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Posted on: Chinese Parks and Working as a Tutor
April 4, 2008 at 9:22 AM

ps. thanks for the tutors in china website. hopefully i get a chance to go back to china and do a little tutoring on the side of whatever else i do! =)

Posted on: Chinese Parks and Working as a Tutor
April 4, 2008 at 9:09 AM

Haha!! I experienced almost every thing that you guys talked about in this lesson when i spent a year in Harbin!! I remember the plastic ball (although that's not a china-specific thing, as hongran mentioned--but it seems more popular in China than any other country that i've seen) It IS VERY hard to stand up and run around in it though. I also rode a mechanical bull for my first time--but Amber is right in that it isn't very difficult. The only thing I never experienced was the old people dancing to TECHNO music! hahaha...I saw them dance to a lot of music, but I have yet to hear old chinese people listen to techno! (should be pretty interesting though) =P

Posted on: Cold Will Kill You
November 2, 2007 at 7:03 AM

to wildyaks: Yah! I had friends who lived in Chengdu, and they would always tell me how cold is was INSIDE their houses rather than outside! So they'd where their winter jackets inside the house all the time! I was glad to have indoor heating... but I still had to where extra THICK pajamas around the house so that I wouldn't catch a cold! I was normally HOT rather than cold when I was at home! >.<

Posted on: Cold Will Kill You
November 2, 2007 at 7:00 AM

Oh...but one thing to point out... Chinese people (or people in Harbin) rarely ever add ice to their drinks. There were no ice trays in my house...and drinks are normally bottled and put in the refrigerator...or simply drinken warm (or hot if it's tea, milk or water)

Posted on: Cold Will Kill You
November 2, 2007 at 6:57 AM

haha!! I thought this was funny because this really is how it was when I spent a year in China! Even nowadays...parents and grandparents are still like this! It was very strange for me, since colds and fevers are not thought of as very severe in the U.S. And to make matters worse for me, I lived in Harbin!! COLD CITY! So this was lesson was very familiar to me...A great lesson to learn for all of you who are planning on going to China and have friends or family there!