Greetings Friends! YAY! The reporter and I have been playing phone tag and yesterday it finally worked out for both of us for him to come by and take pictures of me writing to you (he was actually taking the pictures right as I was typing this paragraph :)) And he took pics of me…
DetailsGreetings Friends, My friend, Richard (many of you in the qigong community know him :)) is here – he just got here yesterday and last night the 2 of us went on another outing to the park with Dr. Zhao! 🙂 This time I remembered my camera and took some pictures (and several videos) of…
DetailsGreetings Friends! Wow! Yesterday I had the joy of meeting 2 beautiful grade school girls – who then walked with me all the way back to my hotel! I walk by a school ground everyday on my way to clinic and on my way home. So far I’ve been the ‘yang wa wa’ – ‘western…
DetailsGreetings Friends! Yesterday I had my first biking adventure in China – for this visit! 🙂 My last time in China in 2005 some of you may remember I was so excited about biking again when I lived in Beijing for 1 month that I bought the very first bike I found — without inspecting…
DetailsGreetings Friends! Well it’s not quite the heat I was hoping for BUT I’ve experienced a lot through it these past 2 days. “Wo gan mao le – you fa shao” — I caught a cold and had a fever yesterday at the clinic — which is fortunately something that rarely happens to me –…
DetailsGreetings Friends! I just returned from an evening stroll with Dr. Zhao to the neighboring park….Though our way of strolling and others’ way of strolling are a bit different. As I’ve inherited my Dad’s long legs, I tend to walk with a brisk pace and long strides…and Dr. Zhao, who is no ordinary ‘stroller’ also…
DetailsGreetings Friends! Well I’m getting more brave with my street crossing tactics. This weekend I even found myself stepping out to cross the street on my own with no ‘scurry group’ of bikes or motor scooters with me. I guess it was early on a Saturday morning and there were fewer cars…BUT fewer people out…
DetailsGreetings Friends! Wow! I just had a most sweet visit with Dr. Zhao and his wife (I call her Ayi – meaning “Auntie” :)) A Surprise VisitI was back in my room after dinner in the hotel (and I was again delightfully surprised with another beautifully arranged plate of fruit from the servers in the…
DetailsMar 15, 2010 7:11pm Greetings Friends! I’m so enjoying observing and participating in a new (yet rather old) rhythm of life. Here at Dr. Zhao’s clinic, I love how the flow, rhythm and variety of life flows in and out of Dr. Zhao’s clinic throughout the day. We really have a village feel and kids…
DetailsMar 12 2010 7:22pm Greetings Friends! I’m in Zhengzhou, China now and just finished my 2nd day in Dr. Zhao’s clinic. I love being in China!!! It’s so different from the states and yes, there’s things I miss (like the clean air and lots of beautiful parks with big, luscious green trees and birds) but…
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