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This has become a Hangzhou tradition
New Year's Day lunch with Angela and
Vivian. (2005-01-01)
Angela and Vivian were in my Adult Student class at Zhejiang University
Fall, 2001.
It's the fourth straight New Year's Day that Angela, Vivian and I have spent
together.
This year it was
Dongbei food.
Last year (2004), it was Thai food at the
Banana Leaf.
The year before (2003), we did Korean food. But I forgot to bring the camera.
In 2002, it was Chinese food at the Yellow Dragon
Stadium.
BONUS: BRIEF VIDEO FROM THE LUNCH
Lansing (Z.J.U. Adult class 2002) (a.k.a. "Super Saleswoman" )
Lansing walked into my Adult Class in 2002 a half-hour late for the first class. I penalized her by making her introduce herself immediately. "My English name is Lansing, I sell Interior Decorations for a Finland company, and everyone calls me "Super-Saleswoman'!"
Late in 2004, she started a business of her own. Super-Saleswomen is now the owner the Bo Concept franchise in Hangzhou. Bo Concept is an upscale IKEA out of Denmark.
(2004-12)
A Cloud Hovers Over Bei Shan
Hangzhou's West Lake (2004-10)
Walking the Family Water Buffalo
Summer, 2004
A Cloud Hovers Over Bei Shan
Hangzhou's West Lake (2004-10)
Random English
(@ an upscale shoe store at West Lake Mall)
NOTE: Although most Chinese study English, they can't speak it well and don't notice it unless it is in their textbooks or on one of their innumerable tests. Outside the classroom, this shoe isn't even noticed. To most, it's just random letters.
The Bund-Shanghai
February, 2004
Frisbee Monks
© Wilson Tai
9 Dragons Park - Hangzhou
Fa Xi Temple - Hangzhou
Happy Chinese New Year poster
from the Common's Cafe - Hangzhou
(Recycled from last year, cuz I just love this image. West meets East.)
A Hazy New Year's Day at West lake
(2004-01-01)
[This one makes nice desktop wallpaper]
Angela and Vivian at our third annual New Years Day Lunch in Hangzhou.
This year, we did Thai food at the Banana Leaf by West Lake.
(2004-01-01)
Trick or Treat?
Halloween in Haining
(Haining, 2003/10/31)
Halloween in Hangzhou????? No!
"Five welder wearing face guard work at a construction site in the New Qianjiang City,
which will be the central business district of Hangzhou in the future."
Zhejiang Online - 2003/12/04
(Chinglish as per original)
Presidents Nixon, Ford and Bush (the elder) all visited Hangzhou on their trips to China.
But they didn't see this place.
Yes, a recently built amusement park near Hangzhou features a full-scale replica of the White House, the Washington Monument (complete with The Reflecting Pool), and
Mount Rushmore. All in one small area that is also used as a private school.
Oh, and the aforesaid White House includes the Oval Office and the Red Room.
Here's some pictures I took today on my trip to "America Land".
Only in China....
click the small pics to see the big ones-some are very large so you can catch the details:
It snowed in Hangzhou today for the first time in five years.
The scenes around West Lake were beautiful.
click the small pics to see the big ones
On Saturday, January 4th, I and my senior students spent a chilly morning on the artificial turf of the new soccer field at Zhejiang University's new campus playing, of all things, baseball.
(2003-01)
For more about Baseball in China, see chapter 17.
(L) An old guy plays German drinking songs on his accordion in a Suzhou hutong.
(R) Ronald McDonald is now advertising on Suzhou's rickshaws.
(August, 2002)
(L) Lotus Leaves on Hangzhou's West Lake. (R) Grotto on West Lake's Gu Shan (Solitary Hill).
(August, 2002)
Stephen Hawking ("A Brief History of Time")
addressing the students and faculty
at my university (Zhejiang University) on August 15, 2002
where he was awarded an honorary doctorate decree.
He is one amazing man.
(That's him at the lower left - click the picture to see the big view)
The West Lake lotuses wave goodbye
as the sun sets behind Bao Chu Tower.
(2002-08-03)
Tea Pot
An outdoor tea house by West Lake
(note the large tea pot in the foreground)
(2002-08-03)
Putuo Shan
Courtyard at Puji Temple at Putuo Shan.
One of the four most sacred places in China.
(2002-06-09)
Tiger Running Spring
Hangzhou
(2002-05-25)
Hangzhou Old and New
An ancient pavilion crouches by West Lake.
Behind it, a new skyscraper hidden in the mist.
(2002-05-19)
South tower of Hangzhou's
Yellow Dragon Stadium
(2002-05-19
Dusk descends on Hangzhou's West Lake
(2002-05-05)
Stone Bridge at Gu Shan
(Solitary Hill) at West Lake
(2002-05-05)
The pavilions at Gu Shan
(Solitary Hill) at West Lake
(2002-03-31)
A windy spring afternoon on Hangzhou's West Lake
(2002-03-24)
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