A beautiful Lotus blossom from the Changfeng Park, below. These flowers are very large, as you can see.
This is the apartment building where my husband stayed with his host family in Shanghai. They occupied the upper two floors. This family is very well off.
More apartment buildings in Shanghai. They look rather drab from the outside but are gorgeous on the inside. These families here are all well off. But Shanghai has many, many people who are not so fortunate.
Shanghai city bus.
Typical street in Shanghai.
Mao Zedong.
I am surprised to find as much English as I have seen in these photos. More English to come.
Apartment buildings across the river.
No honking.
This is the Lotus garden. See how small the people in the background are, compared to these plants.
Husband and homestay participants.
Changfeng Park.
Musicians.
Food preparation.
Fun in the park.
Fun for kiddies in the water at the park.
No comment. This was cropped. He was far out on the lake.
Beijing Olympics.
Beijing Olympics.
The host's dining room.
Psychology Today in China. This woman has had eyelid surgery, a growing form of plastic surgery in China and in all of Asia, in an attempt to make the appearance more 'Western.'
Restaurant boat.
The Citibank building in Shanghai with the Olympics slogan.
Glorious skyline.
A restaurant boat.
A ship lit at night.
Looking at the top of Shanghai's most glorious skyscrapers.
Another restaurant boat.
The China Pearl TV tower is on the left.
Old and new.
Skyline by day.
Bamboo field.
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Lots of good experiences and lots of bad experiences teaching English in China. Takes a bit of research to find a good job. But I have time. Nearly a year before summer comes around again.
The videos of Shanghai are even more amazing. And of course, many parts of China are fascinating.
I like Chinese American cuisine; however, beef tendon, frog, gut, steamed pigs something or other are all the rage. However, McDonald's are plentiful; Burger King, too - and the Burger King is better than in the US - there is lots of Italian food and many cuisines.
Plus, I love rice. I will try anything once.
My family was in Tokyo 3 summers ago with the same program. Much more variety of cuisine, much more English in China than in Japan.
English is the dominant world language and is becoming even more so.
Just think: in 10 years or 20 years, even more Chinese will be speaking English.
How curious that the Asian's are interested in looking more Western...? They are so beautiful! Vanity at such a price!
Thanks for taking us on the journey ... can't wait for part 3
Part 3 on Thursday, even better.
Eyelid surgery! how barbaric. I suppose we'll be binding girls' feet again.
FYI: If someone from a round_eyed race develops an epicanthic fold it indicates a disorder
My information about Korean University women - about 40 percent now are undergoing epcianthic surgery - comes from a young Korean student of mine, who abhors the changes that Asian women are undergoing in an effort to make them appear more Western.
Asian women are also altering the bridge of the nose and the facial bones, often bringing in a photo of a Hollywood Starlet (Caucasian) they would like to resemble. Some Korean women begin to resemble each other if they have been to the same surgeon with the same starlet in mind.
I think Asian women are absolutely beautiful.
It is good to love ourselves.
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