I’m happy to report that I am a new member of the China Blog Network! This is a website that collects information on blogs from all around China and puts them together on one website so you can discover a number of new blogs. I think this is a great
It's Chinglish Time Again!
Here are some more great finds from around China!
Some Specific Differences of Chinese and American Education
As I’ve been learning, the Chinese and Western ways of learning are vastly different. For starters, they work much, much harder. (They laughed, actually laughed in disbelief, when I told them our school day is from about 8:00-2:30. They start earlier and often go until 9 p.m. and then stay
In-Car Ballet
I stumbled across this video and thought I had to share it because it was so funny. At a car event in Wuhan, China the crowd was entertained by a synchronized-swimming type event, only with legs (in different color leggings) thrusting out of cars from the sunroof. Ester Williams they
Out and About With My ipod
I have been the owner of a 4g ipod touch for several weeks now and I don’t know how I ever lived without it. I carry it around with me everywhere and is close to me even at night. (That’s because our alarm clock died and until we get a
Happy Thanksgiving!! Check out our Feast!
Well, it might not look like much, but I am pretty darn thankful for it! A friend was kind enough to send us everything we would need to make our own thanksgiving dinner. (The non perishable version of course.) She sent us a few other things, like a can of
The Foreigner Grapevine
When we were traveling to Kaifeng, we had a tough train ride. It was incredibly crowded, hot, and seemed much longer than the 6 hours it took. We arrived late in the day, discombobulated, tired and hungry. We walked out of the train station and waved away a female rickshaw
Construction in China: A Tale of Two Buildings
It’s no secret that China is having a building boom. The rate of development has been talked about to death by all the major media outlets for the past several years. I can even see it in my little boonie of a town. They have been developing the area around
Chinglish: Bakery Edition
You can’t walk very far in China without coming across a bakery. (Outside the school there are 4 within a 1/2 block radius.) For the most part, the bakeries are delicious and for the sake of my waistline I just keep trying to walk on by. But avoiding buying baked
The God of Wealth
You can’t travel for very long in China without seeing a picture, or statue, of one of the most revered gods. Statues of gods are a dime a dozen here, but everyone, no matter what their religion gives this man his props. Who is he and why is he so