sunketing's Guestbook

20th October 2010

tee hee
This was actually from a year ago--I found it buried -- it had never published for some reason! But I liked the story enough to publish it late. And the medicine worked great!

From Blog: Medicine miracles

17th October 2010

Elyse
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Canker Sore
Has the medicine worked? I love to hear that on your 3rd year you still use body language to get things done. I am the queen of body language as learning Chinese just hasn't been my thing. I get discouraged easily when every word I say they repeat and repeat correcting me.

From Blog: Medicine miracles

13th October 2010

sunketing
Sunketing

tea
The tea was really good, actually. But I recommend getting a pot and not a cup--the pot will filter our the flowers, but a cup the float all over the top. Since they're small flowers, the literally cover the entire surface. Have you tried the longjing tea yet? That was excellent and local for you.

From Blog: Falling in Love Again

13th October 2010

Elyse
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Yangshou
How was the tea from the osmanthus tree flower? Everyone in Hangzhou is talking about this tea and that it is in full bloom here so we will have a tea party soon with our Chinese English teachers. Bummer about the cave tour.

From Blog: Falling in Love Again

2nd October 2010

Sally Arner
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The party
You and your friends looked so pretty at the party. I t sounded like a wonderful event.

From Blog: A Party with The Party

22nd September 2010

Jarl Kubat
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It's a Dry Heat!
I hope you enjoyed Arizona. We have had a hot muggy monsoon season and our heat has extended way into the fall (this is unusual). I am originally from Minnesota. The sunsets in Arizona are a to die for, a romantics dream! We miss the seasons of Minnesota but, we do enjoy the Arizona winters. I hope you have an opportunity to come back during our winter months. Jarl kubat Arizona Retirement Communities

From Blog: 6 Weeks in AZ

19th September 2010

Elyse
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Enjoy your new bike
Have fun with your bike, it makes life much easier when getting around. I was also back to sweating in the classroom today.

From Blog: A Few Improvements

4th September 2010

sunketing
Sunketing

nah
I'd rather think of it as the 2nd anniversary of my 30th birthday. Because at 29 I didn't know I was going to China, but at 30 I was already here. And that's when life got to be the way I like it.

From Blog: 32?

4th September 2010

Mom and Dad
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You're not 32
Think of this as the 3rd anniversary of your 29th birthday. :-)

From Blog: 32?

2nd September 2010

Mom
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Your mom is proud!!
Looks really nice, honey. Love, Mom

From Blog: Settling In and the First Week of Classes

2nd September 2010

sunketing
Sunketing

cities left to try and visit
Major cities left include Xian and other smaller cities around Shanghai/Hangzhou. Also want to visit Nanjing. And I should probably see Hunan at some point because it seems like everyone I meet is from Hunan. and I would like to see Dalien because I want to look at N Korea.

From Blog: Too Many People, Too Much Sun, and the Center of the Universe

2nd September 2010

ElyseandPete
Wanderlusting Winter

Beijing
Seems that you had a great time in Beijing. What other major cities in China do you have left to visit?

From Blog: Too Many People, Too Much Sun, and the Center of the Universe

1st September 2010

MEGHA
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GOOD COMMENT
THIS IS COOOOOOOOOOOOOOL EVER. IT'S AWSOME. I LOVE IT.

From Blog: The Golden Temple

28th August 2010

Sally Arner
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What a great letter
I really loved this letter especially. And I know you were a great help and spirit lifter for your mom and dad. The pottery making looked so fun. And it was nice seeing you all. We had hoped to see you on this trip but Ron is working lots at Dillard's covering vacation time for others. Not so next year and we will meet you then. My mom's cousins went to see the great wall of China also. So that really interested me. You are doing such a great job of writing and I race to read your blog each time. Keep on keeping on. Sally

From Blog: 6 Weeks in AZ

27th August 2010

Elyse
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Great Wall
Sounds like a great time on the wall. We have been 2 times but to 2 different sections Badaling and Mutianyu, yours sounds the best by covering 22 towers WOW. And yes their are LOTS of stairs.

From Blog: My Legs Hurt

26th August 2010

kevin
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nice picture
If only one of the tower set smoke, you know the Mongolian were coming!

From Blog: My Legs Hurt

19th July 2010

sunketing
Sunketing

booking room
I have no idea. google it.

From Blog: The Golden Temple

19th July 2010

sumistha
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i want to visit gurudwara in beginning of september. i want to book a a/c room in the gurudwara. please let me know the procedure for the same.

From Blog: The Golden Temple

14th July 2010

Dad
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Lottery??
Yup, you could try to win the lottery (you have to buy tickets first, though) or...............be reallly really really nice to your parents....

From Blog: Ahhhh

1st July 2010

Dad
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More familiar pictures
Some of the furniture on display came from the home of a Chinese gentleman in Beijing. The story was detailed in Peter Hessler's book "Oracle Bones."

From Blog: The Shanghai Museum

30th June 2010

sunketing
Sunketing

Jews in Shanghai
I actually saw a movie about it back when I lived in the US and borrowed from the library frequently. No clue what it was called but it had a lot of information. Bet you can find it when you're home this summer.

From Blog: A Synagogue and Some Propaganda

23rd June 2010

sunketing
Sunketing

it's football
I live outside the US, and outside of the US people call it football, not soccer. :)

From Blog: My New Home

18th June 2010

kevin
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good luck
have a nice vacation

From Blog: My New Home

18th June 2010

Dad in the USA
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You mean soccer in the last line?? Can't be football since the NFL doesn't start for another six weeks or so.