Chinese New Year holiday…
Hello Everybody,
The two-week Chinese New Year festival (called the Spring Festival in Chinese) is over. I made some videos of the fireworks (no, I did NOT cause the fire at the luxury hotel on the east side of town!) which you can see by clicking here (this was at midnight, to begin the new year) and then by clicking here (this was the final night, the first full moon of the new year).
My students have all come back to school well-rested, after spending a week or two or three visiting their families and relaxing. I, however, had only one DAY off, so I am not at all well-rested. But next week, finally, I will take a break. My plan is to visit the island of Hainan, in the south of China. I will spend a week swimming, cycling and sitting in the sun, AND planning future blog posts. I hope I will be able to add to this blog regularly when I get back to Beijing in March.
Let me know if you have any types of posts you like the most. Do you want more riddles? How about idioms? Maybe some jokes? Or are you interested in my life in Beijing? Write your requests in the Comments section and I’ll do what I can for you!
Nafis Said,
February 19, 2009 @ 6:11 pm
Dear teacher Joe,
I really like to know much more about idioms specially some verbs like “turn in” which is an idiom.
The other thing that I am interested in knowing it is Chinese culture. In the city that you have chosen to visit, how people are different from Beijing citizens, how they think, what they eat, what they wear and etc. I really like your writing about your memoires. They are really nice and that would be very lovely if you write your diary again. And of course, describing the beaches that you are planning to go is really great for me too because we have a lot of snow here.
I wish you a safe and great trip!
Best regards,
May Said,
February 22, 2009 @ 8:41 am
Dear Joe,
I am glad to know that you are going to take a
break. You exactly need it to relax. The climate
of Hainan always sunshine and comfortable.
I am sure that you will never get a cold in island
of Hainan. @_@Hehe~~~
Enjoy your vacation and see you soon. Please
don’t forget to share some of the photos to us
when you back to BJ.