Chinese new year is the BEST!

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February 3rd 2011

Published: February 4th 2011

Having a break from work has been really nice, we have visited temples and spent time with Tom's family who are visiting. We went to a Taoist temple and that religion is very bureaucratic, there is a heavenly 'department' of deities for everything and the is even a 'department' for signing the documents that approve things like rain and plagues! Today, we spent all day with Tom's family, we staye... Read Full Entry

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New Year's Eve

it pretty much looked and sounded like we were being bombed for like 24 hours

New Year's Eve

this car was in such a hurry that they didn't even care about being blown up my fireworks. I actually saw a car honking a a box of fireworks!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

ahhhh TOO CLOSE!!

anyone with hands

lol, light and run. Notice that the boys don't look scared they look happy :)

New Year's Eve

Dad was helping

New Year

bedroom window around 2am

New Year

bedroom window around 2am

4th February 2011

Mom
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Chinese New Year
So that is why people keep telling me happy New Year in February. What fun! How awesome. Love you and miss you.

10th February 2011

Colleen
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Gung Hay Fat Choy!
Someone told Matt and me once that the farther away you get from Beijing, the less regulated and restrictive things are. We were in Kunming, Yunnan Province, I believe, when Lunar New Year occurred. Fireworks and firecrackers everywhere, and one of us almost blew our hand off, but I can't remember who. The explosion must have knocked it from my senses. Anyway, we are lucky. You're a rabbit, eh? I'm a horse, and Matt's a monkey. He keeps joking about this being the year of the "metal rabbit" and headbanging with his hand making the devil sign. Silly, eh? Heh, now I sound Canadian. Anyway, keep the posts coming. We miss you!

18th February 2011

BlissLauraM
Laura

farther away from Beijing
actually lately Beijing is the worst place because there is more money, lots of cirriculum planners and westerners with higher education won't work in Beijing because it ruins their reputation

24th February 2011

Kate English
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too adorable!!!

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