Monthly Archives: February 2006

of fruit and friends…

Pineapples and strawberries.  Yes, it’s still winter, but here in Chengdu, you can find pineapple and strawberries everywhere!!  Men and women are in the streets selling pineapples whole (50 cents) or quartered on a stick (15 cents).  Yummy!!! On my … Continue reading

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still going

The fireworks are still going.  As I write this, I have a perfect view of them from our seventh story rooftop office.  Any other time I would love it; now, it seems a little old.  (In case you aren’t keeping … Continue reading

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Friday Quiz Bowl

It’s Friday evening!  The weekend awaits. The week was a normal one, if that is possible.  Wednesday held 3 after school meetings taking us to 9.30pm, but it was fun – we had a dinner meeting discussing a new opportunity … Continue reading

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weekend update

Yesterday morning a technician came and set up our Internet connection for us, so we can now communicate with the world from home!  (We now have broadband rather than cable – we’ll see if there is any difference.) Because of … Continue reading

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we’re back (and the fireworks are still going)

We got back from Malaysia Saturday afternoon – a great, relaxing trip!  We wrote a journal about our trip, and have hundreds of pictures… as soon as we get an internet connection up and running at our new apartment, we … Continue reading

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