I know from personal experience how difficult it can be to make friends abroad. But if you’re moving or have moved abroad, you probably have a good reason for doing so. Perhaps it’s because of a job, a relationship, or […]
Flashcard apps, for me, were revolutionary. You see, when I was a teenager, I really struggled with learning vocabulary in foreign languages. It was easy for me to pick up the basic stuff, but when it came to learning 100 […]
HSK stands for Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (汉语水平考试). It’s a standard Chinese language test with 6 levels. HSK 1 is the lowest and HSK 6 the highest. HSK 3 and HSK 4 are in the middle. According to Hanban these two levels […]
In the previous post I described my second year in China and how I had to go back to Poland for the operation. After that, we went to Europe for the summer holidays. We knew by then that we were […]
After a first rocky year living in China, it seemed like the next would be much easier. I was happy. I finally had a permanent job, after one whole year of just some odd hours here and there. But my […]
Towards the end of our second year living in Poland my husband and I both needed a change. We wanted to travel, to see more, and our working lifestyles made this difficult. Teaching English in Poland, it’s difficult to make […]
We’ve had a lot on lately, so we didn’t have too much time for writing on our blog. First of all, we left China. China is beautiful and fascinating but, truth be told, we really missed Europe. We’re sure we’ll […]
HSK stands for Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (汉语水平考试). It’s a standard Chinese language test with 6 levels. HSK 1 is the lowest and HSK 6 the highest. HSK 3 comes somewhere in the middle. In the post I explain what I […]
For the past two weeks, I’ve blogged about my story about thyroid cancer. I found out about it in China and I considered having removed there, but eventually decided to return to Poland for the operation. In this final post in the series, I discuss why I decided not to have the radiotherapy in China and where I finally did it. Read on to discover more. […]
To be honest, I don’t remember clearly that Friday morning when I received the message about my thyroid cancer. I remember being strangely calm for the most of the time, distant from myself, as if this wasn’t really happening to me. Without uttering a word, I handed Chris (my husband) my phone. I thought it better he read it himself. […]