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From the Darkest Depths Come the Most Exotic Flowers
13 Feb
“Great people will always be mocked by those who feel smaller than them. A lion does not flinch at laughter coming from a hyena. A gorilla does not budge from a banana thrown at it by a monkey. A nightingale does not stop singing its beautiful song at the intrusion of an annoying woodpecker. Whenever you should doubt your self-worth, remember the lotus flower. Even though it plunges to life from beneath the mud,
Happy Chinese Lantern Festival!
11 Feb
Happy Lantern Festival! Tonight is the night (15 days after #ChineseNewYear ) when the Chinese light paper lanterns and send them up to the sky.
My picture wasn’t very good 😭 I’ll post a better one later. But the #moon sure was pretty! Here in Zhengzhou, we have the highest smog records for the country, so the moon is a rare night. Today was perfect for the festival! Clear skies, brisk air, and a good wind. 😄
Wishing you all the best and a great upcoming year! 🍀
#China #travel #festival, #traditions #lifeabroad #international
The New Hotel Security System
9 Feb
Haha!😜 Visited a 5⭐ hotel this weekend and found that the bathroom was entirely see-through. Embarassing, no?!? Asked my students why and got this lovely response ‘Many hotels in China do this. It’s very common. Because sometimes the men, they come with a strange woman. Or two. Or different ones. And when they go to the bathroom, all their money is taken. So this way they can see and be safe.’ 😒 😂 That’s hilarious. A five star hotel arranges its bathroom around keeping rich men safe from their ‘women’. Sad. Very, very sad. #lifeinchina #china #travel #humor #abroad, #whataworld
An #American Breakfast!
7 FebA real #American breakfast! 🍴 In #China, donuts that taste like real donuts and CHEESE! are so hard to come by. We’ll pay a fortune just for a good old-fashioned meal once in a while. The Chinese usually eat soup, dumplings, fried bread, or salad for breakfast, which isn’t my cup of tea. But we’re staying at the Hilton for a couple days – in China, the nice hotels have both an American and a Chinese buffet – makes for quite the array! 🙂
#LifeinChina #foodie #travel #ontheroad
Gmat Rage!
2 FebLol! I will find you. I will destroy you. Wish me luck! Test is on the 7th! #gmatrage #alsomewhenIseeasnake
Xin Nian Kuai Le! 新年快乐!
28 JanHappy Spring Festival to any Chinese viewers! Today is the first day of the Year of the Rooster. Wishing you money in your purses, love in your hearts, family in your homes, luck in your future, and wisdom in your minds
Ba Si
10 Jan
Ba Si is a delicious real Chinese dish made from fruits, baked potato, or sweet potato – battered and then covered in a sweet sugary- caramel like sauce that hardens into a candy-glaze. My personal favorite!
Highlighting History, Shadowing Mystery
7 DecFound this while wandering down Tianzifang in Shanghai. Tianzifang is a maze of buildings in the old French Concession area.
Did you ever read one of the old books where someone got lost in the streets of China? Going farther and farther back into the twisting buildings built one overlapping the other, up and up and up. And below it all, the stranger moves deeper into an under-land of small one room stores and little, elderly artists and laborers selling their services? Tianzifang is one of the magical places, full of mystery, history, and a touch of the mystical.
“She was free in her wildness. She was a wanderess, a drop of free water. She belonged to no man and to no city” ~ Roman Payne
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