Heading out for a walk on Sunday we headed west to a reasonably sized local park and gardens. Camera in hand, we took some nice pics despite the overcast skyline. HangZhou has such a nice array of hidden gardens – oddly, all open to the public and 100% picturesque. You really have to admire the […]
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We’re probably all somewhat familiar with “Engrlish”, that crazy mistranslation of English in Asian countries. What you may not be prepared for is the reality of integrating into a non-English speaking country. It’s not necessarily as you might expect. What you tend to find here in China is one of two things: – people don’t […]
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Well, despite being almost two weeks behind the class, today was pretty good. The class(es) are taught mostly in Mandarin, and predominantly through a mixture of pinyin (romanization with tones/accents) and Chinese characters. My Chinese name [thanks to Chen Yiling for the brilliant name] is (in pinyin) Luó Chăng or, in characters, 罗昶 where – […]
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