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Hospital Mis-Prints :)
8 FebCourtesy of the hospital here in China. If you stop by, you can visit the Blood Chamber, Urine Chamber, Cell Chamber, Ultrasonic Knife Teetment Center, X-Ray Perspective Room, and the Ultrasonic Scalpelout Room
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Astrill Update
5 FebYay! Astrill is semi-working on Apple again! And it actually seems a little better than before. 🙂 It started about 2-3 days ago and has been going on so far. It drops every so often, but then it picks up again. I haven’t tried visiting any blocked sites (I know some people who said those still threw them off), but it is helping keep my computer safe while I visit the allowed ones like my Outlook email again. I’m happy!
China Pollution :(
5 FebChina pollution :(. My window sill after two weeks. I missed last weeks cleaning and this what it looked like. [Scowl][Cry][Speechless]😱😱😱
Life in China: WeChat
12 Jan
As I’ve mentioned before, China = no Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. However, the Chinese are nothing if not inventive, and they have their own wonderful systems for instant messaging, status posting, and picture sharing.
The first is called QQ, and I’m still getting used to that system because it is almost entirely in Chinese. They have an English version, but the English doesn’t cover many of its tools. It is a little more widely used only in that students use it more often in a day (think Facebook). Every student I’ve met also has a program called WeChat (said Weesheen), and it is how students and foreigners contact one another. It is also the replacement for Twitter for many students, so it is important to be familiar with the program. Continue reading
Anti-Smog Truck!
7 JanLiving in Henan, we are kind of in the middle of some of China’s worst pollution. If you look at the Air Pollution map, you’ll see that Zhengzhou tends to run parallel with Shanghai and Beijing for some of the most hazardous conditions for people’s health. This is due in no small part to the fact that many foreign companies have built factories in Zhengzhou, such as Apple (yes, we saw the iPhone 6 first! 😛 ) Having watched skyscrapers literally disappear feet in front of me on the really bad days, I can say that it is definitely horrible to try to be outside in. The city looks like a ghost time about half the time because of the smoky look and the abandoned cast that it gives to all the buildings.
So, I’m pretty excited about this news! Some people said that our numbers actually went down so maybe this will really work 🙂 That would be completely awesome! **DB
Anti-smog Carrier Appears in Zhengzhou
by Sun Wanming via “CRI“
A truck loaded with a massive aerosol gun is seen ejecting water spray at Zhengzhou, capital city of central China’s Henan province on January 5, 2015. An operator says the carrier with a capacity of 10 tons of water can eject spray particles for 75 minutes. He added that the water spray can effectively relieve the haze weather in the area by dissolving the pollution particles and dust in the air. The anti-smog tool is said to cost 800,000 yuan. [Photo: tencent.com] . . .
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Bad Translations: Blueberry Muffin
3 Jan![20150101_163604[1]](https://deceptivelyblonde.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/20150101_1636041.jpg)
Lol, I ordered a “blueberry muffin” at this really sweet cafe near home. The cafe is 4 stories and you can go up on the top floors to sit and watch the world go by. They told me the blueberry muffin had blueberry sauce poured over it, and I thought that sounded like something good. Then I got this huge, totally awesome creature with whipped cream and blueberry sauce! Unfortunately, they gave use clear plastic gloves to eat it instead of a fork, so it was slightly messy. But DELICIOUS!
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