[This is my Trail] News...

[Rachelle]

Well, dear old China has been on an internet censorship kick again recently (and darn it, they're getting better and better). Before they only ever blocked blogspot.com, so I could post to my blog, just not see it. Now they figured out that they should block blogger.com too, it seems. Well, poo on them. I finally got around to installing another proxy server, so now I can post again.

There are several posts that should be written about recent travels to Yangshuo/Guilin and Jinghong, taking the Foreign Service Officer Test in Chengdu, etc. However, the biggest update is that I have turned in my resignation at my job (my last day will be June 30) and I will be heading back to the US on July 14 (time is going so quickly!). Many have asked if I am back "for good," but I find that question a little hard to answer. Life is long. Who knows? As far as the near future, though, I'm thinking I will be in the US, although I guess you never know. I'll go anywhere someone gives me a job!

This picture is from my last meeting with some of our group leaders in the countryside. We went out to lunch halfway between their village and Kunming and I told them I was leaving. They were a little bummed that I was leaving and said they'd miss me. Then Wang Pin Feng, the big group leader (second from the left) said, "Thanks for helping us." Well, I have tried...though I wish I could do more.

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Posted By Rachelle to This is my Trail at 6/22/2009 09:32:00 AM