Some random bits

School is less than 3 weeks away now. Scary. I've gotten serious about prepping - I'm working harder in my mornings at school in hopes that will pay off once the kids return. I've got my fingers crossed that my new AP Bio textbooks will arrive!!

Speaking of work, the school has been a little messy recently. The exterior walls are being patched, plastered, and painted. Unfortunately, we could not get approval for a snazzy new color so I think it will still be off-white. The interesting part, however, is watching the work being done. A week ago, a small army of workers arrived with a very, very large pile of bamboo.

Within a few hours, they had pieced these bamboo sticks together with wire to form scaffolding around the entire building. At first, it swayed with the breeze and looked very much like a tragedy waiting to happen. But after it was all interconnected it seems surprisingly sturdy. Regardless, those workers are bold!


Here's a random picture for you - this advertisement is a life-sized poster at a bus stop downtown. My question is, how many Chinese people would actually understand this decades-old American pop culture reference?

Finally, some good news - we have finished our wedding album! It's been 1,465 days since we were married, but we do not have any more than a handful of printed pictures in frames. We originally paid to have an album made, but that fell through after the wedding. Ever since, our intention was to have one printed....but procrastination ruled the day. But it is done, and that monkey is off our back. (now we just need to figure out when we can get it out to China!)

-alan