That Wai Guo Ren Life

Hello, all! Last weekend I was unable to post due to a business trip, but now I'm back and ready to get into the groove of things once again! Girls Team at pre-game warm-ups (shot on my phone) For those of you who don't know, I'm the Marketing Administrator at an American-style international school in Wuhan, China.  Most of my job involves making marketing strategies, researching, meetings (oh, so many meetings!), and even some graphic design, but last weekend I had the opportunity to try something new. I became a sports photographer. There are seven international schools in China that are run by the same organization (including the one I work at), and every year they have a variety of inter-school tournaments, fairs, and even Model United Nations.  Last weekend was the High School Basketball Tournament in Wuxi, and I got the go-ahead to tag along and take pictures for marketing purposes. And I was pretty nervous. See, I'm not a professional photographer...

This is not the first time I've been to China.  The first time I came was for five weeks in the summer of 2016 with an organization called ELIC .  After a week of orientation in Beijing, my six-person team taught two 10-day English camps for High Schoolers: one in Wujin, Changzhou and one in Changsha.  Now as I've returned to China for not even a full month yet, I've found myself already falling back into the habits I barely got comfortable with last summer.  Somehow it's just familiar enough to make the transition a little smoother. Never been to China before?  Going to China for the first time and curious as to what to expect culturally?  Here's a quick list of some habits you'll likely pick up (or be forced to pick up) in your first few weeks in country. 1.  How Do These Things Work?      This one's kind of a no-brainer.  The Chinese have been eating almost exclusively with chopsticks for thousands of years, so it...