This year was my fourth Christmas spent in China, far away from my family and relatives. Last year was my first Christmas with my boyfriend Alan and he took great care of me while I was sick in bed. He even made Finnish soup for me according to my instructions. This year Alan was away for work the whole week and I was very worried how the holidays would go without him by my side. It didn’t go as planned, far  away from my childhood Christmases, but in a way it was nice as well. The Saturday before Christmas he went to the gym in the evening and while he…

It doesn’t snow in Guangzhou and the temperature doesn’t go below zero, but that doesn’t mean it’s always Summer in Guangzhou either. One of the big surprises that living in Guangzhou has  brought me are the cold winters. Yangtze River is the longest river in China, actually the longest in whole Asia. In China there is central heating North of the Yangtze River, but not in the South. Nanjing University was built on both sides of the river, meaning only half of the dormitories have central heating. (Source: Jason Cullen) The temperature in Guangzhou has come up back to 16 Celsius beginning of today, but the last few days were…