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Monday, July 19 Today we started our career week unit. This goes better with our motto, “You are the builder of our dreams; you are the master of your destiny,” more directly than biomes or world cultures. We have been told that the Chinese parents are extremely interested in the career topic. As far as […]
Shopping!
By admin | July 20, 2010
There was a lot of shopping this weekend. It began Friday night, when Mr. John the tailor met us at our hotel to see about making custom clothes. I gave him a very poor drawing of a crazy blouse with a lot of asymmetry I have had in my head for a while, and he […]
At dinner, we eat family style at a round table with a big lazy susan tray in the center. We never order at our hotel’s restaurant, they just start bringing the dishes they are serving that night, usually around ten different ones. They are getting to know us and bringing more vegetables and less meat. […]
Sunday, July 18 Today we spent the afternoon at an attraction called Splendid China/China Folk Culture Villages. (see here) It’s a cross between Epcot Center, Colonial Williamsburg, and China. The Folk Culture Villages has buildings and people in costumes from different ethnic groups around China. Ostensibly, it’s a cultural preservation attempt. Unfortunately, the bulk of […]
Yesterday, Beth ended a meeting, and as everyone was starting to walk out, she said, “Oh, oh, wait! I almost forgot to tell you one more thing. A typhoon is coming, probably this weekend.” When pressed for more details, she said we should probably stay inside when it happens. If it happened on a weekday, […]
Found this awesome picture book in the school library today. I sort of feel like it looks familiar–maybe just because I like it so much! If anyone does know this book in English, please let me know.
First, it’s hot and humid. Really hot, and really humid. There’s a two-hour break in the middle of each day so no one has to do anything in the middle of the day. Businesses are still open well past 9pm so people can eat and shop after the sun has gone down. Grown men walk […]
Gratuitous cute. This entry has almost nothing to do with China, except that my roommate takes more (and probably better) pictures than me, so I am starting to raid her iPhoto library. This one was taken just before we came to China. She says the baby elephants at the Wild Animal Park are not to […]
You know how those oddly translated menus at Chinese restaurants make you giggle? Being surrounded by Chinese signs with English translations (well, if we’re lucky, they’re translated) provides many opportunities for such mirth! However, we do have to be careful! Patti recently told me she’d found the oddest sign at school and was wondering what […]
“Diary of a Worm” is a Rainbow Garden Class favorite! If you haven’t read it yet, you should.