Sunny December

Ahh Yuletide approaches!
Lessons have slackened off a little and we are left with a Christmas themed party for all the schools' students- bringing festive cheer to the office. In China, Xmas day is not a public holiday, but we are looking forward to a slap up meal on the day at a fellow teacher's place-mmmh!
The days till we leave China are ticking down- about 5 weeks left now- we hope to head in the direction of Thailand in mid January. This being the case, we are relishing our time here- Cramming in the kung-fu lessons at weekends, stock piling ridiculously cheap DVDs, and Lelde has also been to a calligraphy lesson with a local renowned artist.
A couple of weeks ago, we spent the weekend in Macau for what may be our last visa dash across the border- we've got five now! It was nice to see more of the city- and we sure saw a lot in our long schleps. We went to the beach on Coloane- one of the two island reached by bridge from mainland Macau. The land between these two islands has been reclaimed and now is a massive construction site for the casinos that spring up in Macau. We visited the new, American owned Venetian(like the one in Las Vegas)- a mammoth building containing an actual indoor canal complete with gondolas. When we arrived there, there were 3 or 4 weddings taking place outside at once. In China, these affairs happen a few weeks before the wedding proper, as a opportunity to wear the Western style meringue dress and have pictures taken, so hopefully their real wedding ceremonies would be just for them.
Macua has a lot to divert travellers. After a little investigation, Portuguese town houses show themselves and you can wonder through busy markets selling any and all things imaginable- these markets, I think could even rival Hong Kong for scale and interest value.
A very Merry festive Season to all Family, friends, fellow bloggers and readers.

Lelde/

nu sveiki! Sakshu jau ar to, ka shodien ir mana varda diena, ja nu kads kadu neizprotamu iemeslu delj bija to piemirsis!:) Ta ka nu steidzigi visi suta man apsveikumus un laba velejumus, es jau ari gribetu davanas, bet nu to jau, diemzhel, butu visnotalj sarezhgjiti noorganizet.... Kaut gan es pienjemu skaidras naudas parskaitijumus uz manu kontu.
Ja, vakar notika bediga lieta - kads negjelis rakars nozaga manu riteni, kas bija pieslegts pie otra ritenja. Ljoti manigs individs - es- ritenja ipashniece biju kadu 2 metru attaluma no sava braucamrika maza veikalinja, uz ielas pilns ar cilvekiem, un vinjsh pamanijas atmukjet sledzi un aizdudinat prom ljoti operativi. Nu bet ko darit, kadam jau tad droshvien tas ir vairak vajadzigs. Labi, ka paliekam te vel tikai menesi, savadak jau butu lielaka shkrobe, jo ritenjus izmantojam diezgan biezhi un ar prieku!:)

Bet nu ar sliktumiem jau ari labumi nak kopa - tai pat reize, kad man zaga riteni, es pasutiju sev tradicionalo kjinieshu kleitu- speciali manam auguma roku darinatu zida kleitu - sarkanu un mirgojoshu :) Pec divam nedeljam bus jaiet pakalj!
Vel pa sho laiku esam paspejushi padzivoties vairakas dienas pa Macau (karteja jaunas vizas iegushanas vizite) - lai ari maza teritorija, bet nu redzet ir ko! Ka jau mineju, Macau ir tada ka Azijas Lasvegasa! Tad nu mes ar pa kazino kazino! Tur tie kazion aug ka senes! Un sacenshas gan apjoma gan greznima, gan izdoma. Azartspelju virpuli neiekljavamies, bet tapat bija interesanti.

Pa sho laiku esamu ari paspejusi ievrtet un izmegjinat kaligrafijas (Kjinieshu tradicionalas rakstishanas maksas) stundas. Interesanti un saistoshi - vismaz prieksh manis. Mans skolotajs, tad ka nacionala meroga makslinieks, kam bijushas izstades ari Eiropa. Pachotigi,ne? :)

Esmu iegadajusies sava ipashuma ari vinju tradicionalo speli - Madzhangu. Smags inventars, bet nu ko vajag to vajag!
Ljoti jau raibi iet un garlaicigi nav nudien, zhel bus doties prom un pamest kung fu stundas ka ari Kjinieshu valodas stundas, ka ari parejas lietas un cilvekus, kas kljuvushi par musu dzives sastavdaljam sheit....
Apmacibu uz doto bridi ar nav daudz, bet esmu aiznjemta izstradajot, macibu materialus - izskatot esoshos macibu paliglidzekljus (grmatas etc) un liekot kopa no katra to, kas vislabakais, noderigakais. Nu kaut ka ta. ok, man bus jabeidz rakstishana un jasak posties uz majasieshanu, jo ejam vakarinjot arpus majas Hot pot (karstais katls) restorana. Es jau rakstiju, ka hot pot restoranos galda vidu ir krasninja un tad vinji atnes leilu katlu ar dazhadam garshvielam, tu pats vari un liec ieksh ko gribi:)

Ja un Ziemassvetki nak! Vinjiem te ar visur veikalos ir izlikas dekoracijas un skandinatas Ziemassvetku dziesmas, bet tas ta vairak aiz inerces, pakaljdarinashanas un naudas pelnishanas iemesliem, jo tie vinjiem nekadi svetki nav un pat ne brivdienas.
Man ar joprojam nav sajutas, ka svetki ir pietuvojushies, jo, parsteidzosha un ljoti patikama karta, laisk ir visnotalj silts un omuligs un pilnigi neasociejas ar Ziemas saulgriezhiem!
Nu labi - man tochna nu jau jaiet.

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