Blogs from Feng Tai District, Beijing, China, Asia - page 2

Countdown  Asia » China » Beijing » Feng Tai District By photobugJune 14th 2007Trisha Shadwell I am finished at the primary school! Now all I have is the middle school. My open classes went okay. Every one seemed to enjoy them. I am not sure why but I always feel like I could have done better. But I am really sad to be leaving them. They are sooo cute. On the last day they all had me sign their books and give them my telephone number. One girl was so funny she kept saying in your free time you will come and visit me. Funny story from open class: The word was round. I asked who can use round in a sentence. ... read more

This is my shout out update. Shout out to Alden who turned 18 Shout out to Rebecca who turned 21 Shout out to Mom who turned ? Moms don't age Shout out to Tyler who turned 25 Shout out to Liba who turned 28 Shout out to Cece who turned 25 shout out to mom on mothers day shout out to Catherine who is now engaged !!! Shout out to Chris and Tyler who called me and made my day! Sorry for the delay It's the end of the year and things are quickly wrapping up. with only three weeks left at the primary school I am getting ready for those dreaded open classes. makeing the really annoying powerpoints and making sure all the students can sing and chant for the parents. While for my ... read more

So my favorite painter has always been Monet. Why because he captures that majical our of light that photographers so covet in a way that is so perfect. And because I have always loved seeing the same subject in different seasons. For me art should always come in fours. So in honor of Monet I have now taken pictures of my favorite pagoda in all seasons. And what more fitting than for it to have water lilies! I think Monet would have liked China. So this is the last pictures of this park I promise. Funny story about this man. He is fishing I guess, for what I don't know. This pond always has someone fishing in it. So he sits there staring at his line and then a man carring a very blue umbrella comes ... read more

Some things are so funny. I woke today stumbled to the bathroom and could not figure out why the lights would not come and the tried to wash my hands and the water would not come on. Cursing myself for not paying the bills and its Saturday which means I cant pay until Monday I went back to sleep. I woke up frustrated without power or water decided to go to the grocery store for coffee. I was amazed at how many people were outside. But it was a beautiful day. I arrived at the grocery store to find it in complete darkness. People inside stumbling around trying to find things the register was being done by hand. For a moment I was worried had a rebellion broken out during the night what was going ... read more

Some ten miles from Beijing's city center stands the "Lugou Qiao", also known as the "Marco Polo Bridge", named after the famed traveller, who enthusiastically described this enduring, 11-arched bridge in his famous book, "The Travels". The historic significance of this 820 year old bridge is close to the heart of every Chinese, not only for its beauty of the marble-stone construction dating to the Jin Dynasty of 1189, but also for the bloody battles of 1937 between the Japanese Imperial Army and the Nationalist Chinese Soldiers, leading to the Japanese occupation of Beijing, followed by a full-scale war. The pain and the suffering of the Chinese people in the hands of the Japanese is never to be forgotten, much less forgiven. The conflict and the bloody atrocities remain today as one of the great divides ... read more