Archive For The “Shenzhen, China 2010” Category
Update
By admin | July 25, 2010
I have added some pictures to “The Real China.” I used Patti’s camera to photograph my scrolls when she got back from her visit. Check it out.
Sunday, July 25 Yesterday was a fun day touring, which I intend to finish writing about quite soon, but today I had the most amazing experience! From school, it was arranged for us to go on a visit to the home of one of our students. Families got to choose which teacher to invite. I […]
Ahhhhh….
By admin | July 21, 2010
So one thing that is awesome about China is massages. Imagine the density of tattoo places in PB, and that is about the same as the number of spas near us. One we like has the slogan “Pedicure Preventative Health Palace.” I don’t know if they’ll actually paint your toenails, but they will pound your […]
I just got back from my first yoga class in China. I love to go to yoga classes when I travel, but til now I have just been doing a little flow or small amount of acro training in my room while getting used to our schedule and the area. Tonight I ventured out to […]
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, […]