by Charity Lee Jennings | Feb 15, 2018
February 16th is Chinese New Year. Join Jia Jia and I so you can greet your friends, saying Happy New Year! Charity: Hello, 你好, and welcome to Mandarin Minute. I’m Charity Lee Jennings. Jia Jia: 你好, 我是 Jia Jia. Charity: Jia Jia, thanks for joining us today. I’m glad...
by Charity Lee Jennings | Feb 14, 2018
Learn to say, “I love you,” on this Valentine’s Day Mandarin Minute. And come back tomorrow for our Chinese New Year Mandarin Minute. Charity: Hello, 你好, and welcome to Mandarin Minute. Jia Jia, it’s great to see you again. JiaJia: 是的。 好久不见。 Charity: Right, I...
by Charity Lee Jennings | Feb 6, 2018
Pristine snow stretching through the distance, and the flutter of intricate flakes – today, a Canadian winter sounds inviting. Today, I woke to a thermometer that read 9 degrees celsius. No, not outside – the thermometer is at my bedside. I don’t forget Canada’s...
by Charity Lee Jennings | Jan 31, 2018
As I look over my posts from the past, I see markers along my path. Some made bigger dents, and some extended beyond myself, to you. I don’t know if it means these posts resonated more than others, but going by number of views, my top posts of 2017 were: # 3. A...
by Charity Lee Jennings | Jan 24, 2018
As the river of 2018 sweeps me away, I grab a tree branch, and look back. The current of life moves faster every year and I don’t want my story to be just a blur. I want to remember. Looking back, I see years of tension, trying to find balance between family and my...
