I know some Pilipino teachers at an English school in this city an hour outside of Beijing. They cooked some Pilipino food for me, which was nice since I haven’t visited the Philippines. I also got to see karaoke (or KTV as it is called in China) for the first time in China. They have huge rooms here I noticed, enough to fit 15-20 people. It was ok, just loud.
I also got to see some apartments since these teachers were thinking about moving out of their school dormitory. Not including utilities, you can rent a one bedroom apartment for 800 yuan ($117) or a 2 bedroom apartment for 1100 yuan ($161) per month. The second apartment comes furnished with beds, couches, refrigerator, and a LCD TV.
The owners of the school asked if I’d like to teach English, but I wasn’t too interested. The school is dirty and I don’t like how they teach here, not too great of a school.