Christmas Pizza With Daughter One inconvenient part about Christmas not being a publicly observed holiday in China is that the schools here hold class as normal on Christmas Day. Since my beautiful daughter lives at school during the week, I wasn’t going to get to see her on Christmas day. …
Christmas, Friends, and Pizza Back when I first came to China, food was a frequent topic of conversation. One of the common questions people asked me was “Which western food do you miss the most.” I replied “I miss good pizza.” The inevitable response was something along the lines …
My Chinese Christmas Tree Although Christmas isn’t an official holiday here in China, it’s sort of observed, at least on the retail level. Shops put up Christmas trees, play endless Christmas songs (often including several different singers doing the same song in a row) are played, and the clerks …
8 years since I met my first friends in China Time flies when you’re a Lunatic. I first arrived in China on December 6, 2006 for an 8 month contract as an English teacher. Three days later, I went to my first English corner. Someone asked me about my favorite …
MilliCharity Registration 3rd Anniversary Party MilliCharity is one of Dongguan’s oldest charity groups. In 2011, it became one of the first charity groups to be registered with the government. If I understand things correctly, it was the first registered charity which hadn’t had some sort of prior government sponsorship. …