Category: Life in Xining
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Fresh coffee in the pot, the girls in their "zones" of play, Chinese food in the wok. Sounds a bit like home. I didn’t think I would be so happy to be back here, but after nearly 2 months traveling around the globe, Xining was a very welcome sight. Our plane touched down at 9…
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Bought some chips the other day at the local convenience store… Yeah, that’s right, Lonely God potato chips (or really they were more like cheese puffs). I think I’m going to try and market these at Christian bookstores in America. My slogan would be something like this: Have you had your quiet time today?Do you…
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The high temperature in Xining today = 35 F / 1 CThe low temperature in Xining today = 2 F / -16 C All I felt like doing after returning from class was hibernating… (I’m sure all you folks in Seattle who are getting buried in snow can relate. Happy hibernating…)
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As Sarah and I rode a taxi back to our apartment complex just after dark yesterday evening I noticed a person tending a small fire on the side of the road. Interesting, I thought. It is a bit cold outside. I guess a fire would be nice to keep warm. Then as the taxi continued…
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It’s almost gone now, but when we woke up this morning there was snow accumulating. Here’s the proof of it… (The girls had fun.) I was in class–boo-hoo. (Much warmer in there though.)
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I climbed a mountain today. What did you do? (ha-ha) Check out the pictures here…
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The other day I was walking down a street here in Xining…minding my own business. I noticed quite a few people were intently staring at me. It felt like "more" attention than is normal for a celebrity like me. It just felt that way to me. It wasn’t until later that I realized that I…
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Do you think it is appropriate for a stranger to clean out your ears? I don’t–because you just have to draw the line somewhere. Last week for the first time in my adult life, I had a woman stick a Q-tip in my ears and swab it around. It was pretty terrifying. I went to…
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Halloween snuck up on me this year. If I was in America, I have no doubt we would have taken the girls to a pumpkin patch, drank some apple cider, and gorged on "candy corn". The highlight for me, the past few years, has been the annual carving of the jack o’ lantern. Some notable…
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Just when you thought all the Chinese holidays were over for a while…there’s another one. Today is Chongyangjie (the 9th day of the 9th month on the Chinese lunar calendar) which is translated "Double Ninth Festival". According to wikipedia Chongyangjie was originally a potentially dangerous day, but has become a day of celebration in which…
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