3 months yall! i’m still here

Happy 2018

WOW! I brought in the new year before many of you reading this at a NYE Party in Shanghai, China. I know I’m here but I have to keep reminding myself, “KG – you live in China!” Actually it really is not that hard to remind myself because I can’t read most signs and advertisements when I am out and about, but I am surviving.

I am in month 3 yall! WOW!!!! I have started teaching (I believe I touched on this in my last post). It’s going. It’s not the most amazing thing ever but it is also not worst thing ever. Like on a scale of 1 to Coconut (Coconut being something I HATE)…. Its like a 3.Pear – Three Point Pear. Yeah makes no sense right??? It’s hard to explain. Currently I am covering a teacher’s class who is on contract break. You get 4 weeks off of work when you sign for another year’s contract. After covering this class I will cover another class then transition into having my own class. It is a nice transition for me into having my own class because I get to learn the ins/outs, understand the curriculum, technology, and resources, without the responsibility of “my class”. Though I take teaching very seriously, lesson plan, and give it my all, I know in a few weeks I will get a new set of students and have a new hundred or names to learn. So here’s to being positive and learning more names that are super hard to pronounce!!!

Christmas was – well Christmas…. I had to work. This is the first year that I have ever worked on Christmas Eve and Christmas. We had a gift exchange at work which was fun. On Christmas day I did breakfast with a friend, lunch with my co-workers, and dinner with my neighbors.

Just wanted to check in and tell you all Happy New Year – 2018 Blessings to all of you.

Shanghai is A HUGE city and it trips me out that I am here living in it. Never in my wildest dreams did I think KMG, just a girl from EPA, would bel living in Asia! But, here I am living and doing it. Just sprinkling my #blackgirlmagic and #blackexcellence throughout this city. When people say the world is small they mean it. I have met people from Dallas, Atlanta/AUC, California – coast to coast back in the states. Crazy – even met people (people yall- more than one person) who know where Hooks, Texas is! You know that made me smile.

I will bring in a host of holidays in Asia! So far, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve/Christmas, NYE/NY Day …. And soon to come my birthday! I will also get to celebrate national Chinese holidays which will be nice. I am learning about the culture here so I am very interested in experiencing some of their holidays and traditions.

 

Do you all set resolutions for the new year? I set a few goals for each year. I was quite ambitious with my list last year so here is my 2018 plan:

1. Because of my work schedule it is hard to sign up athletic events like 5K/10K/Stair Climb type events I would do at home. I want to do 1 event this year. If I can work that in my schedule that would be great.

(oh – Christmas week I did Jingle Bell Run 5K with coworkers- it was cold – I don’t like being cold)

2. Read 2 books for pleasure
3. Visit 4 new countries – I have my list ready so I can’t wait to share with you all as it happens about my adventures abroad.
4. Pay down some US Debt – lets see how that goes!
5. Play in a waterfall – I didn’t get to do this last year and I’m still mad about it!!! – so clearly some things carry over from 2017 and that’s okay
6. BE!!! Just BE. Enjoy each day as it comes. Live. Love. Laugh. Smile. Live a life rooted and established in JOY! #EverdayJOY

 

 

• If you would like my mailing address email me at: karlamgurley@yahoo.com and I will send it to you.
• I know have an international phone number so if you had my -214- number it is no longer in service.
• My social media life is random but I check when I can- FB/IG

 

Thanks for reading and following my adventures overseas. It makes me smile to know yall are reading and you all care. Anything ya wanna know????

 

She Believed She Could >>>So She Did …. this is me. I believe I can so I am

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I am excited about life! I am filled with Hope. I am overwhelmed with JOY! 

I am going to do my best to live by the ‘Glad Texts’

(one of my favorites is–Psalms 98:4) — Did you know that there are over 800 Glad Texts in the Bible?!?! More than one for each day of the year for me to live by.

 

#FearlessinShanghai #KMarieTakesChina #BlackGirlMagic #KarlaGirlLivingLife #BlackGirlJOy #LivingMyLifeLikeItsGolden #EPARockingIt

“life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all”  – Hellen Keller

*I choose ADVENTURE* 

…..until next time yall….

PAZ!

……wifi – pictures – and youtube are not being nice to me today – and if i don’t hit publish on this post who knows how long before I can post again – pictures to come soon. hopefully!