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Depends on the Second Face. . . -_-

30 Sep

deceptivelyblonde's avatarOne Ear In The Past

“If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?”

**Abraham Lincoln

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Dancing in Arms

29 Sep

deceptivelyblonde's avatarA Life Savored

Dancing in Arms

Dancing Students at a College Performance, Xinzheng, China

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Let’s Dance!

18 Sep

deceptivelyblonde's avatarA Life Savored

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Freshman Welcoming Ceremony at Sias International University

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A Love that Never Dies

14 Sep

deceptivelyblonde's avatarOne Ear In The Past

“Friendship is like a violin. The music may stop now and then, but the strings will go on forever.”

**Unknown

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A Dream within a Dream

3 Sep

deceptivelyblonde's avatarOne Ear In The Past

“I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly dreaming I am a man.”

~ Zhuang Zi

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Art I Love: “Missouri Landscape” by Brent Sanders

2 Sep

deceptivelyblonde's avatarThe Cultured Muse

(c) Brent Sanders 2012 (c) Brent Sanders 2012

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Verdant Frame

30 Aug

Zhang Wenjie's avatarA Certain Slant of Light Photography

One basic technique to draw attention to a subject is through the use of leading lines and frames. In this case, the greenery encase the Lingxiao Shrine, and the branches serendipitously lead to the temple in the background. I would have loved to be a few inches taller for a better perspective. Times like these I wished my camera had one of those swivel LCD screens so I can stretch my arms way up high for a shot without resorting to the spray-and-pray shooting style (i.e, randomly click, click, click and hope one turns out nice). Ah well.

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Chinese Brunch!

25 Aug

Air China held our/a lot of people’s bags last night so long that we all missed our flight.  Instead, they put us in a hotel in Beijing while we wait to fly to Zhengzhou tonight.  We get to stay here eating free meals and watching Chinese TV until the shuttle takes us to the airport tonight @ 7:00pm.   Meanwhile we are eating our first Chinese brunch right now!  🙂

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The World Around

23 Aug

deceptivelyblonde's avatarOne Ear In The Past

“Foreigners are like you and me, they know what children need. All women anywhere have maternal instincs, we’re all like the Guan Yin inside.”

~ Xin Ran

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Teaching/Moving abroad question #2

23 Aug

If your company or school promises free airline tickets  don’t forget to ask whether that includes 2 suitcases or 1.  Even though the standard was 2 for an international flight, United charged us an extra $100 for the second case because the school discounted flights by giving us only 1.