China has lots of delicious foods, and lots of what I would consider “experimental foods.” Particularly the ice cream. Corn ice cream and mung bean ice cream are pretty common. I’ve also tried spicy ice cream which was pretty weird. One time, my friend, Shirley, and I...
One thing I love about living in a big city like Guangzhou is that there are always new places to discover. Even on a road that I have walked down a hundred times, I might discover a shop that I never noticed or hadn’t ever entered. I never thought I would like living...
I love having fun traditions. I love having something fun to look forward to, and I love having people to enjoy those traditions with. Last year, a few friends and I went to the water park in my city, and this year, a couple of us decided to go again. My teenage...
Sometimes, God works miracles and provides things that seem impossible just to show us that He is working and He is still in control. And sometimes it’s the smallest things that stick with me because these small things are reminders that He’s in charge of the big...
My brother, Josh, and I saw lots of exciting and spectacular sights along the way from Sydney to Melbourne in Australia, but one of the sights that also started out pretty badly was our adventure on Baw Baw Mountain. Josh had seen this mountain in his research, and we...
When I went to the gate of the school to pick up my food delivery, I noticed the beautiful bougainvillea by the river, and I paused to take a picture. The bougainvillea have been blooming for several weeks now, and I love it. Most of the ones on campus are pink, and...
I loved getting to see so many animals in Australia that I would never get to see outside of the zoo. While my brother and I were in Sydney, we went to the Taronga Zoo because our friends said it was a beautiful place and we could enjoy a wonderful view out over the...
For the past couple of weeks, I have been working on getting rid of things in my apartment that I don’t need. I have so much stuff, and I have a hard time getting rid of things that someone gave to me. But do I really need to keep something just because someone that I...
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...
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...