Happy Holidays!
In class the other week our Chinese teacher taught us how to say Merry Christmas: “Sheng dan jie kuai le”, a phrase which translated literally means “Happy Saint Egg Day”, further convincing me that the Chinese language may just be too damn hard for me to ever learn. I’d imagined that I’d avoid Christmas all […]
Singin’ the Northern China Cold Weather Blues
I guess it takes cold weather for life to start imitating art. When you walk outside your nose (the only uncovered part of your body) becomes uncomfortably cold. You nostrils freeze together when you snuffle or snort, and there’s no place to spit anyway since everyone else’s nasty expectorate is frozen on the sidewalk. The […]
Snow day!
Today in Changchun we had our first snow of the winter. Fresh snow always makes me want to go for a walk, so I poked around in Nanhu Park and took some pictures. The lake has frozen thick (or deep) enough for people to walk and skate on it. I think this is the first […]
Halloween in China
Happy Halloween! As I mentioned before, I work for an office that provides K-12 schools with English teachers. We also offer after-school/weekend English classes for students at our offices. We are opening a third branch of our office here in Changchun, and to celebrate we hosted a Halloween party there for all of our after-school […]