刻图章 ｜ Chinese Seal Carving!

Last week in my Chinese Arts Class, we started carving out Chinese seals (图章). It took me about 2-3 hours to completely carve it.


In the Chinese culture, Seals are used to to in a way, "copyright" who painted who's work. After an artist is finish with their painting, they will use their seal to stamp (印) on to a corner which then completes the painting. Many people will write their names, a description of the painting, a Chinese poem, or Chinese idiom using ink (墨) which refers to the painting to give you an idea of what you're supposed to envision.

Finally!

I finally purchased my new Macbook Pro and I can't wait to use it! I'll be using it to make videos, pics, and awesome China related stuff! Look forward to it!

回国了！ I'm back in the USA!

I recently arrived back in the USA until October 13th, 2010. It's a long summer vacation and then I'll be going back home to Chongqing! I miss Chongqing and my Chinese life. See you soon!

最近，我来到了美国回来，直到2010年10月13日。是个比较长的暑假然后我要回重庆。我想练重庆和我的中国生活。很快见到你！

Saturday 星期六

星期六我打算了跟Allie&Ericka一起去海底世界但是它已经关门的所以我得想一个不一样的想法。我在烈士墓（一条路）跟Allie&Ericka一起吃过午饭. 然后我们一起决定去洋人街看一看。洋人街是一个很奇怪的地方， 哈哈。我们带花了两个小时然后回沙坪坝。我们去了家乐福买东西然后回我的家。我们买了的牛油果所以我们可以做guacamole.那个guacamole吃了好极了！我要又吃！吃完了以后我们一起看阿凡达。Ericka以前没看过。她说他喜欢了它。这是了我的星期六。它是了好玩儿！

Saturday, I had planned to go to Underwater World with Allie and Ericka but it had been shut down so I had think of another idea. We met on Lieshimu (a street) to eat lunch. After that, we decided to go to Foreigners Street. It is a weird place, haha. We spent about to hours there and then went back to Shapingba. We took a trip to Carrefour to buy some stuff and then went back to my house. We bought avocados to make guacamole! It was soooo good. I want to eat it again! After we ate it we watched Avatar. Ericka hasn't seen it before. She said she liked it.This was my Saturday. It was fun!

雷雨 Thunderstorm

今天重庆雷雨得很大！ 我想雷雨为了重庆没有很多。我只记得两次。我听雷声的时候我把我的相机出去外面拍一下。我想拍一些闪电！我等10分钟然后我拍过录像。我把我的存储卡放在电脑里然后看一看。我拍过闪电！：）我给你看一下。

Today, Chongqing thunder-stormed! I miss thunderstorms because CQ doesn't have them often, I only recall having them twice. When I heard the sound of thunder, I took my camera outside to take some pics. I wanted to see if I could capture some lighting. I waited about 10 minutes and then took a quick video. I went back inside and put my memory card in my computer and took a look at the vid. I got the lighting. Take a look! :)

西安和北京 Xian and Beijing

I went to Xian on Friday June 25-26 and from Xian to Beijing from June 26-30. I went to Xian with Ericka and Allie (two new friends from Western Kentucky) and then met up Romain and Paul in Beijing to see Paul off on his way back to America! I had tons of fun. Here are some pictures of my trip!

我6月25-26号去西安旅游和从西安到北京从6月26-30.我跟Ericka和Allie（两个新朋友从Western Kentucky大学）一起去西安。然后我在北京见面Romain和Paul为了我目送Paul回美国。我觉得很有意思！我给你看一看我的旅游的照片。

Forbidden City Walls

Terra Cotta
Great Wall
Gate of the Forbidden City
Forbidden City
My teacher Hao who accompanied me to Summer Palace
Me, Ericka, and Allie
Dragon Boat
Beijing Hutong

好久不见

Long time no see. It's almost been 6 months since I've blogged. I feel like such a slacker. It's difficult to access blogs in China which makes trying or wanting to try even more annoying. From this day forth, I will blog.

Since my last post, I went back to Chongqing from my month vacation in America. Friday July 2 was our last day of class for this year. It's crazy! I've been in China for 1 year. I can't believe it. I'll be going back to America on July 27 and coming back in October! I'll be gone for so long! I can't believe it. It'll be really relaxing but I'll be craving China for sure!

I love this country and it's people. There's something enchanting and moving about living here. I feel like America is now a vacation home that I can go to every other year. I don't want to go back to America for college or live there for a long time. I feel like this is my home. I miss my family and friends but I feel like this is WHERE I belong. God is so humbling. I didn't think I'd feel like this. I'm speechless.

I recently got back from Beijing and Xian. I went to Xian by train with Allie and Ericka and then I met Romain and Paul in Beijing until Paul left for America. I had a blast. I took a train from Beijing to Chongqing which was 24 hours but I enjoyed it because I slept for 20 hours.

Xian is famous for the great find of the Terra Cotta Warriors. Loved it there. Beijing is the capital of China which makes it pretty well known. I visited the Great Wall, Forbidden City, Summer Palace, and lots of ancient Hutongs.

I'll post some pictures when China lets me. Internet is being a little annoying today! ;P

My First Semester in Chongqing Jun09-March10

This is a brief video of my first semester to Chongqing. I had a blast!

Wansheng Stone Forest Park

Traveled to wansheng a little less than a month of me living in China.

"Located 165 kilometers from downtown Chongqing, Wansheng Stone Forest (wansheng shilin) is the oldest (formed during the Ordovician epoch) and the second largest stone forest (the largest one is in Guilin) in China. The forest here has a typical karst appearance, filled with sword, drum, pagoda, mushroom and bud shaped stones as well as animal shapes. This place in fact could be called a zoo of stoneware." (http://www.china-tour.cn/Chongqing/Wansheng-Stone-Forest.htm).