Category: China life
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The Old: I loved our old place. There was a huge window, street access, and a comfortable atmosphere. The New: Our new place is great, too. And it’s growing on me more and more. More windows, bigger kitchen, bigger everything, great opportunities. ~ Regina
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Here in China, Women’s Day is a big deal. You give flowers, have a special meal, and continually congratulate one another for … being a woman. Our workers invited me to join their special meal for the day. Dog soup was the entree.
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Personally, I’m not a huge fan of extremely cold weather. I love nippy fall days and cool spring breezes, but the cold here can sometimes be ridiculous. Since we’ve lived here 6+ years, I’ve learned how to dress warm enough to stay outside and actually enjoy it. Some days, I’d still rather be inside with…
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Happy Chinese New Year! The Chinese lunar calendar is a twelve year cycle. A different animal represents each year. Sunday welcomed in the Year of the Dragon. We joined in the celebration and shot off fireworks. Here’s a little taste of our celebration. Click on the link below to see the fun. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jlC4LaDJho?rel=0&w=640&h=360] I’ll…
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Gina’s officially opened for business on January 4th, 2012. In just one week, we’ve learned some pretty important lessons.
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There are some things that happen in our lives that are absolutely, unexplainable to those who have never lived outside of the US. Often the answer to the big “why” question is, “because we live in China.” And trust me, “Why?” is asked a lot. Please don’t misunderstand. We love Korea and China, but these…
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Yesterday was the coldest day yet of this winter season. My daily weather text (I can only read the high/low temps-the rest is in Chinese) had the high listed at -10 C or 7 F. It doesn’t appear that we will start to get warmer until sometime mid-January. And actually the temperature will be dropping…
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We have seating for 100 in our restaurant and so we told our kitchen to be prepared to serve 100 people the night of Thanksgiving. We also wanted to be prepared for more than 100, so we asked the kitchen to prep additional food to be cooked as needed. We opened our doors for our…
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We woke up to snow. It just kept falling and falling. First I asked the question, then the girls asked, “Can we have a snow day today?” (aka a day with no school). But, we live in NE Asia where snow doesn’t seem to hinder the comings and goings of people. We bundled up and…
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We have a cabbage tree right outside our apartment. Ok, it isn’t really a cabbage tree, but it is a tree with cabbages hanging from it. To understand this strange sight, you need to understand that in China cabbage isn’t just used for food. You can find expensive, actual-sized jade cabbages for sell in almost…