Mookie: August 2012

Chinese directives, Chinese Chess, Chinese Chefs, and Chinese Culture

My last post includes funny translations, some Chinese chefs for Erik to see, groups playing Chinese chess, and other pics. Thanks for checking out my posts!

That's right

Hitting the streets

No climbing and the guy climbing

Naked bellies are ok.

Kinda wish these weren't translated....GROSS!

Grandmas playing chess

Rolling across the temple...it took him awhile

Servers

Glimpse in the kitchen

Grandpa chess game, from the outside

Grandpa chess game, from the inside

Belly Busted!

Kathy speaking...hello again!

During our trip, we laughed at the accepted custom of men's belly-showing during heat and relaxation times. I jokingly, yet seriously, took on the role of photographing bellies for 1) Belly laughs, 2) Gut wrenching thrills, and 3)Butterflies in your stomach....heh heh. Hope you like my puns and introduction to the following stars in this blog post! Also, observe my mom and dad in a lot of the pics, they grew fond of bellies.

One of my favorites..the squeezing and mom pretending to pose (well, kind of)

Veteran of belly showing...I bet his pants of risen over the years.

"Bellies 4ever" is what he is carving in the Great Wall

Dad is excited to be a part of the game!

This guy got bashful and put his shirt down, but I caught him!

Bald head, round belly

Chillin on his blue tooth

Starting young

One of my favorites. This guy is awesome

The guy on the right is bellying it up..although you can't tell much

Up close and personal

Up close and personal 2

Belly down below

Another belly-showing veteran

Family in Asia

Hello everyone! This is Kathy under my Pop's name to post some pictures from China 2012 with our gracious hosts John and Ashley. Thanks again for a great trip. I'm going to create three posts with common themes...

Post #1: Happy family togetherness time! Pics from around the sites, my dad probably already explained them...The only thing missing is a pic of us in the hamster cage!