Good Times and Good Memories
November 22, 2007As readers of this blog already know this past year has seen its share of sadness for me as I lost my little sister and my grandmother - 2 women who were very important and instrumental in my life. Through all the pain and tears I have found myself revelling in memories of good times past as a way to heal. I have poured through old photos again and again and realized that I want to celebrate those good times and memories rather than focus on the sadness of what has been lost.
My first entry in this category is an early excerpt from my life in China. I arrived in August 2000 thinking it would be a one or two year stint. Ha ha. Anyway in the first golden week October celebration I ventured to a city called Shan Hai Guan to see the Great Wall of China. This is the place where the Great Wall meets the sea and was less crowded than Beijing during that week. I went with Len and Wendy - 2 other teachers and my closest friends here. In fact Len and I taught together briefly in Vancouver before coming to China (although we didn’t plan - it was a coincidence).
Len and Wendy
Me at LaoLongTou (Old Dragon Head)
I absolutely loved that trip. The hotel was an old style courtyard hotel where you didn’t have your own key to your room but there was someone in attendance 24 hours a day to let you into your room. We hiked along the wall up into the mountains ….
By far though my favourite moment of the trip and one of my best memories of my first year was having a beer with Len and Wendy on the Great Wall itself. It was at that moment I felt awestruck at what I had done - moved to China. It was a beautiful day and a beautiful memory
PiJiu at LaoLongTou
Cheers
