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23rd December 2008

Change is good
Cheer up! :) Change is good. A lot of people are afraid of changes. We should embrace changes. For cheering you up, I will make you a snow angle and have some eggnog for you. Cheers! And Merry Christmas!
From Blog: I've Changed
19th December 2008

flower teas
Perhaps I just wasn't looking in the right places then! Good to know for future reference.
16th December 2008

Very nice post on tea
As a big fan of tea, this is a nice post to read. We do not cover any tea or food at our site, www.chinaprimer.com, so it's nice to read about a fond tea experience. Since I live in the US now, I do buy my tea from Teavana. However, I will say that I only buy their plain teas and not their mixed teas. The reason is you are not getting as much tea for your money since they mix in fruits or other ingredients. If that is what you like though, then Teavana is a great place.
16th December 2008

Flowers bloom in the U.S. too
Just FYI, I have purchased and enjoyed Rose, Jasmine, Chamomile, and Chrysanthemum teas all in the U.S. They are just as you described, dried flowers to soak in hot water. It's really not that uncommon on the east coast.
8th December 2008

Brrr, indeed!
I'm from Minnesota, so I certainly know what you are talking about! There are a number of teachers in my program who are from Michigan, Ohio, and New York, so they know too. I don't know of any Chinese people who know about wind chill, though. We are so far south they don't really have it here. Of course, they don't forcast the heat index either when it gets hot!
From Blog: Fun, Fun, Fun
7th December 2008

Yah, its verrrry cooooold in Canada!
This message is from Toronto, Canada. While I'm reading your blog, it is freezing outside with a -14C temperature and windchill is close to -30C. Ha, is there anyone in ShenZhen who knows about windchill?
From Blog: Fun, Fun, Fun
3rd December 2008

Hey, Kris. Did you see Jackie Chan? BTW: my 1970 car was a 1962 VW bug which had windows down AC in the summer and heat that probably warmed up the car about 5 degrees in the winter over the outdoor temp. I courted my future wife (Kris's mom) in Minnesota in the winter, and I knew she loved me when she rode in my VW night after night without complaining. :)
26th November 2008

Happy Thanksgiving my wonderful friend! Your blog is always a special part of my day...and your little things list was particularly sweet today. You make my world a better place just by being in it! I have many things to be thankful for, and your friendship is one of them. Many hugs and much love, Jo
22nd November 2008

Meat for the Big Cats
Now they make people pay extra to go down a special fenced-in path. They sell you meat on a stick, which you can feed to the cats through the holes in the fence. Sufficed to say, the cats attack the fence. I didn't see any live chickens.
22nd November 2008

Big Cat
I was in the SZ zoo a couple of years back, but back then, they had a crazy thing going. You take this tram and go towards this area with all the big cats. Then some guy hands you a stick with a peice of chicken on it..yes to feed the lions/tigers. Many or the people there kept teasing the cats and getting them ticked off. Ten to top it off, this dude offer to sell me a live chicken so that I can throw it to the cats. Yeah, really freaky. Maybe they stopped doing it, which would be greatl
16th November 2008

Best zoo story
The best zoo story still has to be the one from San Diego two years ago when the zookeepers were finding fast food wrappers and other food trash in the fox's enclosure. They set up a spy cam and found out that the foxes had figured out how to get out of their enclosure so they were sneaking out at night to raid the garbage cans in the zoo, then returning to their pens before dawn.
12th November 2008

Pagoda(ta, 3 tune) is also a Chinese world. It usually is a buddhistic place. Actually, the building in the photo is a TingZi(2 tune, 3 tune), just a good looking structure for rest. Another word "tower" is for the structure in the walls, such as Great Wall and City Wall(For example Xi'an City wall). The tower in Chinese is Lou(2 tune). City tower (ChengLou) is for the old building in the wall, LouFang is for the building for living etc.
From Blog: 莲花山公园
8th November 2008

Stub
no clue=service charge stuff you can't read= Total____ Adult fare___Seat according to number. Good blogs, enjoy reading them.
From Blog: I Found Solace
6th November 2008

Nader and independents
Nader did get about 1% of the U.S. presidential vote and two other third party candidates each got a little less than that. One case about 10-years ago when an independent candidate did very well was when Independent Jesse Ventura beat both the Republican and Democratic candidates to get elected governor of Minnesota. It is always possible but takes a huge effort in part because you run without any party support in what is a two party country.
5th November 2008

Kidnap? I think not.
Nader is still on the ballot. You can also write in your cat if you want to. No one is forced to vote for either the democrat or the republican candidate. I realize that only the rep or the dem has a chance of winning and agree that it can defeat the purpose of voting for a 3rd party candidate. But a lot of people don't vote for that reason. If they voted, and Nader's numbers went up, he'd be allowed into the debates and increase his ability to reach a larger audience. Many Americans, while defining themselves as either a dem or a rep, are very centered, leaning one way or the other. This is because there are a variety of issues. They want a candidate who will not only do the things they want to see done, but also NOT do things they don't want done. Sometimes voting for the 'NOT' makes a stronger case for a particular vote, especially in sensitive areas, like the war and abortion. One can argue that America isn't ready for Nader. On the flip side, it can also be argued that we're also not ready for Buchanan.
4th November 2008

choose your candidate based on the issues, not the party lines. ----------------------------------------------- I totally agree with your father. This election year, just like many election years, there are only two candidates. My question is, if you do not like them both, but you have to chose one of them, does that mean D and R parties 'kidnap' the other Americans? Naders seem to never win. What do you think about this? Just to satisfy my curiosity.
4th November 2008

OMG. My then teenage daughter actually listened to her dad!!! I'm in shock!
3rd November 2008

thank you
thank you for coming to the event. glad u had a great time
1st November 2008

Myfeeling
read your blog just like watch the soap movie "Friends", funny and warm
31st October 2008

Response to "just 2%???"
My info may have been off, but yours is much further off. I don't think 50% of Americans get into college, much less students in a country with 4x the population. My school doesn't suck. I realize you were kidding, but in reality, my school is highly recognized and we've had to add 2 extra year 7 classes to accomodate all the extra students we're accepting.
31st October 2008

Response to "now much more students can enter into colleges"
Thanks for correcting me. I have a number of very bright students and it was upsetting think that they might not get the opportunity to continue their education because of such a high benchmark. I'm glad to know that more of them will be able to persue their goals and hopefully be more financially secure.
29th October 2008

just 2%???
Only 2% got accepted by a college? is it a typo or does the school just suck? ;) What i learned is that the national average is way above 50%, and over 80% in more develped areas like the coastal provinces....
29th October 2008

Now much more students can enter into colleges. About from 1998, Chinese gov expanded the higher education. About 25% (more than 50% high school) students can enter into colleges. The amount of urban area is higher and rural area is lower.
28th October 2008

Amen Sista!
"I need to live my life for me and do the things I want and need to do for me. Living watching others' happiness is wonderful, but it's not the same as creating your own." Couldn't have said it better...Love you!
28th October 2008

Dumplings and soy sauce
Admittedly, I chose the dumplings because they have a picture on the bag telling me what's in them (I don't eat pork or beef) and because they were on sale during Mid-Autumn Festival. Thank you for your help with the soy sauces! I never knew there was a difference between what you use to dip and what you use to cook with. Why are there 2 kinds? And do you have any brand recommendations?
From Blog: What One Eats

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