China moments.
March – November, 2008
I’m looking through all of my pictures from China and remembering all of the moments. Here is a compilation of some of the things that stand out as “China moments.” Every expatriate knows this feeling and can only be fully understand once you have experienced China as a foreigner. I hope this at least gives you some insight into how I felt during my time there.
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- The Chinese Squat – you’ll conquer it once you conquer the squatter!
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- This is one of the places where I got breakfast on my way to Chinese class
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- Here’s my other breakfast spot – greasy, fried pastry filled with egg – yum!
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- Hard manual labor
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- Sometimes I saw people I couldn’t help feeling bad for – it reminded me that my sacrafice to volunteer was worth it
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- The struggles to survive
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- This man gives donkey rides up a mountain where people/tourists hike – we’re all just trying to make a living
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- There was something about this man that made me know he was content with the life he has lived
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- Just a man and woman’s daily grind
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- “Fashion” in Beijing
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- This is what I call attention to detail
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- Old school broom modernized by a mobile phone
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- More “fashion”
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- I can only imagine the trials and tribulations these men have gone through to now enjoy life
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- A brave man swimming in the green water at Hou Hai
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- I guess Forbidden City didn’t impress these few
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- It’s the simple things in life
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- She works hard for the money, so you better treat her right
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- Some more hard manual labor – it’s very prevalent in Beijing
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- The Chinese fans at this football game were more interested in the Brazlian fans than the actual game
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- Another amused fan
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- The Chinese Diaper = cheap, convenient, and invisible!
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- A tent where manual laborers live
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- My coworkers and I set up a lacrosse goal outside of the Bird’s Nest and showed some kids how to play
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- They really took a liking to it!
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- She was my favorite – little energetic melonhead!
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- A boat jam in Hou Hai – this sums up a lot of Beijing for me – crowded and confused
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- Yogurt stand
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- Making dumplings became a pasttime out there
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- Peking Duck – mmm – Anthony Bourdain, eat your heart out!
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- Scorpions and seahorse on sticks – I’ve had better, but I’ve also had worse
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- Dog “food” – poor puppy had to eat this stuff
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- Now that’s a pepper
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- Only in China could you win cigarettes at the arcade
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- Only in China can you buy Pringles and a pipe together
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- The subway during rush hour – and I thought NY was bad!
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- Me attempting to get into a crowded subway car… to no avail
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- Even getting out from school was a zoo
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- The character of my last name sketched into The Great Wall
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- Only in China can you be cool ridin in a bike gang
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- The old China1
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- The old China2
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- The new China1
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- The new China2
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- The new China3
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- Look at the panda – what a life!
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- This panda wasn’t as lucky…
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- We hosted a lacrosse tournament with teams from Korea, Japan, Hong Kong and California – also notice the imfamous “peace sign Chinese pose”
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- Some of the Japan team
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- Not the pose :)
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