This thanksgiving was a major success We missed our families and that special time together, but we still have an endless list of things to be thankful for! David found a turkey (which was imported from America!) and deep fried it to perfection. It.was.so.good. I had my own memories to make though. I made sweet […]
It’s Duan Wu Jie here! There are several stories behind this holiday, but the best known legend is about a famous Chinese poet named Qu Yuan. Despite his love and passion for his country, he was exiled. Qu Yuan in great despair committed suicide by drowning himself in the Miluo River (Yunan Province) on the […]
Colt had a fun day at school where they invited the parents to come help the kids decorate their own cakes. We all took some fruit. . . The kids were able to put some icing on the cake and decorate it with the different fruits. Chinese cake is like a guiltless version of cakes. […]
Thursday was the Chinese New Years Eve. We hosted a party here for some teammates and our Chinese teacher’s family and friend. It was a lot of fun. The kids had a blast, we had lots of yummy Western and Chinese food, lots of treats, watched the famous “show” of all the provinces dancing and […]
We were off from language studies, and Colt was off from his school on New Years Day. Our tutor said only govt. workers would be off. So we decided to take a trip out into the city and let the kids play. I think all of East Asia was off work though because it was […]
Our visa run to Hong Kong was December 22-25th. That means that we were there for Christmas. It really wasn’t a bad thing though. We were with good friends. The kids had playmates. The city was decorated beautifully. There was constant Christmas music playing everywhere we went. We were able to eat some yummy western […]
