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Quick story:
So I'm walking into our cafeteria and see all these on the ground. Yes, the ground everyone walks and spits and pisses on. Note the garbage and bicycle parking. I turn to my language partner, Fiona:
"What's that?"
"Cabbage."
"Yeah, I know. But why is it on the ground. Is that the same food they serve us in the cafeteria?"
"Yes, of course."
"Ummm, is that healthy?"
"Oh yes! Cabbage is a vegetable!"
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This is my English student, Maodu. He's 10 and speaks pretty good English. We meet every Tuesday for an hour and I have him tell me stories or read from books and help him with his pronunciation.
The hardest phrases for him to pronounce are "Very Well" (werry well) or the 'th' sound in "Father/Mother" (fozzer/mazzer) and words with a tall "I" sound like Smile or Tire (smelled or tear).. |
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My other language partner, Liming. Last week she invited me and some friends to her house and she cooked us Chinese. This week we came over again and I cooked some Filipino food and my classmate Danya (middle) cooked some India food. In this pic we're washing vegetables. Which is kinda interesting cause in the States we rinse veggies in water to clear off the chemicals, but in China they have Vegetable Soap they use to suds up and clean their veggies before cooking. |
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Thanksgiving at the Sheraton in Beijing with my Korean roommate, Jihye, and favorite party buddies Sebastian (Belgium) and Moe (Tahiti). |
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