I saw a Chinese Doctor On Monday I bought some fruit, nuts and some sort of pumpkin bun at the market. Late this afternoon I returned to buy more fruit. I bought bananas as usual plus some lychees which are pretty delicious. I decided to buy some dumplings from a woman who I’d watched on […]
A Cup or … I receive a expat newsletter once a week. The author usually writes about interesting subjects and enhances it with a sense of humour. He had a topic about health in Friday’s edition which led to a link about his experience with ba guan or as known in western circles, cupping. http://www.chinaexpat.com/blog/ernie/2008/04/08/ba-guan-beginners.html […]
A Big Night Out at a Fashion Parade The college provides education in an interesting and diverse collection of subjects. Subjects include, but are not limited to art, music, textiles and footwear, modelling, acting, business, languages and courses dealing with cars and machinery. If I hadn’t accidently met a couple of non English major students […]
The Weekend that Isn’t Next Wednesday is a public holiday. Apparently it was introduced or reintroduced, can’t remember which, a couple of years ago to ensure people retained connection with their culture. The skeptical would say that it also facilitates that other cultural institution, commerce. Not only is Wednesday a day off work, but also […]
About 10 days ago one of my students asked me to write a speech for inclusion in the forthcoming new newsletter. After deciphering exactly what it was all about I dutifully complied. About a week later another one asked me to check the English in some material, copied from the internet, which they wanted […]