In Chinese traditional holidays, first there is the Spring Festival [春节] held at the 1st January of the Lunar calendar where people celebrate with fireworks and firecracker (the whole night!); then at the 5th there is the ceremony to welcome the God of Prosperity [迎财神], with fireworks and firecracker again; and finally as a closure [...]
This is my first time going thru a real Spring Festival in China. At Shanghai, Spring Festival has become half traditional and half commercial. People do get together during the New Year Eve [大年夜] and the 1st January of lunar calendar [阴历] to have a big meal with the whole family, but that’s it. Normally [...]
It has snowed, snowed and snowed lately, in China, a record in the last 50 years! It has fallen more than 1.5 meters of snow during 2 weeks, with the worst going to the middle provinces of China: Hunan, Hubei, Henan, Anhui, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, etc. Every year, more than 100 millions Chineses who worked abroad [...]
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"An alcoholic is someone you don't like who drinks as much as you do."
Some people see a big wave coming and run away from it, but they ultimately end up beaten by the wave and fall down. I choose to stand face to the wave, waiting for it with open eyes (nose shut), and you won't believe how much fun I have jumping over the wave as it comes! As a bonus, I have my feet firmly in the sand before and after the jump. That is the attitude I choose from now on.
— A lesson learned from Phuket