Tongji Reception House
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Sorry For the Delay
... bean sprouts, 2 types of noodles, and a few other things that I don't know what they were. The meal ended up taking roughly 2 hours to eat. It was fantastically delicious. After dinner, I found out Ji lives nearby where I do and we rode the bus home together. We chatted some more about China and America then parted ways.
And this is the last 2 weeks of my life in a flash. Hope you enjoy the pictures. I look forward to speaking with some of you on Thanksgiving via Skype!
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Shanghai in the light of day
... were once part of the expo were now "cancelled." We all looked at each other like - "The buildings were cancelled?" Someone asked for her to clarify and we found out that she mean to say they were TORN DOWN and that they were no longer there haha. Funny translation, right? They were cancelled! To piggy back on that idea - it's so amazing to me that Shanghai would build all of these buildings for this grand event, and then tear them ...
Yu Yuan Garden, The Bund & Huangpu River
... they can't turn corners! Once again the pond was full of huge koi carp and lotus plants floated on the surface. We walked across the bridge working our way through many tourists taking photographs. This brought us to the entrance to the Hu Huang garden. It is incredible to think that at one time this whole garden was owned by some wealthy official. In actual fact it was built in 1559 by Pan Yuen-duan an official of the ...
Don't look now, but I think we're being watched...
... two hundred years, was flattened in an earthquake, any original pieces were actually sold to a wealthy Chinese collector and was rebuild out of concrete in 1985 is still "the original" temple. I just reflects a different attitude about the word "original". In the west today, we use "original" to mean the same actual atoms that it was first made of. In many Asian countries, "original" means performs the same function as when it was first made. ...
Leben im Unterschied
... Tag! rechts stehen, links gehen" an. Das ganze natürlich auf chinesisch! Langsam scheint alles systematischer abzulaufen.
Zwei Vorurteile – eine Wahrheit
Wie ist das nun mit der Pyjamaträgefraktion und dem Spucken auf der Straße? Ja es gibt es nach wie vor. Gespuckt wird wo es gefällt. Das dazu gehörende aufdringliche Geräusch, welches notwendig ist um den Durchgang zur Stirnhöhle zu reinigen, ist gegenwärtig. ;) Selbst ich verspüre ...