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Chinese New Year Celebration is a big celebration here. Most of the Chinese schools have three weeks off. Our children have one week off as they just had a Christmas break. Chinese New Year is based on the lunar calendar, which is why the dates change from year to year. This year we decided […]

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For the month of January, Elle and Mr. Nie have been singing a Chinese song in the car. Elle is learning the song for the Chinese New Year (CNY) Performance at Dulwich. Mr. Nie brought his tape recorder of the song in the car for Elle. Emmy even has starting to learn the song […]

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Time to pack for Shanghai. Nightmare travelers – that would be the Lyon family. We take the maximum amount of luggage is one given. As a family of four, we are allowed 2 bags each for a total of 8. We pack 4 suitcases and 4 U-haul boxes (less weight). It takes 2 SUVs […]