Southern China doesn't quite have the same 4 seasons like many places in the USA. However, we still practice "spring cleaning" here - very intensely, in fact.
Unfortunately, spring time here doesn't quite mean beautiful flowers and occasional sunny days. Spring time really means sporadic and completely unpredictable days of pouring rain, cold spells, and 95% humidity days. This past Monday was quite the chilly one. The entire school shuffled outside reluctantly for our weekly flag raising ceremony. The staff speaker greeted the school by saying “春天好。” Which means "spring greetings." This was followed by cynical murmurs of “可是这天气还是冬天！” (But this weather is still winter!).
Despite the cold weather, our national anthem never sounded better; the chilly temperature gave everyone the shivers, which created quite a beautiful vibrato throughout the song. Hey, lemons from lemonade, right?
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Byron Yee
TEFL English Teacher - Shenzhen, China
Unfortunately, spring time here doesn't quite mean beautiful flowers and occasional sunny days. Spring time really means sporadic and completely unpredictable days of pouring rain, cold spells, and 95% humidity days. This past Monday was quite the chilly one. The entire school shuffled outside reluctantly for our weekly flag raising ceremony. The staff speaker greeted the school by saying “春天好。” Which means "spring greetings." This was followed by cynical murmurs of “可是这天气还是冬天！” (But this weather is still winter!).
Despite the cold weather, our national anthem never sounded better; the chilly temperature gave everyone the shivers, which created quite a beautiful vibrato throughout the song. Hey, lemons from lemonade, right?
--
Byron Yee
TEFL English Teacher - Shenzhen, China
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