tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58365601523760552742024-03-13T15:04:57.623+08:00The Chinese Imposter 冒牌中国人Lucy Chan (陈秀姣)http://www.blogger.com/profile/14415246425161241321noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5836560152376055274.post-69611733685751957792013-04-11T00:59:00.001+08:002013-04-13T15:33:29.835+08:00Latest postI'm sorry guys, but I've taken done the latest post due to security reasons. I'm not keen on getting deported by the government. So if you are really interested in reading my latest post, please email me on the usual email address and I'll send it to you. Ciao for now!Lucy Chan (陈秀姣)http://www.blogger.com/profile/14415246425161241321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5836560152376055274.post-6709799513713721342012-04-06T12:47:00.000+08:002013-04-09T14:59:45.966+08:00Journey to Meixian, the home of my ancestors
Living in China for the past 18 months I was unaware of having any relatives in China. Most of my family presently live in the UK where I was born and also Mauritius where my parents’ generation are from. However, an eye-opening trip to Meixian; the birthplace of my ancestors soon proved me wrong. Accompanied by my parents, my uncle and aunt from the UK and my father’s oldest brother and his Lucy Chan (陈秀姣)http://www.blogger.com/profile/14415246425161241321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5836560152376055274.post-11892180961687730642010-10-25T23:21:00.002+08:002010-10-26T14:07:53.963+08:00Teaching English to the ChineseSo I’m earning my keep by teaching English at a Chinese university along with 20 other English teachers, most of whom are American – I’m the only Brit. We get an apartment and a salary to plan and teach about 18 periods a week (14hrs of classroom teaching) which affords us plenty of free time.
Chinese students
I teach eight different classes of Chinese students from freshman to Lucy Chan (陈秀姣)http://www.blogger.com/profile/14415246425161241321noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5836560152376055274.post-13145304939481078782010-10-20T22:24:00.000+08:002013-04-10T12:49:54.902+08:00Shanghai World Expo 2010
If you are Chinese or have visited China in the last six months you would have heard about the Expo in Shanghai. It is the number one attraction in China at the moment, and throughout its five month long lifetime, the number of attendees has averaged to around two to three hundred thousand people a day. Since its opening in May, the Chinese have been visiting in their millions aided by Lucy Chan (陈秀姣)http://www.blogger.com/profile/14415246425161241321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5836560152376055274.post-39872481508634848422010-10-04T11:40:00.003+08:002010-10-04T19:20:28.837+08:00Hong Kong is my Dim Sum heaven
Dim Sum at Saam Hui Yat
If you know me well enough, you will know that my holy grail is to find restaurants serving the best Dim Sum. Although I have tried many in London and have strong opinions about which are the best, I must admit I am not that knowledgeable about the quality of Dim Sum in the rest of the world. Though I must say that that the Sydney Dim Lucy Chan (陈秀姣)http://www.blogger.com/profile/14415246425161241321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5836560152376055274.post-5341235190194502782010-09-26T19:42:00.000+08:002010-10-03T19:49:55.230+08:00Shanghai with cousin JackyDuring the mid-autumn festival many Chinese people have at least 1 day off but because of my schedule I actually had 4 days off - Tuesday to Friday. I was really chuffed as it meant I could meet my cousin Jacky in Shanghai and spend 6 days there with her. She had flown there to see me and discover China as it was her first visit to the homeland. She had arrived on the Sunday Lucy Chan (陈秀姣)http://www.blogger.com/profile/14415246425161241321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5836560152376055274.post-15977714410997046102010-09-14T22:51:00.003+08:002010-09-16T21:35:54.245+08:005 weeks in BeijingThis photo is of a food stall in the Wanfujin market in Beijing. If you look closely at the sticks, you will find that it isn't meat on the sticks - they are insects! And they were actually alive, wriggling about, probably trying to get free, before they are deep fried and eaten by some hungry Chinese man. I did have a nibble on a scorpion, it did not much flavour after being frazzled by the hot Lucy Chan (陈秀姣)http://www.blogger.com/profile/14415246425161241321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5836560152376055274.post-78457787515358777412010-09-09T21:06:00.006+08:002010-10-04T15:29:13.338+08:00Lost in Translation?China is certainly one of the most difficult places I have travelled. The language barrier is definitely the biggest barrier and even taking a year's Mandarin course at Kings College London did not prepare me for the troubles I was to face in ordering food, travelling by train, or just asking directions to the toilet. Not many people speak English, if you go to a Lucy Chan (陈秀姣)http://www.blogger.com/profile/14415246425161241321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5836560152376055274.post-33580538207535301292010-09-05T23:50:00.003+08:002010-10-26T19:39:48.991+08:00Diving, Music and Food in SE Asia
Here are some photos from my two weeks in Kuching (Borneo), Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. My good friend Farrah was studying in Borneo as part of her PhD at St George's Hospital in Tooting, London, so I went to visit her.
We did quite a lot in the short time that I was there, such as going to the World Music Rainforest Festival for three days - listening to great music from around the world, Lucy Chan (陈秀姣)http://www.blogger.com/profile/14415246425161241321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5836560152376055274.post-19219084316955268702010-09-04T17:30:00.001+08:002010-09-16T21:31:44.652+08:00My travels so far....OK here's a map of Asia for your reference. I'm just going to briefly outline my travels this Summer so you get an idea of where I've been to in the past 2.5 months.21st June - London to Shanghai - Airplane
27th June - Shanghai to Nanjing - Train (nightmare journey - I had 60kg of luggage with me!)
30th June - Nanjing to Shanghai - Train
4th July - Shanghai to Hangzhou - Train
6th July Lucy Chan (陈秀姣)http://www.blogger.com/profile/14415246425161241321noreply@blogger.com0