Tuesday, January 4, 2011

New Home. New City. New Center

I know I haven't posted in a while and I promise to update about all the fun stuff I have been up too in the last month soon.  This post is about Suzhou and all things Suzhou.
  
New Home and New City
We arrived in Suzhou after a very long train ride from Beijing.  I moved to a new apartment in Suzhou Industrial Park about 1 km from my work.  It is a beautiful 2 bedroom, 1 bath apartment.  I even have statlite tv and internet that seems to work pretty well.  It is about a 1/2 block from a mall that has Walmart and other good stores.  Suzhou is a beautiful place and I have only been to the SIP.  I hope next week to visit downtown and old town Suzhou.  It is called the Venice of the East for a reason and I want to see everything it has to offer.  I will let you know that there are a lot of trees and birds here.  Something you don't see in Shanghai.  The people here are very nice and no one seems to be in a hurry like Shanghai.  I will post pictures of my apartment when I get everything unpacked.  


New Center
We opened our center on New Years Eve.  I did three demos and we signed up two new learners.  It was so fun.  My assistant trainer is Wei.  She is amazing and we seem to be a perfect pair.  She is so organized and does everything before being asked.  I am so lucky to have her.  Our classroom is Andy's Bedroom a Toy Story themed room.  I love it so much! My computer background is Buzz Lightyear with his minions of Little Green Aliens.  It makes me laugh because its me and my little children. :) I have to create little tokens to get the kids when they do well.  If you have any Toy Story theme ideas please let me know.  


New Address

Here is my new address.  Mail here is very strange.  Letters, envelopes, books, medications and other things get taken in the mail.  If you are going to send something it is best to send a medium to large box.  USPS offers the flat rate boxes to use.   The box may get opened if they here anything "lose" in it.  If you have any questions please let me know.  
  
Kelly Glynn
C/O Disney English Language Learning
Horizon Resort (South Gate, Phase 3) No.68, Suxiu Road, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, Peoples Republic of China 215021

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