Adventures
Honor
On December 22, 2019 by Keturah HaferkampI feel so honored. I have so rarely felt honored in my life that I have been just unable to do much besides sit and feel this feeling. We came home and…. A church friend fetched us from the airport so we did not have to get an uber Our house was cleaned Groceries
Adventures . China . Family
How do you….?
On December 14, 2019 by Keturah HaferkampTime for an uber-practical post about how we manage our day to day. Here is our “how-to-do” How do you … ? 1. Get groceries We shop at local marts and make purchases with WeChat (no cash or cards) We order online using GZgrocery.com We use TAOBAO (like Amazon but better) Everything can be
Adventures . China . Getting Ready
Two, two, and two!
On December 10, 2019 by Keturah Haferkamp….two weeks Two weeks left here at SCUT. I already finished one class–a group of Phd students that meets only 1 time fortnightly. The others will follow. This Monday I checked my class schedule for Spring 2020 and was glad to see that all my classes are full. Full semester schedule full of new students.
Adventures . China . Family
Haferkamp Holidays 2019
On December 1, 2019 by Keturah HaferkampWeeks ago when we first arrived one of our neighbors, Bill, loaned us his convection oven. We used it for the first time for American Thanksgiving dinner. Thanksgiving Day for us is always a one day affair. Black Friday goes by ignored as I purposefully (probably stupidly) miss out on the best sales deals of
Adventures . China . Culture
Protected: Battle Scars
On November 27, 2019 by Keturah HaferkampThere is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
Adventures . China . Korea . Seoul . Travel
Visa run, visa fun
On November 25, 2019 by Keturah HaferkampWe made a weekend out of a visa run to Seoul, South Korea. We could not stay long no matter where we decided to go, but we needed to exit and re-enter in order to renew my family’s visas. So we chose the country that feels like our second home: 🇰🇷! Because we spent several
Adventures . China . Family
Expect the Unexpected
On November 20, 2019 by Keturah HaferkampThe surprise is not that it happened but that it happened in China. She was “turning around in her bedroom” when she felt her knee snap. Her eyes grew wide and she stared into me. “Look at my knee! Look at my knee” she cried. And I could read the pain in her face. I
Adventures . China . Culture . Travel
A week in the life
On November 18, 2019 by Keturah HaferkampNow that there is that happy hum drum of routine where children and certain personality types thrive, I’d like to recount how a typical week goes. Typical is such a funny word… Mondays: each Monday I have PhD students for a 4 hour seminar from 8am-noon. I meet with these candidates interchangeably every other week
Adventures . China
1000 cuts
On November 7, 2019 by Keturah HaferkampCelebrate good times! I finally completed the visa process and was granted residence, AND we made it 1 full month. I am now officially a resident of China. Residency was a difficult 9 month long process that ended in the last couple of weeks. The day we went to retrieve the visa we decided our
Adventures . China . Family
The Canton Opera Art Museum
On November 2, 2019 by Keturah HaferkampIt is hard for to me to tell the difference between Peking Opera and Canton Opera. They both sport fabulous makeup and costumes–and as I have no clue what’s actually going on during the opera, my impression is that the two have more features in common than not. We spent a sunny Saturday in November