Spring Festival Season in China!!!

Posted in Activities, Chinese life, Customs, Life on 01/23/2012 07:53 pm by Vanessa

This year’s Chinese Spring Festival,  some may call it Chinese New Year,  falls on the 23rd of January 2012. Spring Festival is the literate translation of “Chun Jie”, what we say in Chinese according to lunar calendar.

It’s the festive season as the whole country celebrates Chun Jie by holding New Year’s Eve Gala on central tv station, playing fireworks probably all day long, family reunion and more other activities in different parts in China.

No matter what people do all signify the whole country embracing the new lunar year 2012.

So happy Spring Festival and wish all a fruitful and prosperous year again!

I’ve been very lazy since… a while back…  so to start by wishing myself getting more diligent and hard-working!

2012 is the year of Dragon. Dragon means to much to Chinese people so it’s  an especially important year!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

World No Tobacco Day! Part 2

Posted in Activities, Biz, Life on 08/20/2011 09:09 pm by Vanessa

I posted part 1 on World No Tobacco Day, May 31. 2011.  I wish more and more people join the group to combat against smoking, especially the  ones who smoke everywhere, in the lift, at home and some public areas. (Maybe this is still pretty bad in China, but I don’t know what it’s like in other parts of the world).

There are signs of “No smoking!” in some restaurants or public places but people don’t seem to understand the signs as they selfishly keep smoking. That annoys me a lot! Several times I politely told off a few people stop smoking who sat next to my table at restaurants.I hope more people would take actions either stop smoking in the public areas or kindly remind others not smoking when there are others around. I’m sure there are certain smoking areas for smokers.

Some more sequel pictures from my previous post. I love the creativity as I mentioned before!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wild Flowers!

Posted in Activities, Chinese life, Friends Gathering, Life, Pics, Plants & Flowers, Travelling on 08/12/2011 07:41 am by Vanessa

What I can’t miss is to take photos nowadays  where ever I go.

It was a great chance to go to Inner Mongolia with friends as they drove there for some sort of business. I just went there for fun.

No doubt  we took a lot of photos, but out of the photos some wild flowers inspired me a lot. They were in blossom even only one or two plants only of each kind scattering in the grassland.

The wild lives are not the most beautiful flowers I have ever seen yet they are the strongest for sure. No one looks after them but they enjoy the natural sunshine and rain water to grow even thriving.

What a life! I do like them and I have taken photos of the ones I saw.

 

My Baby Niece 3~!~

Posted in Childhood, Chinese life, Life, Pics on 08/04/2011 08:52 pm by Vanessa

Finally I got a chance to meet my baby niece Lele. She was already 9 months old. It was the first time I saw her.

Normally she cries when she sees strangers or peopele she hasn’t seen for a long time such as her grandparetns. Well, with me, the first time she saw me she didn’t cry at all, instead she smiled and came to me. I carried her and played with her for a long time. It was really fun. I got sore arms though.

She couldn’t walk  properly yet but  toddled a bit if she held something or she could stand leaning on   the back of the sofa. She was so cute!

It’s not easy to raise a baby! I’ve seen what my sister, brother-in-law and my parents doing all the things to the baby I’m nervous to have my own child, but I know it’s just sooner or later I will have my baby. I should be well prepared for that!

A couple   photos of my lovely niece. People say she looks like a boy …lol…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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