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What Are You Doing Next Summer?
The summer holidays are something that we all look forward to; it’s great to have a long, well-earned break; but many of us find ourselves falling into rather dull routines of boredom, when instead we could be doing something really worthwhile. Why spend such precious time on the couch at home when you could be […]
MoreSalty Milk Tea And Other Inner Mongolian Adventures
During Golden Week last month, over 30 Teach and Travel interns and a handful of ImmerQi staff headed North to experience the best that Inner Mongolia has to offer. One of our intern managers Elena Sigacheva, herself a former Teach and Travel participant, shares the highs and lows of these eventful three days. Prepare for […]
MoreA Chinese Field Trip With Immerqi’s Csr Team
On Friday 25th July, ImmerQi’s CSR team, comprised of Kirsty, Jodi, Reece, Sally and Jayne, spent a day with 10 children from one of ImmerQi’s local partner charities, exploring the Temple of Heaven and the China National Museum. It was an early start for the CSR team, who ventured all the way into north eastern […]
MoreWhy Beijing Pollution Is Like Doctor Who
Beijing is a polluted place. We know this because it’s drummed into us by New York Times, BBC, CNN, Al Jazeera, basically by any media publication in the world for the last couple of years. The dreaded and much talked about Air Quality Index (AQI) tells us how bad it is each day and those […]
MoreMustaches Everywhere For Movember
November, in recent years, has turned into the international month for men’s health. Many people have joined in with the fund raising event ‘Movember‘ – during which you are not allowed to shave your upper lip – and ImmerQi has too. Movember is a fund raising challenge where men grow mustaches throughout November and ask […]
MoreTips On How To Bargain In China!
The TTC 2010 winter program is underway and it’s been a busy few days in preparation for it. Keep your eyes peeled as there will be regular blog postings! We’ll be putting up loads of interesting things such as Chinese idioms, Mandarin phrases/words, photos, videos, facts about China, information about Chinese cuisines and culture, tips […]
MoreTrains, Planes And Massive Crowds!
It doesn’t seem 5 minutes ago since this semester began and already there are holidays coming up! (It’s a hard life eh?) After all the confusion of working the weekends to make up for other days, teaching Fridays lessons on a Saturday and Mondays lessons on a Sunday, throw in 3 days off for the […]
MoreTour-Tastic!
With KTV still ringing in their ears we got the interns up bright and early for their first tour day on Saturday morning and we had somewhat of an epic itinerary to follow. We were heading for the Great Wall of China or as the locals call it “wǎn lǐ cháng chéng” and a trip […]
MoreSeasons Greetings From Immerqi
Christmas is as important to Westerners as Chinese New Year is to the Chinese – so it’s no surprise that, with an office containing numerous foreigners, ImmerQi had a lot going on during the festive period! Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is at the forefront of projects this Christmas! Kirsty Armstrong, leader of ImmerQi’s CSR team […]
MoreWorking In China – Sameer Choglay
One of the main reasons for me embarking on this internship was my passion for working in the healthcare industry. I know I want to help people, medically, I just don’t know how. Prior to arriving in China I worked for a pharmaceutical company; it took me a while to figure out that it wasn’t […]
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