyHi all :)<div><br><div>This blog is coming to you from the through train to HongKong. </div><div>I'm travelling for the 4th time this month. </div><div><br></div><div>It all started with a short trip to Bangkok with hubby, the girls and grandma. </div><div>We hung out, swam and did a bit of touristy stuff in dinosaur world and the aquarium. It turned out that Lexie and Izzie like the idea of dinosaurs more than the full sized versions in the park.....</div><div>They were much happier at the aquarium. </div><div><br></div><div>I was home for a few days and then left for ZhongShan to teach my HuangPu Middle School kids at summer camp. </div><div>We stayed in an intersting place and lessons took place in my huge room. </div><div>It was originally a 4 person bed room but they took 3 beds out to create space. </div><div>Sweet deal with no travel time after we'd arrived!</div><div><br></div><div>The day the ZhongShan camp finished I had to catch the last fast train to Wuhan to join MuseScape Chamber Orchestra for a tour in ShenNongJia. A nice teacher dropped me off at the train station so I made with time to spare, hurray!</div><div><br></div><div>I got to my hotel at midnight and the next day I sat on a mega full buss with people, basses and cellos everywhere. </div><div><br></div><div>I will write a separate blog on the ShenNongJia adventures later. A nice detail: SNJ made it onto the UNESCO World Heritage List while we were there. </div><div><br></div><div>Now I'm on the way to the HongKong Exhibition Centre near the airport for a dōTERRA convention. </div><div><br></div><div>That is onto hotel/lodging number 6 for me this month. </div><div><br></div><div>Thanks to the wonders of modern communication I get to see a lot of Lexie and Izzie. They are happy with extra daddy and grandparent time. </div><div><br></div><div>This time I'm only gone until Saturday. </div><div>I did get some complaints around day 8 out of 11 in the middle of this month ;)</div><div><br></div><div>I will post pictures when I have my laptop as the mobile app makes the pics look a bit weird. </div><div><br></div><div>See you soon!</div><div><br></div><div>xoxo</div><div><br></div><div>J</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>Joke80http://www.blogger.com/profile/04351330910301522030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5379313847013316363.post-73863100297275619662016-06-27T15:54:00.001+08:002016-06-27T15:54:54.650+08:00China 2025 crowd log<div>Here's my contribution to the crowdlog at china2025.nl</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><a href="http://china2025.nl/het-symfonieorkest-dat-nooit-thuis-oefent/">http://china2025.nl/het-symfonieorkest-dat-nooit-thuis-oefent/</a>Joke80http://www.blogger.com/profile/04351330910301522030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5379313847013316363.post-64032434516471633152016-06-20T11:07:00.000+08:002016-06-20T11:07:25.418+08:00Monday........<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's Monday morning. My work out is done, the girls are off to school and I have the house to myself. HURRAYYYY!!!! Hehehe, I do have the whole house but I'm hanging out in the bedroom as the AC was already on in here :)</div>
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I felt in the mood for a resistance band work out this morning so that's what I did. Nothing too crazy but a nice burn. Sue and Dave are in town and it has been great to catch up!</div>
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Yesterday morning I taught a new saxophone student. Le sigh.... Same old story: no emotion, not much sound and a vague blank expression on his face. The good news is that he doesn't have any major issues so we have an OK place to start from. It will probably take a few classes but I'm getting pretty good at instilling joy whilst making music into formerly drilled and most likely bored to death kids.</div>
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After another class I headed to the Crowne Plaza hotel to participate in a health and wellness fair. Sarah and I "manned" our booth and Cillia from Shanghai came over to support us.<br /><br />
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Our neighbors were yogi's so I had a chance to get some sun salutations in! We presented a DIY (Do It Yourself) with the essential oils and people were very interested. After the fair I felt really tired as it was super hot out. <br /><br />
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Lexie and Izzie are doing great. Growing like weeds and all of that, haha. Haiwen is back from his business trip and grandma enjoyed her cruise. All good in this part of the world!<br /><br />Joke80http://www.blogger.com/profile/04351330910301522030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5379313847013316363.post-9627529206260128872016-06-11T20:25:00.001+08:002016-06-11T20:25:43.947+08:00What a Saturday!<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Today was a good day :)</span><div>
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I went home to play with Izzie and waited for Lexie to come back from art class. We had a quick lunch and my next class was with Sophie on piano. The student after her cancelled so I went to Meet Art to join the opening party for a while.<br /><br />
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I couldn't stay too long as Justin was coming for a class at 3PM. I had put the diffuser on and he was very happy with that. "Mmmmmm, I really needed this. The air during our exams was terrible, I really could have used one of these."<br /><br />
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We worked hard and had fun so that was good! The last class today with piano again with RuiSi. She is slowly forgetting all her Chinese drilled bad habits and comes up with beautiful notes now. Sometimes harshly interrupted by not so beautiful ones, but hey, gotta start somewhere, right?</div>
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After his class I stopped by at Meet Art and I made a few fake pics of me arranging flowers. Well, the pics were real but the arranging was fake, haha. I can see Meet Art from our reception so that's how close by it is. I wish them loads of success because it is great to have a coffee/art place right next to your own school!<br /><br />
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Yesterday we had a dōTERRA event at my house. It was very nice and we did body scrub DIY. It was really easy and a lot of fun. There even was a 6 weeks old baby present!<br /><br />
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Tomorrow Haiwen and grandma are leaving Guangzhou until Friday, leaving me and grandpa in charge. Haiwen is off on a business trip and grandma is going on a cruise with lots of friends.</div>
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Lexie will be going to kindergarten but Izzie's class has been stopped because too many kids were sick.<br />Izzie was already home with growth spurt fever so luckily she didn't catch any of the contagious stuff. Now I just need to come up with a plan what to do all week with Izzie. I'm thinking loads of chilling out and going to see friends :)</div>
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Joke80http://www.blogger.com/profile/04351330910301522030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5379313847013316363.post-74248802638238859652016-06-08T10:35:00.000+08:002016-06-08T10:35:33.464+08:00A scratch card?<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
First the good news: Izzie's fever is gone!! We are still chilling out at home this morning as she hasn't been fever free for long enough to go back to kindergarten. She's in a very good mood so it's a joy to have her here. OK, I did enjoy all the snuggles when she was feeling bad, but I way prefer her this way :) </div>
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Lexie and her will have a few days off starting tomorrow for Dragon Boat Festival. Friday will be free but according to the Chinese system this is not a "real" free day so on Sunday they will go to school to make up for it (and most people will go to work). This way people can enjoy 3 free days in a row and take a small trip. On Friday morning I'll have an essential oil class at my house. We didn't realize it would be a holiday at first so there will be many kids as well ;) <div>
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This week Facebook came up with this pic on the left from 3 years ago. I was about 7 months pregnant with Izzie (she was born on July 24th). I got even bigger the last 2 months.... </div>
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Last week I attended the GWIC morning coffee and one of the girls asked me if I wanted to be added to the WWAM group. Say what?! WWAM stands for "Western Women, Asian Men". OK, why not?<br />
There are many awesome ladies in this group and it is great to be in there. I connected to a few ladies personally and also created a Facebook group for us, as Wechat has its limitations.<br />
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Judith from www.china2025.nl asked me if she could interview me. Haha, you know me; interview away :) We have planned a phone call for tomorrow as she lives in Wuhan. I checked out 2025.nl and wanted to be part of it as well! My first blog (in Dutch) will appear by the end of this month.<br />
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How about that for a life lesson? Just scrape off the soot, negative thoughts, heaviness and blackness to see the colors of you come to life! </div>
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Also included some info on Melaleuca (aka Tea Tree). It's one of my favorites.</div>
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I've been creating all kinds of collages lately to present essential oils information in a fun way. I enjoy the creative process a lot. I guess it carries over straight from my work out and kids collages ;)</div>
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In this one a used the Numbers program on Mac, combined with another app (I forgot which one exactly....) to add a soft frame around it. I took the pic with the diffuser and my clarinet and the mom of this student took this pic of us having class. I love to put so many different elements together!</div>
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Joke80http://www.blogger.com/profile/04351330910301522030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5379313847013316363.post-2179777061482024272016-06-03T14:43:00.003+08:002016-06-03T14:43:57.665+08:00What's the deal with Essential Oils?Here is my story that I wrote for the Guangzhou Women's International Club<br />
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<span style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #464646; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">Aristotle stated that matter is composed of four elements: fire, air, earth, and water. The fifth element, or <u>quint</u>essence, is spirit or life force.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #464646; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">Through distillation and evaporation the spirit is removed from the plant and captured in a fragrant essential oil (let’s go with EO from now on). Language nowadays shows us that “spirits” are distilled alcoholic beverages from plant </span></span></span><span style="color: #464646; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">derivatives (eau de vie, anyone?).</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #464646; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">Why do I say “beneficial” chemicals? Well, there are chemicals out there that heal our body but unfortunately also chemicals that harm our body (toxins). In this next paragraph my friend talks about her experience with allergens and chemicals:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222;">EO are very powerful disinfectants. Lemon oil can be used to clean your whole house. It has no toxins and it smells delicious. You can put a drop on a cloth to wipe down surfaces or dilute it with </span></span></span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">water to spray it in your bathroom. Adding some EO on a cotton ball and putting it in your vacuum cleaner makes your house smell lovely.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">Oregano, cinnamon, peppermint….. the list go on. Because the oils are so concentrated you get much more benefits from them compared to normal spices (healthy to healing!). The oil blend Slim and Sassy promotes a healthy metabolism, making it easier to loose a few unwanted pounds.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">Lavender is a calming oil that will take care of small spots. I’ve used on my C-section scar and it healed up beautifully (strange thing to say about a scar perhaps but it’s true!). Frankincense has many benefits for skin as well. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">Diffusing oils in your home is very beneficial as they clean the air and take care of contaminants in the process. There are so many recipes out there that you can try! I like to use bergamot with orange and peppermint. During flu season I diffused an oil blend called “On Guard” every day.</span></span></div>
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Many greetings from this Friday morning in Guangzhou. It is super hot and humid outside so I figured it is a great time to sit down and write a blog for you :) with the AC on, of course!</div>
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These last few weeks have been very busy, but in a good way. I've proctoring, subbing, teaching and dōTERRAing. I've also attended a modern dance performance, played concerts myself and heard a modern music recital at XingHai conservatory. Oh yeah, I also attended a modern art exhibition so I'm feeling very cultured indeed ;)<br /><div style="text-align: center;">
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Last Sunday was nearly a full day off for me as I only had one student in the morning. His name is Tony (Chinese name: YanCheng) and he's so cute! He's also smart as a whip so teaching him is a joy. I also have a girl named Joy on piano so that's nice too. Haiwen came to pick me up at our music school and we went to the Hilton for lunch and a very well deserved pre-lunch cocktail for me. It was delicious and the rest of the day was zen and family time. Haiwen and I played tennis at 6 which was nice since the sun was almost down. No burning off the court there!</div>
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Speaking about burning..... The temps have shot up this week and my body was a bit in shock. I decided to take a few days off exercising as my energy was needed to adjust to the heat. This morning I went back at it with a 15 min HIIT session.</div>
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Except for this little break I've been pretty much consistent. I'm a very random person so my work outs need to reflect that. If not, I get super bored and I will stop. HIIT is great for me as it is action packed and changing every 50 sec or so (depending on your intervals). It is very nice to feel your body getting stronger!<br /><br /><br />
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In between all the madness we had a little getaway in Sanya for a few days. We rented 2 apartments because some friends of my inlaws also joined. It was nice to be with a big group. Mom in law is an amazing cook so she and a few of her friends took care of all the meals. Yummy!!!<div>
I went for a work out most days and even got lost in a deserted resort.... A mad across a golf course followed and I made it back OK. On the day we got back I saw that one of my friends from Shenzhen posted pictures on WeChat. I thought to myself :"that balcony looks very familiar..... that pool too". Sure enough: they had the same 2 apartments we had!!! <span style="text-align: center;"> </span><div style="text-align: center;">
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Teaching is going well and I really enjoy the variety of instruments and nationalities!<br /><br />
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My dōTERRA business is picking up nicely and the best thing is that there is a store in GZ now, hurray!! Last week there was a big opening event, followed by a seminar that Haiwen and me attended. The Shenzhen crew also came over so that was really nice. </div>
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This morning I finally had time to go play tennis with Becky, it was great yet again!!</div>
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We like to hit hard and that's what we do. Who cares if the balls fly out now and then?? </div>
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My legs were a bit sore from running and stairs yesterday but it was nice to get moving.</div>
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It was so beautiful outside so I really enjoyed getting my sweat on.</div>
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Today I was rocking my new sports top and I loved it. Now I've worked my ass off to delete the baby fat I can enjoy wearing whatever I want. Hahaha, OK, I could have done that before as well but the results would not have been very nice. I don't like rolls and even more rolls created by straps, if you catch my drift ;) </div>
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Life has been pretty nice and I've been keeping busy with teaching, subbing and sharing EO (Essential Oils). Lexie and Izzie are growing ultra fast. They are pretty well behaved so we mostly enjoy hanging out. Of course I need to be strict at times but that's also my job.</div>
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About a month ago my friend introduced me to essential oils. I was like "huh? what are these?".<br />
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I started to do research (aka look at Pinterest and essential oil sites) and found out that you can use them for so many things!! EO (because "Essential Oils" is a bit long) are amazing!<br />
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Here's a list of what I've added them to:<br />
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<li>facial cream</li>
<li>body lotion </li>
<li>tummy wrap</li>
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<li>laundry detergent</li>
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I have also successfully used them as a painkiller when I hurt my hand, used them on Lexie and Izzie for minor and major ouchies and also on my sore muscles after a tough work out. Best thing: no more cockroaches in my house!! I strategically sprayed their entry spots and they simply walk away.<br />
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I feel great and I'm happy that I've come across them. No worries, I'm not turning into the crazy EO lady but I do want to share this source of happiness.<br />
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I'm with dōTERRA because that company has good ethics and works hard all the time to ensure 100% quality EO.<br />
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So no worries, I'm still the same old Jo. Just happier, sleeping better, smelling even better and with a super fragrant house :P<br />
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The nice thing about dōTERRA is that it is a global brand, so it doesn't matter that I live in China. Products get shipped all over the world.<br />
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If you want to know more, or would like to see the products (including a cool starter kit) let me know! :)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More teaching fun :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And yes: more teaching fun :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pippa got her ABRSM Grade 8 for flute!</td></tr>
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<br />Joke80http://www.blogger.com/profile/04351330910301522030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5379313847013316363.post-56106849271794012642016-01-29T12:24:00.000+08:002016-01-29T12:31:11.377+08:00Crazy January <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Well, this year is off to a flying start!<br />
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My Chinese students in Huangpu are on winter holiday but that means music camp for them. The first week was extra training for the year 1 and 2 kids. The year 2 kids played their exams at the end of the training week. Results aren't out yet but many of them passed for sure.<br />
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The orchestra asked me to help out on Monday the 11th for a concert on the 15th. I said no at first because I haven't really practiced in a long time. They were pretty desperate so after some schedule agreements I went back in. When I got there it turned out that "helping out" meant playing principal. Ah.... OK then...... I was a bit scared but once we started playing it was like I never left.<br />
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It was super fun to be back for 4 days. Everybody was really nice to me as they needed me there, hahaha. The second clarinet wasn't happy though and he was "sick" after the first rehearsal. A clarinet player that lives in Shenzhen was called to the rescue. Plenty of drama and 4 days was just perfect!<br />
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I'm kinda digging my new title as Guest Principal :)<br />
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The only bad thing to the start of this year was that Haiwen had pneumonia. He went to the hospital every day for a week and he's doing well again now.<br />
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Mom and dad arrived on the 18th and were thrown into Huangpu action on the 19th. They brought their own mouthpieces and the school provided instruments for them. We are going to play in the graduation concert for the year 3 students this Sunday. I will be playing a solo with the string orchestra and after the break I will join the wind band, together with mom and dad!<br />
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Guangzhou has been experiencing a cold spell so teaching in Huangpu without heating was a challenge. We could see our breath inside the classroom...... Rehearsals with the string orchestra were tough with an icicle clarinet and frozen fingers. The kids were real troopers and carried on regardless.<br />
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On Christmas Day I was invited to co-host the Christmas show for the kiddies. I did it last year as well and it is a lot of fun. There was a script, but the main teacher and I just winged it anyway, whilst occasionally glancing at the script ;) Best to be spontanous, right?</div>
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At the beginning of the show the teachers and I performed a simplified version of Snowwhite in English. We had one rehearsal last week and that was a lot of fun. Leave it to the foreigner to shake things up a bit :P We recorded our lines so we play backed during the performance. </div>
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Unfortunately Izzie was not feeling well at all. We joined her class for "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" but she was only interested in cuddles.</div>
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Lexie transformed into an ultra cute mini Santa and helped with handing out gifts to the children.</div>
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Straight after the show I took Izzie home and she slept on me in the carrier. Grandma joined the lunch group with the (ex) heads of the kindergarten. All in all a not very traditional but fun way to celebrate Christmas!!</div>
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In the afternoon I went to visit Molly and Adam. That was also really nice with yummy snacks (gluten free rum cake!!!) and mulled wine :) In the evening it was back to cuddle duty. That is also really nice and I'm enjoying it now while I can!</div>
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Today I taught my first ever trumpet lesson. It went very well and my student was happy too :)</div>
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We changed the time last minute so I ended up teaching before working out. After teaching I felt cold and unmotivated. The internet didn't work so watching a work out video was simply out of the question. I made a 12 min HIIT and smashed it. After that I felt a bit better.</div>
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Ayi arrived to clean so I went out to get a hair cut. I was in the mood to try a new place but my very frustrating internet search didn't help much (it is a sad internet day when even Chinese sites refuse service). I did find an address so I walked on over. The place looked a bit old but the service was OK. The price was great: only 30RMB for washing, cutting and a quick rinse.</div>
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I felt hungry so I decided to walk up to a mall where I hadn't been in ages. I got myself a lovely Japanese beef soup (great for the colder weather we're having) and some sushi since I was at the restaurant already ;) Yum, yum, feeling a bit warmer and I happily strolled home.</div>
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I was a bit sleepy and bored so I challenged myself to do 10 full push ups in a row and I did it!!!</div>
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On January 31th I'm playing solo in XingHai concert hall with the string orchestra from the 86th Middle School. Time to do some serious clarinet practise :) It is always nice to have a set goal to work towards. I'm going to play by heart which is "a thing" for me. The piece is quite easy so I should be able to do it. Looks like I'll have at least 2 concerts in XingHai this year. I've had at least 1 concert a year there since arriving in China. When I was still in the orchestra I played in that hall nearly every week ;)</div>
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Izzie was back for the first day today as she had tonsillitis last week. That was no fun at all, especially not for her. She started feeling better over the weekend so that is great :)</div>
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Sorry, sorry, sorry, it has been ages yet again!</div>
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The biggest blogging obstacle these days is that my old Mac has moved on to grassy meadows and I'm (trying) to work with an Acer that weighs about 5KG's...... None of my pics are on here so in order to show you some images I must upload them through my mobile phone. Then it is onto Blogger where all images need to be readjusted and only then can the actual typing begin. All in all a bit mafan as you will understand.</div>
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Life has been super busy but in a good way; I've been working (out)/teaching a lot and Lexie and Izzie take up whatever time there's left. They are growing up super fast!!<br />
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Izzie is on day 3 of being sick today. I hope she will feel better soon. Lexie is doing great and loves learning English. Her other passion is performing songs whilst singing and dancing (I wonder where she gets that from, hahaha)</div>
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I've been very good at working out about 5 times a week. This week I managed to get some one legged push ups from my toes in. I honestly never thought I would get this far!! Next on my list is a strict pull up so I'm working on bar hangs and such. I can almost do a full chin up so I hope I can continue making progress :)<br />
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This week brought some good news as Pippa (my flute student) passed her ABRSM Grade 8 exam with Merit :) That is my second student that passed Grade 8 succesfully! The other one was a shy teenage pianist.<br />
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My students are all doing well and I'm impressed by their playing. It is a lot of fun to see them grow and it makes me a happy teacher. In January I will be performing in XingHai concert hall once again with the orchestra from the 86th Middle School. I'll be playing the solo in Rachmaninov's Vocalise.<br />
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