Category: Happy Happy! Joy Joy!
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I just wanted to say a big, fat HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my "brother" and good friend, Jeremy. Today (in China at least) it is your birthday. I missed your big bash this past weekend and I really wish I could have been there to celebrate with you. Even from a continent away you sharpen me…
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I don’t know what it is about the month of May, but it seems to be births galore…(this is the third announcement so far.) I would like to congratulate Christa’s cousin Josie and her husband Elod on the birth of their first son, Matyas Tibor Boromisza. A good Hungarian name (as it should be since…
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Wanted to congratulate our good friends, Greg and Amy Collard on the birth of their daughter Emma Claire! She was born May 10th and weighed in at 7 lbs 12 ounces. Congrats, you guys! We’re so happy for you… (It’s so re-assuring that Emma didn’t come out with Greg’s goatee…)
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As you can see here, the girls really enjoyed getting some goodies from back home today. (Thanks, Mom & Dad. Our coffee supply ran out this week…shoooo, that was a close one!)
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Today is a lazy day. The sun is shining. The one tree (in our complex) that sits outside our kitchen window has green leaves now. Anna and I spent a few minutes watching two little birds that were perched in its branches. Classes start up again tomorrow so Christa and I are cracking the books…
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One thing we have REALLY been missing from the homeland lately: Breakfast cereal! Oh sure, cereal is available here in Xining at the infamous Import Store, BUT they only carry a few varieties (no telling how fresh!) at extremely expensive prices. Ouch. We treated ourselves to a box of cereal for Christmas morning this past…
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Prepare to be amazed! You’d better sit down before reading this post. I didn’t know when I woke up this morning, but it turns out that today was destined to be very momentous. Earth-shattering, in fact… With my two hands, carefully applied wind to my vocal cords, and some strategic flaps of my tongue I…
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Sweet! Skype has video conferencing now. Break out those webcams, everybody!
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Anna paid me a great compliment the other day. I was sitting at the kitchen table typing away on the laptop. She was sitting next to me watching. She said, "Daddy, your fingers are dancing!" I don’t know why that filled me with joy, but it sure did. I guess because there was something so…
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It’s official! We’ve completed our first semester of Chinese language study! Time for recess…
yeti speak... 