Tag Archives: e3
Class 1
My kids showing me a song and dance they learned in Chinese class… then getting camera shy.
Auchan Shopping Adventures
If you liked the Great Wall Of Cereal, you should see the security-tagged booze selection at the Auchan. Auchan is a French-owned grocery, which means they have bread that tastes like bread. Stick and I were buying a loaf when … Continue reading
Symbolism
This is a flashcard from the English book my students do with their Chinese English teachers. I don’t know which is more telling, that someone chose Mickey Mouse as the emblem of America (instead of, say, a map) or that, … Continue reading
Wangfujing Dairy Queen
This is a not-so-typical dinner for us. We actually didn’t get ice cream here… we were still too full from Sizzler. Oh yeah! (This is downstairs in the Xin Dong An mall next to the Wangfujing Bookstore, follow the signs … Continue reading
Mastering The Beijing Subway
“I think we take this one three stops to Line Squiggle Squiggle Curve Dot.”
Typical Dinner
This is a typical dinner for Stick and me… vinegar peanuts, cold garlic cucumbers, spicy peanut chicken (gung pao ji dian — all foreigners very like), and fried egg and scallion rice. No dinner is complete without a couple bottles … Continue reading
Jiao?
I got a Chinese baby book a few days ago, a glossy board book with simple characters and pin yin and English. (We’ll ignore the premise that the intended readership is someone who can read all three, but is still … Continue reading
Picture From My Chinese Book
It says “Can you guess these nationalities from their costumes?”
