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The ink in my pen runs dry as it sits idle; a journal page full, not of text, but of botched attempts to set my thoughts to paper. Dark marks that represent the inability to compare where I am now to where I was fill the once empty space. It is difficult; rather, nearly impossible to comprehend how another country, society, culture…being…how another being embeds traces of influence on the self. Each step I take as ...
Wedding Fireworks are ringing
... and after the wedding there are fireworks. I got a picture of the super long strand of firecrackers that led the way up the road to the house. The entrance way to modern chinese weddings is marked by a large inflatable arch. Also, I Chines bride will wear multiple dresses over the course of the day. I white one during the wedding, a red one at dinner to honor the traditional Chines wedding dress, and then usually one or more at some other time. ...
Lao Shi Lao Shi - Teacher Teacher!
... one out of two then we'll be having ourselves a good night. A beverage of choice maybe the toxic "baijiu," but be warned, one night of "being a man" may turn you into a boy for the next three.
Next week is one of China's National Holidays and I get a week off from my new routine. I've booked my ticket and I'm leaving town for some fun and sight-seeing.
Now, to deal with the crowds I've heard China is so famous for...
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24 And Still Confucius
... taught and debated with followers. An almost endless series of pavillions and walkways lined with trees dominate the temple which has in large sections been destroyed and rebuild several times from Confucius's day some 2500 years ago. Visually it is not overly impressive, largely as what you can see is obscured by all the trees. It's more the atmosphere and history of the place that impresses here. Its a similar story in the adjacent mansions where the ...
Gwai Lo In China
... I speak Chinese. Hun Hao (very good) I tell them, Jigga Pijiu Hun Hao (This beer is very good.) I get a laugh out of them and then it`s onwards to try the Donkey meat being served at my table.
I have had many firsts since I left Canada and China is not to be excluded from the list of countries where they have happened. New culinary experiences and a glimpse into a culture that has erased all preconceptions I could have ever dreamed up, I ...
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