Posted in Holidays, Home Life, Mandarin, Music&Movies on May 24th, 2009
Living in a concrete jungle where it snows 9 months out of the year leaves little room or time for trees, bushes, flowers, grass…ya know, that nature stuff…to grow. But, Spring is here and our tiny rectangle of a courtyard has that green stuff growing in it along with a little pink and purple that [...]
Posted in Culture, Holidays, Photos, Shopping, Travel on Feb 13th, 2009
One huge difference about Yunnan than any other part of China we’ve visited is how devoted to Buddhism many of the people are. We got to visit a Buddhist temple in the city and we also got to venture out into a nearby town, their morning market and local temple. There are so [...]
Some of our best friends from Urumqi moved to Thailand last year and we’ve missed them so much. We are so thankful to be able to visit them over our break. Their kids are so dear to us and we got to spend some time with them at the Chiang Mai Zoo and Aquarium. I [...]
We had a great Christmas! Here are some pictures you can check out. Just click on the “view photos” link to see them.
Posted in Holidays on Nov 28th, 2008
So, Thanksgiving is definitely not the same here, and, though we all really miss our families, that doesn’t mean it’s a bad time. We got together with a bunch of American friends here and had a potluck traditional Thanksgiving meal. We ate, gave thanks, and laughed a lot. Our time playing games [...]
Posted in Holidays on Dec 26th, 2007
We’re having a true white Christmas this year. It began snowing Christmas night and has kept snowing through to this morning. There’s a fresh blanket of snow outside and big, fat flakes floating down from the sky. Some Canadian friends who live across the way were making snow angels and having a [...]
Posted in Holidays on Nov 3rd, 2007
Though there are only a handful of North Americans here in our fair city, our candy bowl was still quickly cleaned out Halloween night. Mermaids, farmers and even a monkey king (a character in ancient Chinese myth) graced our doorstep, but the highlight of the night was when Spiderman paid us a visit. [...]