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My Bed in Hunan
Jul 30th
Edit: the green bucket is also used for hand-washing my clothes too.
Here’s my bed for these 2 weeks we’re here in Hunan, China. They’re bunk beds made out of wood, lined with a thin blanket and cardboard, topped with a bamboo mat that’s cooling in this hot, humid weather. No AC here, just the fan you see on my bed. The green bucket is what I have to draw water for bathing. The bath room (and I mean an enclosed area, 1 for guys and 1 for girls) is near the pig sty behind the school kitchen.
Oba Mao and Communist Chanel
Jul 8th
Oba Mao and Communist Chanel
Oba Mao seems to pretty popular right now. I’m hoping to get a better picture later.
Taken at Hou Hai, Beijing.
Taoist Temple Guy
Jul 6th
Here’s a guy I met at the Taoist Temple (白云观). I asked him if I can take a picture and he instantly started rolling up his sleeves getting ready for his portrait. Too bad I rushed and didn’t even have the lens hood all the way on the lens, so you see the dark edges. Looks kinda funky, oh well.
Taoist Temple Guy
Here he is when we left–back on his blackberry:
Taoist Temple Guy on Blackberry
Watching the World Cup
Jul 3rd
It’s been crazy non-stop here, as usual. They pack in so much in the schedule that I feel bad for the kids. Tonight was the first night we had some time off. We arrived on Sunday and it’s now Friday. Anyways, as we walked back on campus, we walked by this building where we heard people yelling/cheering. They were watching the Brazil/Netherlands game in 2 lecture halls (one on each side of the building). The cheering was crazy loud when Brazil scored. For some reason, the Chinese students really like the South American teams in general. Sorry, the shutter speed was kinda slow, but here’s one of the lecture halls:
End of Chapter
Jun 25th
There are a lot of changes going on in my life right now (wow, sounds like puberty all over again). One area that is ending is my work with the youth group/high schoolers after 9 or so years. Here’s a picture of Joshua and his purple tie at his graduation earlier this month.
A Purple Tie Affair
Here’s a compilation of some notes that I’ve gotten from them over the years and in a little album they presented to me last Sunday:
- It has been great knowing you for so long, even when I was a baby. -Joshua
- I am sad that you are leaving. You brought clarity and charisma to the group and to Jaime [my co-leader]. -Diane (I brought charisma to my co-leader? I think she has more energy than I do.)
- …I’m sure you know this by now (since you are older and therefore, wiser). -Bailey (I’m not sure if being older necessarily equates being wiser…just more gray hairs)
- Thank you for always sharing with me and talking to me even though you may be tired. -Wendy (I told you I’m low energy)
- If you were our age, Sheldon, you and I would be best of friends/camera buddies. -Bob aka William
I’m gonna miss them kids. They make me laugh so much.