http://beifan.blogdrive.com/ Acaller Travels In China And Vietnam Mon, 12 Feb 2007 02:35:00 PST http://www.blogdrive.com Copyright 2007. Destinations Relationships Buddhism http://beifan.blogdrive.com/archive/9.html Sun, 11 Feb 2007 12:49:51 GMT Gifts for Family and Friends. Get an iPod for music, videos, and photos. Wish for a Sony Laptop . A Gift for your special man.. Jewelery as Mum's surprise. Did you enjoy the festivities over Christmas? I hope so, and that you welcomed in the New Year with a feeling of optimism that it would be mostly of happy events, to be enjoyed with your family and friends. Thank you all, in your different ways, for making my Christmas another one to remember. I did not see any snow except on Christmas cards and I suppose if anyone really wants to experience a white Christmas, they should... (more) http://beifan.blogdrive.com/comments?id=9 http://beifan.blogdrive.com/archive/8.html Thu, 01 Sep 2005 11:37:47 GMT Although it was during the school summer holidays, some extra classes were being held at the No4 Middle School, Huaihua, at the time of our visit. The pupils in the English class were certainly surprised when a westerner walked in and started taking photographs. Quite quickly afterwards came the questions from the pupils..., "Do you like KFC?"... "Do you like McDonalds Hamburgers?"... "Do you like Coca Cola?" ... In the school gardens a group of school children posed for their photographs giving the "V" sign on the count of 4. The ages of the children were between 10... (more) http://beifan.blogdrive.com/comments?id=8 http://beifan.blogdrive.com/archive/7.html Wed, 31 Aug 2005 21:55:19 GMT Growing vegetables in China is part of the lifestyle of any Chinese family that has a plot of land available near their home, or at the roadside, or on a mountain slope, or on a river bank. If there is a spare plot of land anywhere that is reasonably flat, and capable of being cultivated, then it will most likely be used for growing vegetables. Chinese farmers grow vegetables, and the boat people of Nanning grow vegetables. Growing vegetables by Chinese farmers in Gansu Province where the land is mostly desert and mountains, is certainly a challenge. Their method of growing vegetables... (more) http://beifan.blogdrive.com/comments?id=7 http://beifan.blogdrive.com/archive/6.html Wed, 31 Aug 2005 17:10:58 GMT The ever changing capital of China, Beijing, seemed like a furnace during a June visit, but that is where the 'plane landed so it was a case of making the best of things. "Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the mid-day sun!" but thousands of other ethnic people were doing the same thing, and not appearing to be concerned about it. In Wangfujing Street, where a visit was made to the Foreign Language Bookshop, a Rickshaw Man was rushing away to pick up his next passenger, without showing a single sign of perspiration. Perhaps he was trying to get away from the "Barber" and the "Erhu... (more) http://beifan.blogdrive.com/comments?id=6 http://beifan.blogdrive.com/archive/5.html Thu, 03 Feb 2005 12:02:02 GMT Vietnamese people may be living far away from their homeland but they still follow the ancient customs of their Ancestors. A Vietnamese wedding in the western world still observes traditions which are recognised in Vietnam, as are the traditions of a Chinese wedding recognised in China. There is the go-between; there are the wedding gifts to the family of the bride; there is the ritual of paying respects to the ancestors, as shown in the picture on the left; there are the traditonal gifts given by the groom's family to the bride, there is the wedding banquet where the newly married... (more) http://beifan.blogdrive.com/comments?id=5 http://beifan.blogdrive.com/archive/4.html Sun, 23 Jan 2005 19:12:51 GMT Wherever you go in Beijing these days there are new buildings going up and more new roads being constructed. Much of it is in preparation for the Olympics 2008. Some of the new buildings show a feature, such as upturned eaves, so that they can easily be identified as Chinese, but some do not. The picture on the right is a view from the revolving restaurant at the top of the International Hotel, Beijing. The restaurant was closed at the time, so there were no customers nor other visitors to block the views through the windows. A colorful mixture of buildings, tower-blocks, and hutongs,... (more) http://beifan.blogdrive.com/comments?id=4 http://beifan.blogdrive.com/archive/3.html Sat, 22 Jan 2005 18:15:19 GMT I was in China for about two months last year, one month in hot and humid June and one month in cold and frosty November. Variety is the spice of life they say and certainly there was plenty of variety to experience during the visits. Dressing up and having a picture taken on a visit to a Buddhist temple might be considered as one of them! Another event was the 8th birthday of my friend's nephew, my first one in China, complete with a birthday cake and candles. The birthday cake looked so beautiful it seemed a pity to eat it, but Du Fei did with obvious pleasure! The weather wasn't... (more) http://beifan.blogdrive.com/comments?id=3 http://beifan.blogdrive.com/archive/2.html Tue, 24 Feb 2004 16:49:42 GMT We have already started a new year, so here is a hope that for the one we have just left, you can say that it was a good year for you. Despite all the problems faced by other countries there is still a lot of good will and cheer in the world, proof of which, is in the number of presents and Christmas cards that come home every year. It is nice to know that someone still remembers to do that, which is always appreciated. Whatever experiences you had in the old year hopefully the new year will bring you better ones, happier ones and more exciting ones and you will always have something happy... (more) http://beifan.blogdrive.com/comments?id=2 http://beifan.blogdrive.com/archive/1.html Mon, 23 Feb 2004 12:29:56 GMT The pictures of old people and pictures of young people on these pages were taken in China or in France. In the pictures of old people, Grandma was aged 92 when the photo was taken, and still had a very alert mind of her own. Perhaps, in the faces portrayed in the pictures of old people can be read the story of their lives. Perhaps, from the captured faces in the pictures of young people, can be foretold their future fortunes. The pictures of young people include faces of children whose thoughts are in worlds of their own making. The imagination, inquisitiveness and inborn talents of the... (more) http://beifan.blogdrive.com/comments?id=1