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September 15, 2011



After our guests left and the kids went to bed, I trooped over to Jodi’s apartment for a game night with the new ELIC teachers from Harbin East College (the ELIC school where our old teammate, Dan, is now leading). I loved serving coffee and playing games with a bunch of China newbies who are still trying to figure out the basics of living in China.

April 3, 2009



Continuing our tour inside Wal-Mart, we find the laundry detergent section. While we find this normal, it is packaged in a smaller bag (not a box) and it has a handle. Remember that we don't have a car, so everything we buy we have to carry home (as is the case with almost every other Chinese.) Please remember all the shoppers as the travel to and from the stores with all their goods that each shopper will have great attitudes as they walk, or crowd onto the buses (us included).

January 11, 2009