Blogs from Fujian, China, Asia
May 11th 2012
Che ne dite di parlare qualcosa legato al brand? Una volta ho avuto lezioni su brand. Il mio maestro di cui alcuni elementi, quali la consapevolezza del marchio, la fedeltà alla marca e così via. Io non capisco in quel momento, nemmeno ora. Penso che la maggior parte delle persone proprio come me che non si preoccupano del marchio per quanto alcuni fanno gli altri. Il più che conosciamo probabilmente il marchio che ci circonda, come alcuni negozi che abbiamo usato per andare. Così quando ci incontriamo alcune persone che sono di moda, troviamo non è facile comunicare, possiamo solo ascoltare, perché non sappiamo. Il marchio più famoso, di borse, lo so Gucci, ieri ho ricevuto un nuovo marchio Prada, io non se la pronuncia è giusto o no. Ok, tu conosci la marca Hogan outlet ... read more
April 2nd 2012
Ci svegliamo un po’ piu tardi del solito, il piano è partire con calma perché le gambe sono stanche, e sui piedi ho già alcune, preoccupanti vesciche. Per arrivare a Manang le strade sono due, una alta, massacrante, ed una bassa piu’ agevole o meglio meno massacrante. Noi facciamo quella bassa. La vegetazione è ormai quella tipica di alta montagna, arbusti e qualche pino, ma piuttosto brulla. A parte un paio di salite impegnative, la strada è un falso piano, non troppo dura da percorrere. Sulle montagne di fronte a noi, sull’altro lato della vallata, vediamo l’isolatissimo villaggio di Nawal,con le tipiche case e bandiere tibetane. Le montagne sono semi desertiche e portano evidenti segni di un’antica erosione: scendono con scanalature spettacolari, piccoli canyon. Superiamo il ... read more
February 23rd 2012
XIAMEN AND GUYANGYU ISLAND, INCLUDES SIDE TRIPS TO HAKKA ROUNDHOUSES, QUANGZHOU AND CHONGWU. XIAMEN I spent about 9 days traveling in south China before the mad Chinese holiday season started. Close to the mainland connected by bridge in a large bay is the island /city of Xiamen (pron. “Sharmin”) ;a place I have always wanted to visit; and so far, it has lived up to it’s reputation. The hotel is in the back alleys of the old city and on first visit you need to be personally guided in. As owners say “even the locals get lost in here”. It is run by an American and his Chinese wife. Now I know my way in and out and even found another ‘short cut’ thru fish (and other live animals) street market in alleys past Catholic Church. ... read more
December 25th 2011
We are on an island called Xiamen. Its been really great as we've met a lot of people here. We've spent time visiting temples, hanging out, eating food etc. For Christmas eve we went to a get together, and for Christmas day we went for a pot luck at another apartment. The food was great, the people were really friendly, it was lots of fun. Merry Christmas!... read more
December 24th 2011
Taking it easy for few days We got to Shanghai....cause we ought to. How could we avoid it when in China? Even if we don't like big cities we really wanted to check out the atmosphere of Shanghai. The train ride from Suzhou was short and sweet at 312 km/h and it cost only 40Y/4£. Just for the experience of the bullet train ride it is worth to try ;-) Marie was coming along with us (her final destination) and she already had a hostel to recommend. We stayed in Mingtown Hiker Hostel just a walking distance from the Bund and People's Square. Location wise it was perfect. The hostel itself was pretty good as well (40Y/p/night) with great modern showers, washing facilities and nice lounge/bar area. There was an element of constant cold in the ... read more
November 18th 2011
It is Friday morning here, the 18th of November, and I am just finishing up the final touches on this blog entry. I have been wrestling with it for several days having had issues with uploading pictures, making editorial/text changes and generally "polishing" it. As usual though, I will have missed little things here and there while I am packing up and making my departure arrangements. I have done my best with the pictures. They can be such a "bete-noir" with this blog. *Sigh* I am beset by melancholy listening to the rain drumming steadily outside. The last several days have been wet and uncomfortable. My new umbrella busted a spoke. Already. Sheesh. Good thing I'm on my way home tomorrow. LOL Who-so-ever amongst you who dreams of tropical or, in this case, sub-tropical paradise, ... read more
Par-TAY! And.....another trip to Piano Island
Published: November 11th 2011Asia » China » Fujian » Xiamen
November 10th 2011
Sunday, November 6th, 2011, was bitter sweet. That was the day I taught my last class at Tianjiao and also hosted a terrific birthday party for me and Rich. Rich had turned 65 on November first and I turned 45 on November fifth. I thought it would be grand to have a combined birthday party at our apartment which would sort of double as a going-away party, too. Joyce and Charles were flying away the next day, Monday, back to Canada, and their respective homes and families in Ontario and Manitoba. Alan was departing for Tibet on Tuesday though Jim planned to stay for the month of November and I am here until November 19th. The party was so much fun.....we had the Tianjiao staff including all the teaching assistants, James, and all the teachers and ... read more
November 8th 2011
*We have had no internet service in our apartment for a few days. I have not published because of it. I am at the school using the connection there, today on November 8th. Now I know how Justin Bieber feels. LOL. Well, lol, sort of. My face was SO sore from smiling all evening, this Hallowe'en night! Don't get me wrong. I'm not complaining, it was awesome! Me and the other costumed teachers starred in literally hundreds of pictures this evening. Rich, Diane, Joyce and I and a convoy of the marketing staff from Tianjiao jumped into the school's van after our evening teaching and strolled the shopping street in Xiamen in our Hallowe'en gear. Rich did say today at lunch after our visit to the antiques market that I'm a diva (pffffft! Whatever!! LMAO) I ... read more
November 4th 2011
Ahhh...spas. Ya gotta love 'em. I do. Last Tuesday, Vivien, Rich, Diane, Jim and I boarded a bus taking us to the 5 star RiYueGu Hot Springs Resort and Spa (www.riyuegu.com)on the outskirts of Xiamen. We arrived after a 30 minute bus ride on a cloudy and cool day, but we didn't mind. We met the bus going to the spa by the waterfront after meeting at school and taking a city bus. Upon arrival at the destination we disembarked from the bus and bought ourselves some bathing caps--awful things--but apparantly mandatory in certain watery locales onsite. All I can say is WOW. We spent the entire afternoon immersed in water. I was prunella at the end, but I was sooooo relaxed! LOL We bathed in a lemon water pool, a coffee water pool, a cucumber ... read more
November 2nd 2011
On Friday, October 26th, at about 4:30 p.m. I was at our campus waiting for the others to show up before we departed to our Hallowe'en outing to a local mall. Well, it actually was not THAT local...lol...we had gone to see it the day before and it was quite a long way to get there--a good 45 mintues by van! We, and by we I mean Vivian, Diane, Joyce, Rich, another staff member whose name I don't know, and Bond, (NO, not James Bond, just Bond, LOL) our driver, made up the reconnaissance party. We checked out the venue because we were having a Hallowe'en "do" with costumes--basically a BIG party for our kids and also the public. I sang with Alan who accompanied me on the guitar. I was dressed as an angel. LOL ... read more
