Food is Good

Yazan: CanCan | 05 September 2010 | 1 Comment
Categories: China, Eating

I never have considered myself a gourmand. Sure, I can appreciate the finer things, but I “came of age” as a cook once I was in a place without a Western kitchen.
Over three months spent in Central America, I went into the Belizean rain forest with Mayan women to scavenge for jippy-joppa and dig wild [...]

Kai-Lan’s Great Trip To China

Yazan: CanCan | 18 August 2009 | 2 Comments
Categories: Children's DVD, China, Reviews, Teaching kids different cultures

I worked in China as a teacher in 2002-2003. I had never studied Mandarin or even heard it very much before going to China.
Do you want to know a language that is hard to learn? I know one. Called Mandarin.
I decided that if I ever had children, I would do my best to teach them [...]

20 Years Later: Remembering Tian An Men Square

Yazan: CanCan | 04 June 2009 | 6 Comments
Categories: CanCan, China

I feel so many different emotions when I think about the words “Tian An Men”.
TianAnMen
TianAnMen means “gate of heavenly peace”.
It stands before the entrance of the Forbidden City in Beijing, China. The Forbidden City served as the royal palace during the time of imperialism from the time of the Ming dynasty (who built [...]

Webisode 4: Adventurous Eating: Authentic Chinese Cuisine for Kids

Yazan: CanCan | 13 March 2009 | 9 Comments
Categories: China, Eating, Teaching kids different cultures, Videos

Not everyone will have the chance to travel to China, but you might have a place to get some authentic Chinese cuisine within just a few miles of your home.
Culture, food, and language are so intertwined; I find it difficult to learn about one aspect of a country without gaining a bit of understanding about [...]

Old Pictures Unearthed

Yazan: CanCan | 16 February 2009 | 7 Comments
Categories: China, Uncategorized

I’m trying to make a video resume that is less than a minute long. Hopefully I will have an end result to show you tomorrow.
In my research, I unearthed old photos of my adventures that have never before been shared online.
This is totally not going on my resume, but for some reason several years ago [...]

Pic Of The Day: Strangers In China

Yazan: CanCan | 22 January 2009 | 3 Comments
Categories: China, Jojo, Pictures, Traveling baby

Yes, yes I do allow complete strangers to pose for pictures with my children if they ask.

Jojo and some ladies in uniform, Wangfujing “Snack Street”, Beijing, People’s Republic of China.

WW: Sweeping In China

Yazan: CanCan | 21 January 2009 | 19 Comments
Categories: CanCan, China, Jojo, Traveling baby

Today’s photo comes from a 2006 trip to China.
Jojo was 18-months-old and seriously obsessed with sweeping.
I wrestled brooms away from him in hotel lobbies, off of the maid’s cart in airports; he had uncanny broom detection skills.
Every morning would begin with us going outside at the break of dawn (not exaggerating), Jojo grabbing a broom [...]

Adopting A Daughter From Jiangxi

Yazan: CanCan | 18 January 2009 | 4 Comments
Categories: Adoption, China, Guest posts

Today, Diana of Diana Rambles blogging fame shares with us some of her experience adopting her cutie-pie daughter from China!
Back in 2005 we decided to add to our family via adoption. We explored our options and ultimately decided to adopt from China. There are 2 adoption options with China. One is the traditional program [...]

Roasting

Yazan: CanCan | 12 January 2009 | 2 Comments
Categories: Adoption, China, Guest posts

This is a final guest post from Christine “Cissy” White; she shared with us last week about her experiences waiting to adopt, and finally adopting a daughter from China.

She squatted on the sidewalk. She was wearing a dress. It was brown. So were the warm peanuts roasting over the fire in front of her. [...]

The Delivery Elevator

Yazan: CanCan | 08 January 2009 | 6 Comments
Categories: Adoption, China, Guest posts, Mom stuff

Yesterday I left you in a bit of a cliffhanger in the blog post Adoption In China: SARS Outbreak!
Naturally I had to bring back Christine (Cissy) to tell us more of her family’s story.

We met Kai on the 26th floor of the Dolton hotel in Changsha China. I recognized her immediately. Her head [...]