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Saturday, March 3, 2012
#15
Wei (Hi),
Well we are out on our own and doing just fine! Left Kunming a couple days ago and here's what's up:
Eating Western Style
We had an American eating day: McDonald's for lunch (cost about the same as the states) & pizza for dinner. Mmmmmmm.
New Zealand Girl
While we were doing our wash at the HANDA building, a young girl from NZ came to interview Li about HANDA. It was great to talk to her. She had attended an international high school set up by Mandela full of kids from all over the world. Now she was studying Chinese in Kunming and also doing a study of AIDS in Yunnan province--which she said was a huge problem. Ironically, she had been to the very same area in Thailand we were in & also been to India. We had lots to talk about.
Toilet Trained
Watch a little girl (maybe a little younger than 2) today who proved she was toilet trained. Her mom was carrying her on her back (very common here) but let her down on the street corner where she squatted & since the kids where pants that have a long slit in the bottom, she could pee without pulling down her pants. She then just ran around...even though her mom didn't watch her...as cars whizzed by. How did she know to stay out of the street when a car was coming is beyond me.
Road Signs
Our bus ride to Dali brought us the laughs reading the following road signs:
No Nruken Driving
Don't Drive Tiredly
Hotel Signs
While I'm on the subject, here's some hotel signs that brought us smiles:
Above the bathtub: Be Careful of Landslide
On desk: Keep Cash & Valuables in Head Stage
Oxymoran
Here'e an oxymoran: seeing a man leading his ox & cart while talking on his cell phone.
Correction
Renay was not born in China...her father was.
Dali Connection
We had a comfortable bus ride to Dali & Li had lined up a friend to meet us...and she & two others ran to shake our hands withing ten minutes after we arrived. They ( Ping, Li & Esther) were delightful & enjoyed practicing their English on us. They walked us right to our hotel laughing and talking the whole way. They told us they'd call us so we could meet them later. We gave each of them one of the Chinese New Year stamps we'd brought from USA & they loved them. We just keep getting lots of TLC!
Rog is waiting in our room for me soo better get back before he starts to worry....keep in touch!!
Well we are out on our own and doing just fine! Left Kunming a couple days ago and here's what's up:
Eating Western Style
We had an American eating day: McDonald's for lunch (cost about the same as the states) & pizza for dinner. Mmmmmmm.
New Zealand Girl
While we were doing our wash at the HANDA building, a young girl from NZ came to interview Li about HANDA. It was great to talk to her. She had attended an international high school set up by Mandela full of kids from all over the world. Now she was studying Chinese in Kunming and also doing a study of AIDS in Yunnan province--which she said was a huge problem. Ironically, she had been to the very same area in Thailand we were in & also been to India. We had lots to talk about.
Toilet Trained
Watch a little girl (maybe a little younger than 2) today who proved she was toilet trained. Her mom was carrying her on her back (very common here) but let her down on the street corner where she squatted & since the kids where pants that have a long slit in the bottom, she could pee without pulling down her pants. She then just ran around...even though her mom didn't watch her...as cars whizzed by. How did she know to stay out of the street when a car was coming is beyond me.
Road Signs
Our bus ride to Dali brought us the laughs reading the following road signs:
No Nruken Driving
Don't Drive Tiredly
Hotel Signs
While I'm on the subject, here's some hotel signs that brought us smiles:
Above the bathtub: Be Careful of Landslide
On desk: Keep Cash & Valuables in Head Stage
Oxymoran
Here'e an oxymoran: seeing a man leading his ox & cart while talking on his cell phone.
Correction
Renay was not born in China...her father was.
Dali Connection
We had a comfortable bus ride to Dali & Li had lined up a friend to meet us...and she & two others ran to shake our hands withing ten minutes after we arrived. They ( Ping, Li & Esther) were delightful & enjoyed practicing their English on us. They walked us right to our hotel laughing and talking the whole way. They told us they'd call us so we could meet them later. We gave each of them one of the Chinese New Year stamps we'd brought from USA & they loved them. We just keep getting lots of TLC!
Rog is waiting in our room for me soo better get back before he starts to worry....keep in touch!!
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