Chinese parents and paying back your debt
Source: China Daily No, I’m not talking about making my Chinese in-laws to pay back my student loans, but about filial piety. On paper respecting your parents, elders and ancestors sounds all very good, but what it’s actually like to live 5 meters from your Chinese parent’s or in-laws? Disclaimer: This post is recommended to be read with a hint of humour. Chinese parents love helping their children, even after they have grown up. They come knocking to your door and wash your floors. They make special Cantonese soups and fill your fridge with fruits so fast you simply don’t have enough time to eat them all. Chinese parents will…
The End of a Summer
It’s the end of the Summer and even though temperatures still rise above 30 degrees, there is a feeling of Autumn here in Guangzhou. Or is it only because the Moon Festival is coming and October starting soon? My research plan got the approval of my teachers and I have continued forward with my master’s thesis. Finding people to answer my survey has been harder than I thought, but I hope to get the required amount of answers somehow. I wish to do and write as much as I can before our baby arrives in the beginning of November. I noticed I haven’t written much about my…