ming’s musings

May - The Summer Palace
In this month, I took my students on a field trip to the Summer Palace, a UNESCO World Heritage site and once back garden of emperors past.
‘Epic’ would be one word to describe this place, from the huge man-made Kunming Lake to the man-made Longevity Hill but I think ‘Imperial’ would [...]

Having lived in Bejing for over a year and having just spent 3 and a half hours doing a language exchange (I teach somebody English and they teach me Chinese in return), it really hit home to me how logical the Chinese language really is.
Refreshingly logical
Let me give you a simple example:
The word ‘computer’ in [...]

After many weeks and months of not posting much, I thought I’d go and see what my fellow bloggers have been doing. Shaun’s been up to a lot in Japan and has been detailing his experiences and travels well and Chris and Jase have also done their share of blogging. Shame on me but [...]