The China ILP Experience

This is the video that was shown to the parents of the children.
Enjoy!
-Kyle Carter

6 Days Left!

Alright this is a picture of our shower in our apartment. Yes... it really is just a hose coming out of the wall. The big box that it is hooked up to turns on the heat... sometimes. Our water is hooked up to propane and it decides when it wants to work or not. So we've had plenty of cold showers here. Don't you just love the privacy as well :) The best part about the whole thing is that the first month and a half the light didn't work in the bathroom so we got so use to showering with the light off that we still don't turn it on!

Love always, Mandy

7 Days Left

So this picture pretty much just explains China. That is not water on my back, that is sweat... Yummy! Everyone's backs look like that every day in this humidity and heat! Your sweat never evaporates it just sits on you all day long. The greatest part about the whole thing is when the Chinese people lift up their arms. Not only do the women not shave their armpits but they don't have deodorant here. I'm not kidding, we've looked everywhere. These people, even with how sweating and pungent they smell, don't believe in deodorant :)

Love always, Mandy

8 Days Left

Here's another picture for you. This one you can pretty much figure out what it is yourself :). They just have lots of chicken feet on ice you can pick up and put in a bag to snack on later.
Can't wait to see you in 8 days!

Love always, Mandy

9 Days Left

Here is today's memory:

This was us in GuangZhou at the Amusement Park with the biggest roller coaster in the world. We were waiting for a show to start and Amy was saving us all seats. Treat it like its "Where's Waldo?" Can you find Amy in the sea of Asians? That's how much we stick out here :)

Love always, Mandy

10 days left

With 10 days left before we go home I have decided to write a 10 day countdown including a funny picture or memory of China.

Today's picture is the translation of what is at the GuangZhou Subway station :)

Love always, Queen M.

DVD Summaries

So I had just to write something that is really very comical about China. When you buy DVDs here they're usually pirated in some way :) or some strange version of the original movie. They always have the back of the cover with the summary of the movie, in Chinese and in English. Usually the translation coverts over a little funny. This is an example, word for word (and spelling with punctuation), from the movie Bambi:
"A Helpless little deer is born by the name of Bambi. He is born among the forest to a grateful Mother. Bambi meets some animal friends for himself, A rabbit named Thumper and a skunk named Flower. Bambi falls in love while he grows up along sied his friends. The troubles of the wild life strike when a hunter kills Bambi's mother. The troubles of the emotional for every animal in the forest. A beautiful ending concludes this masterpiece..."
So! There's the summary! Now we don't even have to watch the movie!

Love always, Mandy