Chinese New Year end
Chinese New Year ends
The final days of the new year celebrations are on…..all around Chaoyang Park there are scores of people setting off fireworks….some small ….most large…between buildings and on street corners…doesn’t seem to matter…safety is not a concern as I think I have mentioned the first year I was here…people set off the fuse and then step back about 5 metres and watch the show…..there are some cars driving by almost as I write this page…..and only a car's width away…they drive by nonchalantly…..quite a show for the final days…it is Saturday, Feb 7 2009 and I believe tomorrow will be even more spectacular…we shall see
Had an interesting thing happen to me today…..I was at the school working at the computer as my apartment is no longer wired for the computer and I need to work at the school…I had to go to the bathroom….and luckily I checked…..there was no toilet paper in the stall that I was at…so I checked the ladies room…none there…so I checked the boys bathroom…none there…..looks like when they cleaned up…they really CLEANED up…..and all that was left on all of the rolls was the cardboard centre…..good thing I had some Kleenex in my room or I could have been up the creek without a paddle so to speak….another interesting Chinese way
Had a long chat with Jennifer today…things seem to be going well with the pregnancy although she says this will be the final one…..and was emphatic about it….quite sure it will be…..Kenzie is counting already…just the even numbers though (Jay counts one and she counters with two …and continues all the way up to 10)….math inherited?????.....also was talking about my European trip and she says that Bruce Springsteen will be playing on a tour so I have asked Rosamund if she wants to go and if she can buy tickets….Italy looks like a possibility as he is playing in three venues…..Jay said she had a blast at the Honeymoon Suite concert…got to be up front and personal (high fives, helping them sing, right on the front line) with the band members and even got them all to sign a T-shirt…..know she will enjoy the Eagles concert as well…
Will spend tomorrow getting ready for the next semester and some extra duties as the Athletic Director and as the CAS coordinator for the International Baccalaureate program….need to talk to the owner about those in the new contract….
Had a chat with Janet and it appears Mom is beginning to show signs of old age…she is 93 I guess that happens……she actually went into the hospital for a couple of days with a sugar level of between 35 and 40 and it is supposed to be around 5 Jennifer said….Cheryl has come from BC to sty for a few days and Janet is going to come maybe next week……she seems a little disinterested in some of life’s struggles and so we have been looking at having her go to a nursing home where they can look after her diet and pills and also be checking on her and she will have the necessary care….is difficult to be a part of things from here but Janet and Cheryl can make some decision and I can be made aware,,,….it is concerning….
Janet and Tony gave me a book about travel in Europe and it looks like it will come in handy as I have my flights confirmed and am off into the wild blue yonder…lots of interesting places that I have heard about but never thought I would see….now only a few months away…am going to get some dates firmed up and then just fill in the rest as I go…seems like that is my life now…..one blind jump after another……hope there are no cliffs or deep gorges…
Fireworks like crazy here….seems like many of the big hotels or apartments have someone out lighting them off…sometimes sounds like a war zone…..aw well it is Chinese New Year you know…..
Got to get the tickets for the train to Harbin soon and then I will have all the t’s crossed and I’s dotted for that trip…I hope ….looking forward to the weekend there….may try to get to Tianjin on the bullet train this weekend and stay one night over…we shall see….need another one who would go as well…..
That’s it…..I will start a new blog for the new semester….
The final days of the new year celebrations are on…..all around Chaoyang Park there are scores of people setting off fireworks….some small ….most large…between buildings and on street corners…doesn’t seem to matter…safety is not a concern as I think I have mentioned the first year I was here…people set off the fuse and then step back about 5 metres and watch the show…..there are some cars driving by almost as I write this page…..and only a car's width away…they drive by nonchalantly…..quite a show for the final days…it is Saturday, Feb 7 2009 and I believe tomorrow will be even more spectacular…we shall see
Had an interesting thing happen to me today…..I was at the school working at the computer as my apartment is no longer wired for the computer and I need to work at the school…I had to go to the bathroom….and luckily I checked…..there was no toilet paper in the stall that I was at…so I checked the ladies room…none there…so I checked the boys bathroom…none there…..looks like when they cleaned up…they really CLEANED up…..and all that was left on all of the rolls was the cardboard centre…..good thing I had some Kleenex in my room or I could have been up the creek without a paddle so to speak….another interesting Chinese way
Had a long chat with Jennifer today…things seem to be going well with the pregnancy although she says this will be the final one…..and was emphatic about it….quite sure it will be…..Kenzie is counting already…just the even numbers though (Jay counts one and she counters with two …and continues all the way up to 10)….math inherited?????.....also was talking about my European trip and she says that Bruce Springsteen will be playing on a tour so I have asked Rosamund if she wants to go and if she can buy tickets….Italy looks like a possibility as he is playing in three venues…..Jay said she had a blast at the Honeymoon Suite concert…got to be up front and personal (high fives, helping them sing, right on the front line) with the band members and even got them all to sign a T-shirt…..know she will enjoy the Eagles concert as well…
Will spend tomorrow getting ready for the next semester and some extra duties as the Athletic Director and as the CAS coordinator for the International Baccalaureate program….need to talk to the owner about those in the new contract….
Had a chat with Janet and it appears Mom is beginning to show signs of old age…she is 93 I guess that happens……she actually went into the hospital for a couple of days with a sugar level of between 35 and 40 and it is supposed to be around 5 Jennifer said….Cheryl has come from BC to sty for a few days and Janet is going to come maybe next week……she seems a little disinterested in some of life’s struggles and so we have been looking at having her go to a nursing home where they can look after her diet and pills and also be checking on her and she will have the necessary care….is difficult to be a part of things from here but Janet and Cheryl can make some decision and I can be made aware,,,….it is concerning….
Janet and Tony gave me a book about travel in Europe and it looks like it will come in handy as I have my flights confirmed and am off into the wild blue yonder…lots of interesting places that I have heard about but never thought I would see….now only a few months away…am going to get some dates firmed up and then just fill in the rest as I go…seems like that is my life now…..one blind jump after another……hope there are no cliffs or deep gorges…
Fireworks like crazy here….seems like many of the big hotels or apartments have someone out lighting them off…sometimes sounds like a war zone…..aw well it is Chinese New Year you know…..
Got to get the tickets for the train to Harbin soon and then I will have all the t’s crossed and I’s dotted for that trip…I hope ….looking forward to the weekend there….may try to get to Tianjin on the bullet train this weekend and stay one night over…we shall see….need another one who would go as well…..
That’s it…..I will start a new blog for the new semester….
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