Jingshan Hotel Wenzhou

Well, I jinxed myself by saying that no one had been in the hospital yet, Elise had to go in to get fluids and antibiotics. We think she drank some water in her bath, because she threw up and had diarrhea all night. (Everyone else was fine and we had all eaten the same food.) She continued to throw up all day and the following night, so that 36 hours later, she needed some IV fluids and she was running a slight fever so the doctor ...

... give a hefty fine if you have a second child. So rich people can still have more than one kid, but in general, most families only have one child. <br><br>In Qingtian, because so many people are overseas, we&#8217;ve seen a lot of families here with 2 children. My (second) cousins here have 2 children in some of their families, and when we ask them about it, they say they had the second baby ...

... know in advance. The kids loved setting those off. They also spent a little time fishing and skipping stones. We thought that was neat, that they got to spend a little time where their great grandparents probably did the same thing. <br><br>Here is an excerpt from Jacob&#8217;s writing:<br><br>&#8230;we got to go to our relative&#8217;s house. It was very big, bigger than ours with 5 floors, but was much more rundown. It was ...

My mom's relatives (first cousins and their families) were so 'keqi&#8217;, generous and kind. They invited us over for lunch and dinner, cooking fabulous 17 course meals! We got to see my greatgrandfather&#8217;s house (where my grandfather grew up, and my mom came to visit when she was a child). The house is outside of Qingtian city about 10-15 minutes ...

... of it. Many people from Qingtian have been moving overseas, starting businesses, and mailing money back to their families, so we&#8217;ve found this "small city" to be relatively cosmopolitan! There are many overseas Qingtian people living mostly in Europe. We&#8217;ve heard people speaking fluent Spanish, French and German here. Actually very few go to America, so we haven&#8217;t heard any English!

On Sept. 4 China has "Teacher's Day" where students bring in cards and stuff to their teachers. My big question is why we have to work on Teacher's Day but meh, it's cute. There was a little party after work for the English teachers and they gave the four of us at our school some presents and cards and we played games. <br><br>I got lucky and I get to stay in my own classroom, which is nice, considering my schedule is really ...

... that looked like it was from Happy Feet. Two steps later I realized it was missing an arm, so I ran back and took the first thing that wasn`t broken and was relatively clean which happened to be a monkey (w0ot!) <br><br>There was a many following us around the park and trying to get his kid to say `hello` to us. The kid was not amused. <br>

... park with a rollercoaster and ferris wheel. <br><br>We crammed in a lot of sights today and I even managed to win Natalie a small stuffed monkey by knocking down some tin cans with a tennis ball at a carnival game. <br><br>So far it is the best we've seen that Wenzhou has to offer.

... prom. I almost have everything ready. My dress is hemmed, the flowers are ordered, and I have a gorgeous date, but I don't know what to do with my hair! The problem is that I have frizzy, unruly, blond curls atop my head. I want to be able to have fun and dance, while looking good too without my hair getting in the way. Within the next week I am going to investigate hair straightening and find out what method is ...

... warn me? There is always a warning that comes up in Chinese. I then nudge the person next to me who then rubs their thumb and fingers together to tell me I need to put some more money on. That was enough for me! I was out of there and off to find a beer and some bbq. Beers N Noodles toya....shane _______________________________________ ___ The soundtrack to this entry was Australia's 'You Am I' The album was the awesome 'Hi-Fi Way'