Bamboo Pilgrim
Life in China
Mei Wen Team visits homes of rural student recipients of China Service Ventures scholarships Our goal today is to make two home visit evaluations in Long Jin Township — a 60 minute...
There are some things I am not accustomed to seeing like a handcart (wheelbarrow) strapped on the back of a motorcycle. Note the hand poles. They are hard to see,...
It has been a while since I have seen this in America, a woman plucking her chicken for the evening meal. She has a pair of tweezers in her hand....
First aid training for counselors at camp in Lijiazhai, Henan for the Mei Wen English Summer Camps this summer. We covered cuts, sprained ankles, concussions, and heat exhaustion and what...
Sometimes you find the most interesting things while cleaning a middle school. Check out this beauty from the insect world — scarab beetle. One less insect for the dorm...
Every summer camp the first item of business is to mop and disinfect the floor of the cafeteria from mildew. High humidity and the tropical climate creates an ideal environment...
We are hiking Jighonshan today with a group of Americans who have gathered in Lijiazhai to help staff an English Camp for 350 children over the next 5 weeks. These...
Mutianyu, a favorite Great Wall site among visiting dignitaries and tourists, has undergone some drastic remodeling and reconfiguration. Buses now transport visitors within a short walk of the gondola that takes...
As educators working with Mei Wen (a registered, Chinese social enterprise in Henan, People’s Republic of China), my wife and I were excited to be introduced to the principal and administrators of...
The finer points of grammar On the left, our language teacher, Yang Yu, explains to us how to convey spatial relationships, using “inside” (里边) and three different verbal constructions: 1) something...
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