ScribeFire!

I'm now using a Firefox addon named ScribeFire. It helps me write without going to the blogspot website. Maybe it will help me do this more often!

Update: I'm currently in Jeffersonville, IN, visiting Arjan. I'll be back in Tennessee on Friday and I will return to China on August 24th.

That's all for now! Have a great day!

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Let Me Sell Your Books!

Thanks for clicking on me!

Here is how it works:
1. You give your books to me through Beth Kee (e-mail: may86elisabeth@gmail.com)

2. I put your books online, sell, and ship them.

3. You receive half of the book's selling price. (If your book sells for $50, you get $25.)

4. After all of your books sell, you will receive a check in the mail.

5. If your book does not sell by the end of August (when I return to China), I will return the book to you.

That's all!

If you are interested, here are the instructions:

1. In each of your books, put a sheet of paper with your name, FHU box number (unless you are not returning to FHU, then put another address), and email address. DO NOT WRITE IN THE BOOK! THIS WILL BRING THE SELLING PRICE DOWN.

2. Contact Beth Kee and she will let you know when and where to take your books.

3. Wait for either a check in the mail or your books returned to you.

Reasons for selling your books with me:

1. You will get more money. When the bookstore buys your books back, they have to make a profit. Their overhead is higher than mine, so I can give you more than the bookstore.

2. I can sell books they do not want to buy back. I cannot guarentee your book will be sold, but I will be selling to an international marketplace where the bookstore will only sell their books back to FHU students.

3. Selling books online can be tricky. I have sold hundreds of books and have placed over 1000 books online for sale. I am fast and reliable.

4. Help a brother. I work in China teaching about our Father and our Brother. Selling your books with me will help me return and teach.

You win. I win. Students throughout the world win. The USPS wins. China wins. Polar bears win. Okay, so I made that last one up, but hey, it could happen.

Good luck with finals!

Email your questions to: grahaminchina@gmail.com

If you are wondering, I'm doing wonderful in China. We're on May holiday this week. I am going to visit Darla Pinkly in Shiyen (Shri yen). Two other teachers from Wuhan will be there, too. I'm excited!

Welcome to Graham in China!

Hello 21st century!

Welcome to my new blog! I have never tried this before, so therefore I don't know how often I will update this or if I will at all! I'm sure those most acquainted with me know my distaste for writing and reading.

I am a Christian living in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, China. I moved here in late August 2006. This has been a wonderful experience so far. I have enjoyed being in this city and teaching at Ningbo University. I teach six classes of oral English and one class of American culture. Teaching oral English is both a blessing and a curse. I do not have very much to prepare since all we do is talk in English, but that gives me ample free time to ... not write. Most of my time is spent listening to podcasts on iTunes and my iPod and surfing the internet. That hooks into the most important part of my personality (at least in my opinion).

I am addicted to making things better. I say that not because I am arrogant or think I am better than everyone. I am only trying to make myself and all those around me more like our Father. Also, I try to learn as much as I can about anything interesting. Though a major contradiction, I am lazy. Therefore I only learn about things that are easy or I like. This blog may be the chance for me to overcome this laziness and do something positive and constructive with my time.

My main purpose of this blog is to tell of my wonderful trips and thoughts on China. As I said earlier, I am enjoying immensely my time here. Living here has challenged me to live in a culture foreign to me with a different language.

My second purpose is to let you know what it is like for an American to live outside America. American flags become much more important and the National Anthem is something you actually listen to.

My final purpose is to give my views on major issues in America. Since I have a lot of free time, I spend most of my time reading news from America. Therefore I feel I have the chance to wade in a cesspool of news and find the truth interspersed with hype.

I hope you will enjoy reading my blog! Be sure to give comments on what you read. To give you a warning, I don't like opinions not based on fact and/or logic. Therefore if you have a point to make please give sources that have intimate access to the facts. Therefore if you attempt to say I am confused by the media and/or government I'm going to ask you to prove what you say before I can believe it.

Mom, I've finally learned how to do this (or finally got bored enough to do it)!

Enjoy!