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Happy Chinese Lantern Festival!

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

Tags: Asia, celebration, Chiba, Culture, History

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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

Tags: Asia, China, experiences abroad, Living Abroad

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An #American Breakfast!

7 Feb

A 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

Tags: Asia, China, Food, Foodie, Travel

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Xin Nian Kuai Le! 新年快乐!

28 Jan

Happy 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

Tags: Asia, China, Happy Spring Festival, New Year, Rooster Year, Spring Festival, XinNian Kuai Le

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Jumping Monkey

12 Jan

For good luck jumping extra high to get the ball!

Tags: A Life Savored, Asia, China, cute, cute products, Life in China, monkey products, shopping, sports

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Do You Eat Mouth?

31 Dec

Student: Teacher do you eat mouth?

Me: 😶 no, can’t say that I do! What kind of mouth? — Pig, cow, goat? (thinking to myself, you eat pigs feet and chicken head, maybe you eat the mouth too? . . )

Student: No, teacher “mouth”

Me: -_- I feel like we’re not communicating here. . . Can you spell it?

Student: M o u s e 🐭

Me: 😱😨 Nope, thought mouth sounded bad, but that might just be worse.

Tags: Asia, China, ESL, Funny, Humor, Life Abroad, Life in China, Living in China, LOL, Real Chinese Food, Travel Food, Weird Food

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Categories Life

Final’s Week Conversations

28 Dec

Student 1– “How many chances do I have to do the Final Exam.”

Me — “One” ?!?

Student 1– “But I want to go to graduate school!”

Me — “Then you sure as heck better be able to do this test in one try or graduate school is probably a no-go!”

Student 1– “0_0 oh, I know.”

Me — “Then why oh why did you ask?!?!?!”

Student 2– “Teacher, some people in my class have very bad grades. Can we fix it.”

Me — A) this is finals week for the semester, so no. B) your grades are bad because you cheated on 2 assignments, failed to complete 4 assignments, gave me one-word answers for other assignments, and skipped class 4+ times. So don’t you think you should have worried about your grades then instead of now? — And you are the class leader — you should have led your class better, instead your group has the worst participation.”

Student 2 — “Oh. Ok teacher. I know.”

Me — “Then why oh why oh why did you ask?!?!?!?!?!?!”