Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Thanksgiving is not really celebrated in China. In fact, when I asked my students what they know about Thanksgiving, they mostly just knew about turkeys. I taught them all about the history of Thanksgiving and what we do now to celebrate. We even talked about the crazy shopping day afterwards. :)
For my activity I did the same as last year... "imagine it's one week before Thanksgiving and you and your partner are both turkeys. Write a speech persuading us to eat the other person." We then voted for who we wanted to eat. It was a lot of fun! The students got very creative.
Friday night we celebrated with our friends. We had Thanksgiving BBQ- food grilled outside. It was soooooo good! About 20 friends came and we squeezed in a small small room. Very cozy!
This Sunday we are having our Thanksgiving meal for FoC. That means potluck!!!!!!!! I'm bringing the potatoes. Yummy!
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Sunday, November 25, 2012
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
What's New?
It's been a few days since my last post. What has happened??
1) I decorated my room for Christmas. Even have some lights. I'll get some pictures later.
2) As I was smooshed in a crowded bus inching it's way towards my bus stop, I decided to buy a bike. Will do that tomorrow.
3) We had our first snow today, although it didn't stick, it still fell down.
4) I explained HIS Grace to a friend tonight at study.
5) I just finished my last leftovers from our Thanksgiving meal. I've been eating mashed potatoes for every breakfast and lunch (which usually occurs at the same time since I've been getting up a little late lately and decide it's not worth eating breakfast at 9:30).
6) I am in the process of reviewing a friend's personal statement for his Doctorate application for an American University. Hmm.. hope this goes well. :)
1) I decorated my room for Christmas. Even have some lights. I'll get some pictures later.
2) As I was smooshed in a crowded bus inching it's way towards my bus stop, I decided to buy a bike. Will do that tomorrow.
3) We had our first snow today, although it didn't stick, it still fell down.
4) I explained HIS Grace to a friend tonight at study.
5) I just finished my last leftovers from our Thanksgiving meal. I've been eating mashed potatoes for every breakfast and lunch (which usually occurs at the same time since I've been getting up a little late lately and decide it's not worth eating breakfast at 9:30).
6) I am in the process of reviewing a friend's personal statement for his Doctorate application for an American University. Hmm.. hope this goes well. :)
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Thanksgiving in Wuhan
Thanksgiving has come and gone and now the Christmas season is here. I hope all of my friends and family enjoyed their Thanksgiving with loved ones. This year was yet another year to be thankful for all the wonderful things HE gives us every day. I'm working on a list of what I am thankful for, tell ya later. For now... I will tell you about Thanksgiving half the way around the world.
First, China doesn't celebrate this American holiday. I asked my students what they know about Thanksgiving and most of them only knew that we eat Turkey (which in Chinese translates as "fire chicken"). Don't worry, I taught them all about the Pilgrims and Native Americans. Then, as a discussion topic, they had to pretend they were turkeys and Thanksgiving was near. They had to tell the class why we should eat their partner over them. Quite entertaining!
Thursday evening the four of us in the middle area of the city (Nicole, Peter, Darin, and myself) treated our friends to a Thanksgiving meal- Chinese style. We found a restaurant with a big private room and ordered the dishes. Altogether we had 15 people show up. It was a great time to show our friends how thankful we are for them.
Today (Sunday) we had our FoC Thanksgiving meal. We all met at Beth and Sarah's home and worked on our feast. The final result was amazing! It felt just like a real family dinner. We had potatoes, chicken, rolls, veggies, fruit, cornbread casserole, sweet potatoes, stuffing, bacon wrapped hot dogs, wine, and of course... pie! After dinner we played some games and people fell asleep on the couch while watching football. Kidding... no football here. We watched a movie.
Before tonight it didn't really feel like Thanksgiving, however, having our whole "family" together is a great way to spend the holiday. I am Thankful for my great support system over here. Keep us in your thoughts especially as Winter comes and sicknesses are seeming to conquer us one by one.
First, China doesn't celebrate this American holiday. I asked my students what they know about Thanksgiving and most of them only knew that we eat Turkey (which in Chinese translates as "fire chicken"). Don't worry, I taught them all about the Pilgrims and Native Americans. Then, as a discussion topic, they had to pretend they were turkeys and Thanksgiving was near. They had to tell the class why we should eat their partner over them. Quite entertaining!
Thursday evening the four of us in the middle area of the city (Nicole, Peter, Darin, and myself) treated our friends to a Thanksgiving meal- Chinese style. We found a restaurant with a big private room and ordered the dishes. Altogether we had 15 people show up. It was a great time to show our friends how thankful we are for them.
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| Vivien, Joanna, Peter, John Wayne, Tracy, Bruce, Edward |
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| Sherry, Jacquline, Nicole, Julian, Darin, Jonathan, Lisa |
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| This was our Chinese Thanksgiving Feast! From the rice going clockwise: Rice, spicy bean sprouts, mushroom broth, something I forgot, donkey/cucumbers, spicy french fries, sweet and sour pork, eggplant, in the middle is tofu. |
Today (Sunday) we had our FoC Thanksgiving meal. We all met at Beth and Sarah's home and worked on our feast. The final result was amazing! It felt just like a real family dinner. We had potatoes, chicken, rolls, veggies, fruit, cornbread casserole, sweet potatoes, stuffing, bacon wrapped hot dogs, wine, and of course... pie! After dinner we played some games and people fell asleep on the couch while watching football. Kidding... no football here. We watched a movie.
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| Our Western Feast! |
Before tonight it didn't really feel like Thanksgiving, however, having our whole "family" together is a great way to spend the holiday. I am Thankful for my great support system over here. Keep us in your thoughts especially as Winter comes and sicknesses are seeming to conquer us one by one.
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