Yes people, I’m jumping on the meme bandwagon again. This time it’s music. By this point we all know the truly terrible song by Rebecca Black called Friday and some of the quite hilarious covers of the song (I like the Colbert/Kimmel one myself). Well, here’s a new one you
Strange Things Will Happen…
This past week, in oral class, we had a lesson called, “What’s on Becky’s iPod?” It’s an occasional class where I play a song, or two and we learn the lyrics and discuss some of the deeper meaning behind the song. This week, we talked about a song by The
Flapping in the Breeze
There are still things that I miss from back home (like pants that aren’t size -00), but as more time goes on, I miss them less and less. In fact, there are some things that I originally dreaded, but now don’t even think about. One of those things is drying
A Greasy Day at the Tea Academy
So I mentioned the other day that I recently went on a trip to the Yun He Tea Academy, (Where I met my BFF.) It was a trip was set up by the International Office. They do a trip for the foreign teachers every fall and spring, and sometimes I
Another Beautiful Qingming Day
We don’t get many holidays in China, so you gotta make the most of them when they arrive. Today is Qingming Day (also called Tomb Sweeping Day), an ancient holiday in which you are meant to remember, and pay respects to, your ancestors. It’s getting harder and harder to do
The Ancient Water City of Xitang China
When you think of ancient China, cobbled narrow street, hanging red lanterns and kung-fu masters walking down the street appreciating a ray of sunlight or an opening bud, you probably think of a city a lot like Xitang (well, minus the kung-fu masters that is). Xitang is not very far
Diamonds? No Thanks. Salt? Yes Please!
Message to salt manufacturers: If you want to make a quick buck, get to China as fast as you can! The salt industry is having a huge surge this week as demand is far outweighing supply. It’s been reported that in some places, cities nearby to me, people have waited
The Most Average Person
You may have already heard that National Geographic put together information from every single person on the planet, all seven billion of us, to come up with the world’s most average person. That person is, drum roll please, a 28-year-old Chinese man. They then combined 190,000 pictures of 28-year old