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| 10th December 2007 Cori | Thanks! - From: It's beginning to look a lot like a picture perfect winter Dawn - thanks for coming back to Iowa and this great weather! Your right this has been a great two seasons so far. Great job at the decorations! |
| 24th November 2007 dawninshenzhen | - From: Thanksgiving should stand alone! Chinese Christmas decorations can't be beat, that's for sure! In fact, I brought a few things back that I definitely need to pull out and display in all their sparkly loveliness! I spent one Chinese New Year with friends traveling and we stopped in Qingdao for the actual New Year's Eve and it turns out everything in Qingdao shuts down for the holiday and we had to eat McDonald's for every meal for 2 days. But the firecrackers and burning paper were cool! |
| 22nd November 2007 Nancy | Ah yes - From: Thanksgiving should stand alone! Ah yes, Thanksgiving is an important holiday and one not to be muddled with half Halloween and half Christmas. It is much more like Chinese New Year than the New Year is like Christmas. Family, family, family was the theme for Chinese New Year in 2001 in Xi'an. I was blessed to be adopted by a Chinese family for the holidays or I would have been sitting totally alone in a room with no one around for a whole week. Did you find that Christmas in China was like Halloween, Christmas , 4th of July, and Mardi Gras all thrown together? I was taken to the Christmas night (eve) parade in downtown Xi'an and the students bought me a mask with feathers (like New Orleans) a Tiara with flashing lights (like Halloween) and we were assaulted by fireworks so often that one of the students had an asthma attack from the filthy air. There were over 1,000,000 people dancing in the streets and throwing fire crackers on each other and wearing costumes! It was really wild. Like nothing and like everything with Santa Claus in the store windows too. But New Year was noisy with fireworks and yet peaceful and calm with love and good food and plenty of family time. Hope you enjoy the library! I am a retired librarian and about to be off to Prague to work for another 5 months in a library there. njpl |
| 26th October 2007 Zack Kassim | American University - From: I live in a Grant Wood painting Hey Dawn, This is Zack Kassim from American University. I am now living in Des moines, Iowa. Listen email me if you are around. I would love to catch up. The last I know....you told me you were headed to China. Welcome back. I was in Sudan and so many other places |
| 24th October 2007 Sen | - From: Where giraffes and penquins live together in harmony Actually South Africa is much colder that most people imagine. Here in Angola there are no penguins, but there are pigs, chickens and lambs running all over the streets alongside their friends, the angolans... |
| 8th October 2007 Shannon | Zionks!!!! - From: I live in a Grant Wood painting Holy crap!!! How did I NOT know you were back?!?!?! Anyways...drop me a line! We can do dinner or something like that...I'm sure I can "dump the kiddos" with your ma! lol |
| 26th September 2007 Frankardenas | Dawn in paradise - From: I live in a Grant Wood painting It all looks like a paradise, lucky you. Your mum is really gifted at gardening, lovely flowers. |
| 26th September 2007 Frankardenas | Nice! - From: Where giraffes and penquins live together in harmony It seems that you are enjoying yourself quite a lot, great, I am jealous for you can relax now, share so many things with your family and stare at that beautiful leopard. Good luck with the job hunting, I am sure you'll find sth very quickly, experienced professional!!! |
| 11th July 2007 Frankardenas | Want to go now - From: Escape to Phuket Lovely description, Dawn. I went to Thailand but didn't make it to Phuket; yet, after reading your blog, I want to go back and spend some time there. Nice of you to inspire people to travel. And the baby elephant? CUTE! |
| 24th April 2007 dawninshenzhen | Defining "caput" - From: Beware Bump Caput According to the dictionary, "caput" is a synonym for "head." It also means "a headlike protuberance on a structure" and I believe that is the more common usage. Don't worry, I had to look it up, too. |
| 20th April 2007 anonymous | Wow. - From: Beware Bump Caput What the hell is a "caput?" |
| 16th April 2007 dawninshenzhen | The Host - From: Feeling the love I saw that it won all those awards. I stick to my opinion about the movie and openly express my confusion about the awards. But then, I often feel confused about the movies that win awards in America, too. |
| 15th April 2007 April | The Host - From: Feeling the love As hilarious as we Americans thought it was, that movie won four awards at the Asian Film Awards 2007-Best Film, Best Actor, Best Cinematography, and Best Visual Effects. Makes you go "Hmmm". |
| 8th April 2007 dawninshenzhen | Thank you - From: 2 Iowa Girls in Beijing - Day 2 Thank you for your comments and the advice about the pictures. I hope when I'm in my sixties that I'll still be traveling and experiencing new cultures, just like you! |
| 5th April 2007 dave | Bibimbap! - From: Feeling the love remember it!! this entry made me hungry. sen's such a great bf. |
| 5th April 2007 Frankardenas | I'd like to push it too - From: 2 Iowa Girls in Beijing - Day 2 Hey, Dawn: Even though I've been to the FC, I don't remember having so much fun as you both did; your description is very lively and inspirational, in fact, it just encourages me to go back and push that button a thousand times to see if it gets me more cups of coffee at Starbucks. Excuse me, did you say last year in China? I hope not. Frank |
| 3rd April 2007 Nancy | Great blog - From: 2 Iowa Girls in Beijing - Day 2 As two folk who have worked in China too we like your blog. You are getting good pictures. My husband says save all the digital images and when you have time use Photoshop or Paintshop pro and all your images will be even nicer (like the one of your friend taken by a random Chinese helper). With the one click enhancer you will be able to see her face, etc. We are now home after working in Prague again. 4 times in China and now 4 times in Prague. We are 66 and 67 and still enjoying other cultures. We are so glad you are doing it when young and can have all the rest of your life full of good memories. |
| 16th March 2007 lila | hi there! - From: Fish in a barrel on a bike hi dawn! nice to meet you at darcy's party. hope to see you again soon :) |
| 3rd March 2007 Cori | Not Fair! - From: No winter in Shenzhen this year Winter has taken over IOWA. If it isn't below zero - then it is snowing every other day! I am sure your poor mother is snowed in! |
| 3rd March 2007 Cori | The Prized Couch - From: I'm Bon...I mean Bond .....you know it! But I think when I spilled red wine it would show! I will have to stick with my black leather couch. |
| 1st March 2007 coco | good luck - From: Happy Solar New Year! i think this is a good party,i never met. one thing,you can sit you are lucky,i think they like you haha |
| 16th February 2007 lyss | - From: On a teaching high AHHH... the teaching high... |
| 16th February 2007 Sen | - From: Feeling the love Movie's name is "The Host" and hey, chocolate is only a small part of my valentine present pack, you never mention the cool stuff I give ya (like 3 pairs of 200 dollar jeans) :P |
| 14th February 2007 dawninshenzhen | no doubt - From: I'm Bon...I mean Bond Yeah, i know you want that couch... |
| 14th February 2007 D | - From: On a teaching high I swear some of those kids are kids I taught before in 2000! |
| 14th February 2007 D | Great. - From: On a teaching high Congrats Dawn. I am proud of you. |
| 8th February 2007 Cori | Of Course I am jealous - From: I'm Bon...I mean Bond I love Bond, too. Nice lime couch! |
| 14th December 2006 Sen | Hey - From: I think I just signed my soul over to UPS I think it's time for you to update your blog ;) |
| 7th August 2006 Sen | - From: Everything is better in Beijing! I'm telling you, we should move there :P |
| 19th July 2006 Sen | Hi - From: So good to be home! Hi, I loved your new blog and the pictures. Iowa does indeed seem to be a very nice place... and there are plenty of cows! ;) Miss you |
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