This is a picture of the "underground market" which is literally under ground in the subway station. It was a slow day at the market as you can tell from the picture. The most common phrase here is .... "Hey Lady ...you want a watch? Just looky looky". The other day I figured out why they say Looky Looky. In oral Chinese language you often repeat the verb....so to look at something is "kan kan"...pronounced "con con" and literally translated means "look look".
We spent the afternoon working on assembling Tucker's quilt. As a "good design student" should... he has some interesting features to his quilt. It has holes in it.....these are "functional holes" which in the end are handles so we spent a lot of time working on the logistics of the "holes".
Tucker uses all resources available for design including his mouth. He found it a little challenging to turn the fabric with only two hands so he used his teeth.....hey....what ever works!!!
Happy 4th of July!!!!
Guess what? They do not celebrate the 4th of July in China....go figure. Today is just a typical work day for Tim and it seems that we should be going on a picnic or having a BBQ. These are the things that I just took for granted before.... I heard a rumor that Tim and Tucker are on a mission to purchase some fireworks. Fireworks are available 365 days a year in China.
My throat is much better but my cold is in full swing. I could not sleep last night and was still awake when Tim got home at 2:30am. Poor guy. He has been on an "outing" with his extended staff. Once or twice a year it is tradition for the group to go somewhere together....sort of like an "off site" meeting in the US. I believe this is considered part of their compensation. Many of the group have not traveled much so this is a very much appreciated activity. One of the staff members (28 years old) had never been on a plane before. They were originally scheduled to go to Vietnam but at the last minute that trip fell through so they changed their destination to Hainan. They went on many different tours and Tim said the scenery was beautiful. They went to a hot springs that had several different pools....one pool had little fish in it that attach themselves to your skin. I guess this is a natural exfoliation process because they eat your dead skin.....yuk!!! Tim said something about a contest to see who could sit still the longest and have the most fish "attached" to them at one time. He also mentioned something about a leach on his foot but that happened when they were hiking and was not part of the "health springs"......double yuk!!! It was his observation that the "one child" law is not observed on the island of Hainan. He saw several 5 member families riding on one motorcycle. He also saw lots of cute bare footed kids with bamboo fishing poles, water ox pulling plows, and little huts with satellite dishes. This was also a growing experience for Tim.....add together the language difference, age difference (he could be most of his staff's father...ouch!), and being "the boss" it was an interesting few days to say the least. He felt isolated because of all these challenges. He has been teaching diversity for the past few years but truly experienced what it is like to be a minority this week.
Please pray for our friend Laura. She and her mom were going to visit us in a few weeks but Laura injured her back and is in a great deal of pain. They will not be able to make the trip and we are very sad. Please pray for relief from the pain and fast healing.
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