Translating is so hard!

Translating is so hard!

Last week, I translated a speech for a friend of mine and then interpreted the speech in a live situation. I am definitely not the best translator or interpreter that I know, and I felt like a bit of a fraud standing in front of everyone and trying to translate...

Villages in the City

Villages in the City

The other day, I had dinner with my friend in such an interesting village in the middle of the city, that I would love to tell you about it. In China, and it seems like especially in Guangzhou, there are lots of villages in the city. Guangzhou is changing a lot, and...

Food Culture Festival

Food Culture Festival

Every year in November or December, the university where I teach has a culture festival. International students from all over the world set up booths and sell food that they make to other students and teachers in the university. The fall is usually sunny with blue...

5 Fun Chinese Sentences

5 Fun Chinese Sentences

On most Wednesdays, I have lunch with a delightful group of people including my friend from America, a colleague from China, her friend who is now my friend from China, and our other colleague from Indonesia. With so many languages and cultures, we tend to have some...

Dinner at the Cafeteria

Dinner at the Cafeteria

I didn’t have any plans for this evening, so after I climbed Baiyun mountain and enjoyed some time thinking and praying and looking at green things, I went to the cafeteria for dumplings. I love the dumpling shop here on campus because you don’t have to choose just...