Apr 29 2008
Beihai Park 北海公园
Beihai Gongyuan park, in 1965 or so and in 2003 .. 老鹰护小鸡
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Apr 29 2008
Zhongguancun #1 Primary School 中关村一小
I don’t remember his name, but our history/geography teacher was the most popular and beloved one in our school . He’s quiet, mild mannered with a thick black framed glasses, didn’t seem 100% comfortable at the lecture stand. But he’s always in his element and passionated when he talked about the subjects of [...]
Apr 29 2008
Zhongguancun #2 Primary School II
Li Dongjiu was our principal at time - that’s 1970s, the little compact lady who sported 阴阳头 only half head of hair was cut, courtesy of her former students during the Cultural Revolution but nevertheless came to guild us with steel hands.
It’s was a cold February morning, I went to school with Aunt Spalding to [...]
Apr 29 2008
The Spring break tennis
Surprisingly I met a group of girls from Maryland at the Massanutten in Virginia. This resort at Shenandoah Valley is neither known for golfers nor tennis players. It used to have a 9-hole short course now expanded into 18 holes and an 18-hole. The short course was much nicer before the expansion, now inter-linked with roads. Golfers have to [...]
Apr 29 2008
My primary school 中关村二小
This issue of National Geographic is devoted to China. One of the contributors title the article Gilded Age Gilded Cage in which talked about my school:
.. .. “At times educators go to extremes: At the Zhongguancun No. 2 Primary School in Beijing, vice-principal Lu Suqin recently took two fifth-grade boys into her home. “Their parents couldn’t [...]
Apr 29 2008
Xiaohui
Xiaohui 吕孝惠 (1902 - 1922) [right in the picture] was Yeye’s older sister. This is perhaps one of few pictures we have of her. The little girl is grandaunt Lily. Two girls facing the camera were friends. Xiaohui died of pulmonary tuberculosis when it recurred in Henan. Not sure if she had a better chance if they were in [...]
Apr 29 2008
Bebe loves a glam mom
Hi mothers, look here .. gosh .. I went there years ago with Pumpkin .. now she moved on and I’m still there. :)) ..
They have long limbs, slim figures, pretty faces, beautiful hair .. what I see: bow legs, pot belly, wrinkles, fa cai 发菜 :)
ha ha ha .. Mother’s Day’s coming !