Hi everyone! This is the second lesson in my new Chinese series! I hope this post is beneficial for you all, so please comment, rate or like. If you have any feedback I would be happy to hear from you! God bless! Oh and remember if you haven’t already done so, please purchase the New Practical Chinese Reader Textbook. You can find it easily on Amazon!
Chinese Lesson #2
•August 13, 2012 • Leave a CommentHi everyone! This is the second lesson in my new Chinese series! I hope this post is beneficial for you all, so please comment, rate or like. If you have any feedback I would be happy to hear from you! God bless! Oh and remember if you haven’t already done so, please purchase the New Practical Chinese Reader Textbook. You can find it easily on Amazon!
Old High School Science Project
•August 7, 2012 • 1 CommentI was copying all my photos onto a single hard drive to back them up and as I was searching through my hard drives and CDs, I found a copy of an old high school science project! The topic was on plant reproduction and our group decided to do a video on plants multiplying. This was the second film I had ever worked on. I cannot believe how bad this video was though! It’s so bad, its funny. Good memories though! I wouldn’t trade it for anything.
Apple Store in Shanghai
•August 4, 2012 • Leave a CommentI actually took this video for a particular friend of mine who considers Steve Jobs to be god-like lol! So I hope he enjoys this video! Apparently someone told me this Apple Store in Shanghai is one of the largest in the world! I have been using Macs since 2001 when I bought my first iMac G4 and I am impressed at how Apple is gaining in popularity overseas. When I first traveled to Hong Kong back in 2008, Macs were not the least bit popular in Hong Kong. The Apple stores have gained so much popularity in the Mainland, I saw several stores that posed as official Apple stores. I wish I had taken some pictures of these stores. I even saw one store that said “Premium Reseller” as opposed to “Authorized Reseller”. I would be kind of skeptical to buy from one of the counterfeit Apple stores. It might be a Windows computer in a Mac shell! The Chinese are pretty clever with fakes!
Another Funny Internet Cat Photo!
•August 3, 2012 • Leave a Comment
I think this kitten enjoyed the soup more than I did!
Silly Kitten
Writers Block
•July 30, 2012 • Leave a Comment
Hi everyone! I have been wanting to post on this blog for some time now and I have been suffering from writers block… I am not sure what the matter is but I have been wanting to post more on branhow.com, so I decided to write this post just informing everyone on what I have been wanting to do lately or am doing lately. Since I have gotten back to the United States, I have not really been doing a lot of anything really. I have been trying to continue my studies in Chinese and Korean, but I have been really wanting to start back with my Japanese. I am afraid though if I split my time up too much then I will prohibit the sharpening of my language abilities. So despite my desire to pick back up Japanese, I am trying to focus on only two languages as of now.
I will start my student teaching in the next few weeks and I have been really praying about what the next chapter in my life should be! I have a heavy burden for China and Hong Kong especially, so I have been praying that God will direct me in the path I should go. In fact, every time I try to place my focus elsewhere, my heart clings back to Hong Kong. I have been toying with the idea of travel abroad after I have completed my studies to either South Korea, Japan or Canada. But my heart leads me right back to Hong Kong. It is extremely difficult for me to explain and some people even think that I’m weird. I feel as though Hong Kong is my home and is where I belong.
Well thanks for listening to me ramble! LoL! I will try to be thinking of new articles to post about in the near future!
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•July 26, 2012 • Leave a Comment
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A Midnight Snack, Chinese Style
•July 24, 2012 • Leave a Comment
The street food almost became a stable in my daily diet while living in Shanghai. There was plenty of street food that I have tried in Hong Kong, but it became a part of my nightly routine to go outside my university’s gate and order a pork burger. A friend of mine called these stands night crawlers because they only come outside at night time so as to avoid the police shutting them down. That may be true, but these night stalls were outside the student dorms gate at almost the same exact time every night, I am sure the police knew about them. A lot of my friends would call me at night and ask if I wanted to join them on a late night journey to find some new and exciting snacks! Meeting up with my friends and discovering new food at the night stands is definitely one experience I miss the most in Shanghai. So an excellent tip for any travelers to Hong Kong or China, try the street stalls! That is where you will find the best local food at an amazingly cheap price!
BTW- this photo is of a food stall around the Bund, she was preparing some octopus for me! MY FAV! lol
Sense of Belonging
•July 20, 2012 • Leave a Comment
I was searching youtube today for different audio clips to utilize on a video that I am currently working on and I stumbled across this video. I have a huge heart for the Hong Kong people and this video brought back all the memories I have had in Hong Kong. My dream has changed over the years, but this calling that I have discovered has been on my heart since 2008. Next year I plan on moving to Hong Kong to begin realizing that dream! My only regret is that I am having a difficult time learning Cantonese because Mandarin is the preferred dialect taught outside China. Once I obtain a job in Hong Kong, I plan on taking Cantonese lessons at one of the local universities. God has definitely called me to Hong Kong to serve the people of Hong Kong in knowing more about Him!
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