The Ji Village News

Category: Chinese

  • Don’t judge a book by its cover

    I learned the phrase “Don’t judge a book by its cover” from videos of a popular children’s story series, Thomas the Tank Engine. My son has grown out of it now but he was really into it 2 and 3 years ago. If you live in an English-speaking country and have small children at home,…

  • Xiamen Pictures

    Xiamen Botanic Garden Originally uploaded by haidong. Last year I went back to my college town, Xiamen, China, for our 10 year graduation reunion. I had my undergraduate education there from 1990 to 1994. Xiamen is absolutely beautiful. I hope you like the pictures. More pictures of Xiamen can be found here.

  • Good Chinese Restaurants in Chicago

    After living in the US for more than 10 years now, I feel that I am also looking forward to Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. I am not religious, but I like the joyful, harmnious, and just plainly nice spirit these holidays bring. The Chinese equivalent version would be the lunar New Year holiday. On Thanksgiving…

  • Muzzy Is Great

    I’ve heard from somebody that Muzzy, the BBC foreign language program, is great. She bought it for her grandson for German learning. Unfortunately, at the time, there was no Chinese Muzzy program. Due to popular request, Muzzy finally got a Chinese program. I got it 2 weeks ago and it has been great. My son…

  • 芝加哥公共图书馆有中文书

    芝加哥公共图书馆有很多分馆散落在城市的居民区. 总部在市中心, 是一座红墙绿顶的9层建筑. 据说是世界上占地面积最大的公共图书馆. 图书馆的7层收藏非英文的报纸, 杂志, 和书籍. 我因为上班地点里这儿不远, 所以成了常客. 这里的中文书不是很多, 但够我读一阵子;) 更何况我是中英文轮换着读. 如果你住在芝加哥, 我建议你去看一看.