By the Way

Ruth and Kevin's adventures in China

Monday, October 31, 2011

Family Confusion

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by Ruth Today in class we were talking about family relationships, a topic that very quickly becomes confusing in Chinese! A few words are ...
Tuesday, October 25, 2011

A Very Important Day

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By Ruth A Very Important Day is coming next week - - November 1 is “Turn on the Heat Day!!” I love this day of the year. In China, the ce...
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Sunday, October 16, 2011

The 10 Steps from Spoon to Mouth

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For yeah!  I love eating! by Ruth I was wondering when Juliana would start getting interested in feeding herself. She likes eating fing...
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Thursday, October 13, 2011

A TINY Bit Tricky

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by Ruth Chinese is a high context culture and definitely a high context language. When I was going through flashcards from our oral lesson...
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Sunday, October 2, 2011

Little Swallow

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By Kevin The week before last, my tutor was away, serving as a translator at the big Sino-Arabic Summit held in Yinchuan to promote trade ...
Saturday, October 1, 2011

Lunch with Ai-yi

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by Ruth Today our baomo (the woman who watches Juliana, who we often call Gao Ai-yi) invited us to her house for lunch. She called us sever...
Sunday, September 25, 2011

Qi Ban (The Wives Class)

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By Ruth In case you were wondering, yes – I'm studying too! All of my posts have been about the baby, the apartment, and you know, the ...
Monday, September 19, 2011

Happy Birthday Baby!

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I cannot believe that Juliana is one year old!! A few months ago I looked at her and realized she was no longer a little baby. She's ...
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Sunday, September 11, 2011

Before and After: Pictures of our new home!

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With the arrival of the new sofa covers we got made, I finally feel enough settled into our apartment to post "before and after" p...
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Friday, September 9, 2011

From Firehose to Punctured Straws

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By Kevin If the first two days of class were like gulping from a fire-hose, we were sipping from perforated straws during week two. Just b...
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