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I liked how the crane was reflected in the water in the morning. Though I wish I wasn’t up so early in the first place!
Tags: Suzhou Creek
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Hello Gabby! Would you please hold still for just a second??
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by emily on February 3, 2012
Days 28 to 33
33/366 – Our old apartment building, seen from the C’s place.
32/366 – Condensation in our water dispenser, lit from above with a flashlight.
31/366 – Waiting for Mr. Wong
30/366 – close up of the inside of our bedroom light (it’s not really furry like it looks!)
29/366 – Current reading material
28/366 – I translated all 23 of these Chinese sentences!
Days 28 to 33
by emily on February 2, 2012
Days 23 to 27
I’ve taken all of my photos on the proper day, but have been a little slack on posting them. I have published them all to Instagram though!
Days 23 to 27
by emily on January 29, 2012
28/366
Home work for tomorrow was 23 sentences in Chinese characters translated. DONE!
Tags: chinese
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by emily on January 28, 2012
22/366 – Chinese New Year 2012
Tags: Chinese New Year, CNY, Fireworks
22/366 – Chinese New Year 2012
by emily on January 26, 2012
21/366
More yogurt please! (My child has not yet discovered any food he dislikes.)
Tags: Jackson
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by emily on January 21, 2012
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Construction on the bridge has stopped for the Chinese New Year holiday. Everything in China grinds to a halt over CNY except the transportation system. This is the largest human migration in the world when everyone goes home over the holiday.
Tags: Bridge
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by emily on January 20, 2012
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This is the most neglected member of the family. Poor Boots. She used to be the only ‘child’ that got all of the attention.
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by emily on January 19, 2012
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My baby’s first tooth broke the skin today! So I got out my DSLR to snap some photos of that toothless grin before he is no longer toothless.
Tags: Jackson
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by emily on January 18, 2012
14/366
One of the Chinese characters for ‘man’ is the character for ‘field’ above the character for ‘power’.
Man = field power. Awesome.
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13/366
I played the punk at an 80′s murder mystery party. Happy birthday’s Claire and Casey!
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by emily on January 13, 2012
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Today at Starbucks, I looked up at the ceiling of the grocery store next to us. It had been painted with a roller and about 1/4 of the amount of paint that was needed to cover the ceiling properly. Ah, China.
Tags: Ceiling
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by emily on January 12, 2012
11/366
Jackson attempting to get a Cheerio into his mouth. He was successful! Also successful at gumming it and eating it.
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by emily on January 11, 2012
10/366
Oysters are pretty gross looking, and my iPhone certainly didnt do them any favors 
So here’s my other photo today, of my clingy, drooly baby who I expect to sprout teeth any minute.
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by emily on January 10, 2012
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My Chinese teacher Dongdong and the first three Chinese sentences I could read all by myself!
Tags: Dongdong
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by emily on January 8, 2012
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Chenchen came over to visit Jackson today. He was a little more enthused about her than she was about him!
Tags: Jackson
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by emily on January 7, 2012
4/366 – the Post Office
This is the room where I pick up packages above the post office. First, I go to the post office with the slip I’ve received in my mailbox, and the guy points up to tell me to go to the second floor.
I go out and around the building, in a little alley, and carry Jackson’s stroller up a few stairs into the back entrance of a building. I show the paper to the elevator lady and she tells me 2nd floor and pushes the button for me.
On the second floor is the standard dingy whitewashed walls, dirty floors, men smoking and what seems to be random rooms. It’s so weird. I walk back a ways, show my paper to a smoking guy with a China Post uniform on, and he hollers at someone else who apparently can speak English to me (but only says ‘name’, hands me a pen and points to the place on my paper where I need to sign for the package.) The big empty room has a little locked cabinet that contains my package.
I really wonder why my little packages usually come to this back room and not the main area of the Post Office. (My package was a photo book that I ordered from ArtsCows.com, in case you were wondering.)
Tags: Post office
4/366 – the Post Office
by emily on January 4, 2012
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Lunch with Mike and Jon at Sushi Abuse. Tea and plum wine.
Tags: Sake
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by emily on January 3, 2012
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After seeing that my friend Erica took the leap and committed to doing the photo-a-day challenge this year, I decided that I could do it too! Except I’m just going to do it via Instagram and my iPhone. I think I can manage that. It’s a leap year so it’s 366 days of photos.
Tags: Lane
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by emily on January 1, 2012
Day 9 – Shoes
Day 9: Shoes
These are a pair of shoes I have that I wish I could wear. I tried once. I could hardly hobble to the taxi from my house.
They are beautiful, sexy, tall, copy-designer shoes. I bought them, thinking I could learn to walk in them. My friend Casey said, “Those are everyday heels for me.”
Six-inch heels are NOT everyday shoes, Casey.
Tags: shoes
Day 9 – Shoes
by emily on December 9, 2011
Day 7 – self portrait
Day 7: Self-portrait
Taking a self portrait is the worst. You can’t see yourself through the viewfinder. You can’t see your hair out of place, the shine on your face, the clutter in the background, or focus on your own eyes. *sigh* I’m a photographer because I like being BEHIND the camera.
I was going to set up my laptop, hooked to my Canon 5D Mark II, and use a software so that I could see in real-time exactly what I looked like.
It got late; I got tired.
So I took the easy way out and took a self-portrait with my iPhone. I used Instagram to spruce it up a tiny bit. I hate the clutter in the background, but if I crop it out it makes my face look too big. I don’t have makeup on. I’m wearing my glasses even though I NEVER wear my glasses. (I’m wearing them because I have an appointment Friday to see if I am eligible for LASIK so I may never have to wear them again!) But it’s me.
Day 7 – self portrait
by emily on December 7, 2011
Day 6 – Breakfast
Day 6: Breakfast
I’m just going to be honest here. Lots of days breakfast is a latte. I now need caffeine to function after a little man wakes me up at 5 AM, even if he does let me go back to sleep for a little while before we actually get up. This is my new favorite mug from Suzy.
