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The Wandering Monkey
http://thejimbo.blogspot.com/2008/08/four-days-in-tokyo.html
For three years, I have been in China teaching Swing Dancing. Now I'm wandering yet again. Four Days in Tokyo. My flight from the US connected through Tokyo on its way to Beijing. I postponed my connection flight by four days and stayed in Tokyo. This is what I found:. I have known for a long time Beijing is not the city for me. It was probably 6 years now. I never liked Beijing from the first time I visited it. Still don't. I identify with this city. I have tried learning some Japanese. It is ea...
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The Wandering Monkey
http://thejimbo.blogspot.com/2007/06/saturday-in-beijing.html
For three years, I have been in China teaching Swing Dancing. Now I'm wandering yet again. Today I walked out of the train station and had breakfast. I've been to Beijing before. Took the train in once before as well. I knew the area and felt comfortable enough. Last time I came here was with the swing dance crew, over 2 years ago for the Shanghai-Beijing swing dance exchange. It's a large corporation and they tend to move like molasses. Gotta poke 'em with a stick from time to time. Damn straight I'd be...
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The Wandering Monkey
http://thejimbo.blogspot.com/2007/08/done-in-america-heading-back.html
For three years, I have been in China teaching Swing Dancing. Now I'm wandering yet again. Done in America, heading back. I've spent the last week in the US. I had to return here to renew both my passport and visa, but it turned into a good chance to visit with some of my old family and friends. My brother was in town, so we got to spend some time together. Unfortunately, my mom was away in Montana and my sister in Colorado. Any given evening, their plan is taking care of baby. I'm the last one!
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The Wandering Monkey
http://thejimbo.blogspot.com/2007/07/beijing-or-usa.html
For three years, I have been in China teaching Swing Dancing. Now I'm wandering yet again. Yesterday I went with my (recent) ex- to the Cirque du Soliel (sp? It's playing here in Shanghai. Good show, really. Acrobats, clowns, and all sorts of neat things. A really impressive show. It's the first one I've ever seen by that company. I guess they have eight different groups touring the world right now, so good stuff. About five minutes into it, one of the players said, Maybe you can put on some swing music?
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The Wandering Monkey
http://thejimbo.blogspot.com/2003_06_01_archive.html
For three years, I have been in China teaching Swing Dancing. Now I'm wandering yet again. The other option, teaching English, still is attractive to me, but I am concerned about committing to it. I'd like to have the option to exit China at any time without any hard feelings. I could not just leave a teaching job in the middle of the course. If I'm just a student I take off, no harm done. Round trip open-ended airfaire to Shanghai. $760. Classes for 12 weeks. $900. Dorm rooms . $1100. Thailand, I think&...
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The Wandering Monkey
http://thejimbo.blogspot.com/2007/09/stuff.html
For three years, I have been in China teaching Swing Dancing. Now I'm wandering yet again. It's the end of week 2. Things are pretty good. I met quite a few of my workmates. Plus, and old friend from Shanghai came into Beijing recently. He's doing some sort of program with a local college. And, he's asked me to put together a swing dancing class for his students. Why not? So, smooth so far. Posted by: Jimbo / 9:59 PM. Comments: Post a Comment.
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The Wandering Monkey
http://thejimbo.blogspot.com/2007/07/changes.html
For three years, I have been in China teaching Swing Dancing. Now I'm wandering yet again. This is a bit different from the usual entries. I had been dating my dance partner, Chris, for a long time. We were together in Shanghai for about a year and a half, then when I returned to the US I broke it off after a few months. All for now. Hope you are all well out there (all two of you! Perhaps you are wondering about Beijing. How is it different than Shanghai? Posted by: Jimbo / 4:37 AM.
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The Wandering Monkey
http://thejimbo.blogspot.com/2006/09/hello-hello-again.html
For three years, I have been in China teaching Swing Dancing. Now I'm wandering yet again. Hello, Hello again. These days I'm simply Jim again. I have gone back to computer consulting. It's different. The one vital difference, of course, is that now I actually am making a living. The other vital difference, is , of course, that I am now the guy-who-used-to-be-the-guy-from-Shanghai-Swings. But no. It's true, there was a lot of resistance when people ran into that line. They said, "Huh? Do you know GIS?
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The Wandering Monkey
http://thejimbo.blogspot.com/2007/07/its-go.html
For three years, I have been in China teaching Swing Dancing. Now I'm wandering yet again. After some amount of back-and-forth, I am happy to say that I have reached an acceptable agreement with the company in Beijing. My start date will be very soon; within a week's time. I'll be moving to Beijing for the foreseeable future. (So Mom, please sell the car! Now I begin an entirely new chapter. There is a swing dance club in existance in Beijing. My friend Adam started it at the same time I started ...It's ...
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