Sunday Brunch
Sunday, September 14, 2008
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Tainan 1st Girls High School
Banzai tree in the front court yard
Water Show @ West Lake
Boat ride @ West Lake
Hangzhou, China
@West Lake in Hangzhou
The saying, "there is Heaven above, Hanghou & Suzhou below" is true
@ SDU North Gate
saying goodbye to our students
A child contortionist on the sidewalk
Pre Olympics training? Hardly. Sad story! Beggars had her. The police can not do anything.
The Three Gorges Dam
Chongqing, China
People's Great Hall
Beautiful Li River
Stone Forest, Kunming
Stone Forest Entrance
Please sign our guestbook!
Visitor Locations
Lanterns @ Baotu Spring in Jinan
Lantern festival - 15th day of the Lunar New Year
Peacock @ Baotu Spring
made out of blue and white spoons and cups
Ah Shih Ma Ling
my dear sister Ling
Ah Shih Ma Shirley
"Ah Shih Ma" is the term for Bai and Naxi minority women.
Folk Dancers
the famous Kunming Peacock Folk dancers
The Ai's and Us
Reijun, Susan, her mom, friend & us
Discover What to See in China before you die
http://hillmanwonders.com/china/chinese_phrases.htm#_map_china
Flying Trapeze
ribbon dance in the air
Acrobatics Show
how to balance plates on your hands/feet
Acrobatics Show
A Girl on His Finger
Elwin & Shirley
his and hers outfits
BYU China Teachers
in front of Tian'anman Square
Shirley & Liz
in front of the stadium
still smiling
loaded down with 534 journals to read each week.
Jinan apple
double happiness - a sticker w/the character was taped onto the apple on the tree
street dance
more street dance
Pakistani students and Elwin
most of them are from S. Africa studying medicine at SDU
Shoe repairman @ your service
Fixed my shoes & Elwin's too for 2 yuan (30 cents). I gave him 10 yuan. He said too much. So we agreed on 5 yuan. Nice man!
Pizza Party
Shirley & her Nursing students
Hongye Xia Gu
Southern Jinan
English Corner folks
going on a field trip
Recruiting for Dixie
Elwin and Shirley recruiting at GAC Center in Jinan, Shandong, China
Yang Gui Fei, the Empress
Tong Dynasty - we visited her palace in Shaangsi
Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China
Terra Cotta Soldiers
More Terra Cotta Soldiers
Yet more Terra Cotta Soldiers
Terra Cotta Soldiers, Pit 1
there are 3 pits now open
Met Mr. Zhao
He is the very first man who discovered, determined, restored and unearthed the world famous Terra Cotta Warriors and horses.
Bell Tower
Xi'an Tour, Day 1
bubbling hot springs
the lake is in front of Empress Yang Kue Fen's palace
visiting Xi'an Chung Yang Square
Kimberly (BYU-Idaho), Elwin, Wyatt (USU), Shirley and Tamara (BYU-Idaho)
Friday night English Corner
Several students came by to have dinner and fun with the Thelin's and us
Sofitel Silver Plaza Hotel
National Day Celebration at the Sofital Silver Plaza Hotel
C Sohoh Busiess Hotel/Restaurant
Chinese style Brazilian Cuisine
Shirley & the freshman in training
Almost done w/ the one month military training, this female freshman picked up her textbooks to study during the upcoming holiday
Edamame（young soy beans) Field
Yili Milk Contaminated
Pure Milk (but not so pure)
Visiting Ma Family
Mrs. Ma invited us to lunch w/her son, Ma Shi Yuan
Elwin visiting the grandma w/her 11-months old
It's a boy, can you tell?
students sharing
sharing their story about their favorite animal - all in English
Jasmine Restaurant
a delicious Pakistani buffet
smoke houses
lots of barbeque restaurants run by Muslims
smoke house
barbeque restaurants line the street in the Quanchang Square Area near WalMart
Full moon shines over the Bird's Nest
Autumn Moon Festival
moon cakes
A staff member of a food factory shows a pair of lovers' mooncakes marked with Chinese characters "Xi" meaning marital bliss in Huaibei, east China's Anhui Province, Sept. 11, 2008. Such specially designed mooncakes are favored among lovers who are ready to get married during the three-day holiday of the Mid-Autumn Festival, a traditional Chinese holiday for family reunion and enjoying mooncakes together, that falls on Sept. 14 this year. (Xinhua/Wang Wen)
Elwin & Shirley
After Sunday Service
Vitamin Shop
Dr. Vitamins examines the products－bottles line the wall
LED Display
Where are my classes? Look at the board!
first day of classes
Shirley has 2 student monitors, 1 assistant & 1 IT support
Smart Classroom
an assistant is nearby to set it up for you
first day of classes
57 students in this English writing class
first day of classes
Elwin teaching
at the market
Elwin buying fabric for the tailor to make him some dress pants
studying before school starts
students are studying in the classrooms the week before school starts
sprucing up at SDU
With school opening, maintenance crew are working overtime to get the place ready for the students.
howdy!
who's that?
traffic
interstate all decked up at night w/lights changing colors
parking
no problem - right on the sidewalk
transporting
this kid is going places w/mom
Little turtles
a lady vendor was selling them at the top of the steps from the underpass
Little Emperors
educating the one
Technology Shopping Center
Elwin & Shirley @ Shandong University
1 comment:
SHirley I love the blog...., a picture tells so much more than we can... You have two photos that are not showing up on my view... darn, I want to see them all
What an amazing culture....
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