Month: February 2011
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Day Twenty, February 11, 2011
English, German, Chinese valentines cards delivered to us from our daughter and received by us in Arabic… this is life as an expat in a city like Shanghai! We realized that as a mixed nationality family , we sound like the tower of Babel at our dinner table: I speak with my daughter only English,…
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Day Nineteen, February 10, 2011
Today was a very cold and rainy day in Shanghai, so it was an indoor day for us. A friend brought us beautiful tulips in the afternoon and they were searched very thoroughly for any sleeping fairies. One ended up sleeping in L’s room, a tulip that is, waiting for a fairy to visit at night.
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Day Eighteen, February 9, 2011
I love the view from our balcony I love the river that is down the street I love the boats that are lit in so many colors I love the explosion of growth and energy that is Shanghai I love the whimsical sense of this city and the innocence of its people I love how…
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You are the reason…
You are the reason I love to live more you are the reason I love to wake up in the morning more you are the reason I am now more scared of flying you are the reason I smile so much more you are the reason I bake so much more you are the reason…
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Day Seventeen, February 8, 2011
On days like today, when I wake up thankful for your existence, and think the whole day of how lucky I am that you were born into my care, I can only write about you! Back to daily Shanghai routine with your new island hairdo 🙂 You can’t wait to take the braids off to…
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Day Sixteen, February 7, 2011
Today we took the long trip back from Boracay to Shanghai and straight into the loud fireworks and street festivities of the Chinese New Year of the rabbit. I took an evening walk along Yunnan Xi Lu, the street that gets decorated with thousands of colored lanterns every Chinese New Year. After about a hundred…
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Day Fifteen, February 6, 2011
Today was our last day in Boracay, and the island has gifted us the best weather possible on this last day. The sun was shining the whole day, the water was glistening clear blue, filled with fish and little sea creatures. Even the moon was a beautiful glowing picture book crescent. We could not ask…
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Day Fourteen, February 5, 2011
Today we went back to that same stretch of beach at sunset, the most magical time of day besides dawn. I watched these two local boys playing with a ball and a t-shirt for the longest time, making up games and running around the blue waters without a care in the world. I so wish…
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Day Thirteen, February 4, 2011
Today I toured the island on a hired tricycle with my friend Sabrina to see what lies behind the exterior of fancy hotels and beach bars, shops and restaurants. What we met was a very basic and humble way of life in little streets with stilt wooden houses, small kiosks, narrow winding streets and many…
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Day Twelve, February 3, 2011
Today was a long beach, pool, walking around day. For my little person, it was the first time she got to be completely covered with sand on the beach. As with all firsts, she was completely excited about the idea and treasured the experience as she does with all firsts she experiences. See you…