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Lights of Xin Bei District
Bright lights, big city! Yes, the lights of Changzhou make for great evening photography. Most of the lighting is done use LED technology which is one of the local industrial specialty sectors. This is one of my favorite scenes looking … Continue reading
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Where Wednesday Becomes Sunday
Today is a school day here in China. I know that it is Saturday as I write this, a day that is not a school day. But today, though it is Saturday, September 25th, for the teachers and students, it … Continue reading
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Hong Mei Park – HongMei Gong Yuan – 红梅公园
Today, since we had a day off from teaching and because it was sunny and not to hot, w e walked about eight kilometres to Hong Mei Park. This is the main entrance to the park. The park is found … Continue reading
Happy Mid-Autumn Festival – Zhong Qiu Kuai Le – 中秋快乐
I took this photo yesterday evening as the forecast for today was cloudy and scattered rain. A good thing I did as the forecast is right on. Why this photo? Well, it is the centre piece of today’s festival holiday … Continue reading
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Earning Respect in the Classroom
This is the main building in which I teach, building number three. Maureen has most of her classes in building four. However, we do share one teaching room on the third floor of this four story building, a classroom that … Continue reading
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Culture and Friendship
Yesterday evening we were invited by the Mayor’s office to attend the unveiling of a new book by a celebrated author who had spent quite a few years living and writing in France. This is a picture of him unveiling … Continue reading
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Street Photography in Changzhou
On a long walk taking in another old area that we used to stroll through we came across this scene of two couples with one young girl who are resting in the shade under a truck’s bed. They are waiting … Continue reading
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JingLing Lu
Well, some things never change, even in this city where change seems to be the first word in this city’s life. I remember our first walk down JinLing Lu as we headed into the centre of the city. We passed … Continue reading
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The Freshmen Arrive.
Saturday and the end of the first week of regular classes means that it is time for the freshmen to move onto the campus. Unlike the return of the sophomores, juniors and seniors who arrived over a period of a few … Continue reading
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Dentistry in Changzhou
Yesterday, we went to People’s Hospital Number 1 because Maureen had an appointment to see a dentist, Dr. Chen. Our FAO chief, Athena had made the contact for us so that we could see if Maureen could have some dental … Continue reading
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