Christmas – and consumerism [unfortunately] – Reign! I wanted to put just a few photos up that show Christmas is even celebrated here in China. The influence is not as prominent as it is back in the US but even in the smaller city of Jiujiang stores and restaurants display very western decorations and displays. [...]
It’s really hard to imagine living all winter through without central heating but that is what the students and on-campus teaching staff will do this year, as they do every year. The foreign teaching staff housed in the “White House” [named for the color and its location on the hill of the campus, not for [...]
* November was not the action-packed event month that October was but it had its moments. To celebrate Thanksgiving a few of the foreign teachers here from the US got together and enjoyed a night of food and wine. The Chinese do not have turkey but we made-do by eating Rachel’s “Tofu-key.” On the first [...]
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