We are so lucky to be here for the Chinese New Year! It is such a huge thing here... very much like Christmas in the States. Lights, Decoration, things hanging from street lights, in every doorway, just everywhere, it is a big deal. And that is an understatement. For Spring Festival (the New year) we get 10 days off from teaching so we have decided to spend it in Beijing, which will be crazy wild and busy and maybe even a little more expensive than usual, but this is our longest vacation and Beijing is the furthest away from us, so if we don't do it now... we probably won't get the chance. Kind of a no brainer :) We are all so excited to see Beijing. It will be cold. Almost as cold as.....brrrrrrr....I don't know. But that is alright because a snowy great wall is better than no wall, not to mention would make for some b.e.a.utiful photographs! I simply cannot wait.
Lucky us! We had a chinese lesson today. Which means, lucky you... because now YOU GET ONE! whooo hoooo! Today we are going to learn to count to ten :)
1 yī [eee]
2 èr [arr]
3 sān [saun]
4 sì [tsoo]- the "oo's" make the sound of "book". Slowly and fading as you go.
5 wǔ [wuo]
6 liù [lee-oh]
7 qi [chee]
8 ba [baw]-pronounced like awesome.
9 jiǔ [jee-oh]
10 shí [shurr]
I ended my day today with a run... and Kung Fu Panda. Ha. I think Poe is hilarious. I love his attitude. I want to live life more like Poe did. ha... funny funny movie.
Oh yes. I almost forgot. Just a couple of facts from the Guinness Book of World Records in China I came across today...
1) The most people painting eachothers faces simultaneously at one time in one location: 13,413
2) The largest bottle with cooking oil: 3,212 Leters
3) The most couples hugging all at one time simultaneously in one location: 3,009
I thought that was interesting...
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