Saturday, November 17, 2018

China 3

China so Chinese


I was briefly dancing with them! And much less gracefully!



Chinese babies/kids are so cute, that even after being surrounded by them all day, I want to take a picture of them at night also.
Plus those red decorations were cool.


Vegetarian buffet my boss introduced to me. Hooray! A little far from home, but at least I have a place where I can get vegetarian food and not worry about communication barriers.


In China, child jump into net because child think it fun.
Adult think it fun for different reason...muwahahaha



Worst food slogan ever.
Or maybe best slogan for modern food ever?
At least I will always have job security as an English teacher!








From the haunted house.
It was pitch black, so the flash on my camera works really well! One of my 6 year old students was with me, she was VERY scared, and I was a little myself when I got separated from the group, not gonna lie!




Obligatory picture of a dragon sculpture in China
#sowaisis





Giving ZouYiYi her English name could not have been easier, she already has one, Zoe, just gotta change the pronunciation a tiny bit



Mongolian Milk Wine
#mongorian



This picture really sums up China today;
Ancient statues of unimaginable meaning, used as clothes lines and a climbing spot for children.











Tea in Wuyi Mountain;
This tea is of the highest quality; initial brew time is ONE SECOND. Seriously, you just pour hot water over the tea, and immediately pour it into the tea cup and it is completely flavorful, much like fine wine.


Co-teachers at Tongxin kindergarten 😁😄😃







Single serving drip coffee, never seen this before.



Halloween!




This picture demanded my attention and reflection.
I never thought I'd be anywhere in mainland China and see skies like this on a regular basis. Not to mention with such a great job where I can really notice all the good work I'm doing. But it's still not enough. Laziness/apathy rules too much of my life.



WenChangGe school.
Translation; Culture-Chang-Ge school. haha.



#prettychoose #choose #choice

Wednesday, November 14, 2018

China Continues

CHINA
(these images and words have no copyright protection)



Chinese cities are normal/mediocre during the day, but very cool and pretty at night.


Found some dragons outside my apartment





Really bummed I went to the homecity of Lao Tzu, a master of Being, and could not see this statue in person. Next time.


Little Qiqi is loved by all in Tongxin school.



This little dumpling has an identical twin, and they are the youngest and smallest in the school. It's taken a month to get them to say anything, but they're always well behaved and adorable!


Mid-Autumn Festival.
I heard the story behind it for the first time, it reminded me a lot of Adam and Eve and the snake temptation.





在中心
我每次在中心
中庸之道知道吗? 



So far in this area I've taught in maybe 6-10 different schools, only 2 of all those teachers have been male, myself and my dude next to me here.


Free prizes dice game thing!


Always loving the minimalist Chinese visual arts


鱼香茄子, my favorite dish, made 100% vegetarian just for me!


Very delicious, totally vegetarian...I wish I remembered the name of it...


Saw these in the supermarket.
Kinda grossed out...what are they? how to eat/cook them? 


Outside my apartment.




BBQ with the youngsters at a famous residence of an old Confucian poet or something dude.





I'm normally tired from teaching so much, but the weather was nice so I took the bike out for a ride around the block. This river is close by, with many good views. You see all the birds on the boat down there? I think they are pets of this one older guy, or hunt for him, I have no idea. Big birds, cranes I think.