Tag Archives: holiday/festival
Dragon Boat Festival
Happy Dragon Boat Festival! 端午节快乐 (pinyin: duānwǔ jié kuàilè) Today is the Dragon Boat Festival. The festival occurs on the 5th day of the 5th month of the lunisolar Chinese calendar, and the date changes when you use the Gregorian … Continue reading
Chinese New Year!
春节快乐！That’s “Happy Spring Festival” (aka Chinese New Year) in Mandarin for y’all. It’s the year of the snake. I hope it’s a good one.
Roach!
Currently, I’m in DuJiaCun (a village near Haikou, China). Haikou is located in Hainan Provence, which is like the Hawaii of China. Earlier this evening, I found a frickn’ cockroach in my toiletries bag (which was in the bathroom, on … Continue reading
Happy American Independence Day!
I was at a going away/Fourth of July party last night. Some of the foreign teachers at one of the other school (English First) are leaving, so they had a BBQ in the park. We lit fireworks last night too. … Continue reading
Happy World Music Day
Today, June 21, is the Fête de la Musique, (aka World Music Day). Copied and pasted from Wikipedia (because I’m lazy to paraphrase): World Music Day is a day on which the world celebrates the magical gift of music. The … Continue reading
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