Last week found me dealing with a lot of fatigue and frustration and relief and annoyance over my application for an academic job here in China. Finally, after getting my job offer I believed the saga to be over and I mentally prepared myself for a new adventure in a new city in the fall. I started considering trips to cities close to Tianjin and was beginning to get excited about new independence I was going to experience in a totally new setting with nobody to simply rely on anytime an issue arose. I was excited. And ready.
I woke up this morning and turned on my computer. Opening up my email, I noticed a new message from the recruiter who is in charge of all the hiring for the school. He was the one who hired me for my ESL job and for my academic transfer to Tianjin. It was an offer to change schools and to be placed... in DALIAN!
After all the frustration and worry and then the transition to a comfortable feeling about the new adventure, I'll be staying here after all! No shipping stuff across the BoHai Sea, no need to worry about housing (I can likely find a place before I leave for the summer), no anxiety about a new city and totally new people (even though there might be up to 40 new teachers at this school), and I'll still be able to have all the adventures I had this year (and I'll have more money to finance them!).
So, here I'll stay for another year.
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WOOOHOOO Trev! that is great news. I am super excited for you - and look at this newfound stability in your life! yippee fantastico.
ReplyDeleteNot only that but you get to high five Darren and watch as much Canadiens as you can. Oh it can't get better.
Now just enjoy these next few months until you get to come home! You'll have a good month back here this summer?
Yes, I'm definitely excited about the prospects of moving over to hang with Team Seath and have a great vacation back in Janada. I'll be passing through, so I'll do my best to make a pit stop. Maybe lunch at the Japanese place near Science World???
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