I am thankful for so many things; this is a list of a few technology items that are especially apparent to me in this fifth week of my time in China. Skype This is by far the internet technology I am most grateful for today; I can not say enough positive things about the skype application. It has allowed me to have video calls for free around the globe. I have had consistently good connections almost every day. The […]
This is a picture of the Chinese character for water. One of the students made it for me in my journal. He said that this character holds a lot of power in China. Water is a powerful symbol because it is so adaptable. Think about all the forms that water can take and the power it has in each of them: ice, steam, erosion, irrigation, floods. Flowing water will find its way over, around or through obstacles that are in […]
Many products here have odd translations to English. This brand of toilet paper states, “Mind Act Upon Mind”. One dish on a menu was listed as, “Angry Customer Order”. That menu had a lot of very odd and hilarious dishes; there are many more that are difficult to remember because they are so illogical. Think of a time when you communicated one thing and ended up with something completely different. In China, it is good to laugh when this happens […]
Things are so different here in China and yet there are so many things that we have in common. There were some common themes from my coaching sessions with the young Chinese women this week. I think we can all relate to them, so I thought I would share them along with some tips. How do you balance a lot of pressure and feeling tired from too much studying and work? -Focus on staying present. Focusing on the current task and […]
“Should I move to the U.S. or Canada?” After 24 hours of flying and airports I arrived in Beijing at 11pm although it was 8am my time (see last week’s post for the back story on my China trip). I sailed through the “health control” area where they collected my temperature via a machine (like an airport security x-ray machine) and I turned in my “health form” with contact and location information in case they need to chase me […]
