All throughout the session while planning Christmas themed activities, involving lesson plans and carols and stories, we have been more than careful to keep the religious imagery well within the confines of the law and into the fuzzy "grey areas." This has provided more than one headache and a lot of frustration, but that's one of the things you deal with when you work in a country such as China. Just as I was getting used to this, I had a intense Big Mac attack and went out to McDonald's to relieve this (thank you God for sending me to a civilized city with starbucks and MickeyD's)
and as I'm in there "Joy to the World" begins to play....
In Chinese.
In case you are not quite aware of the imagery of this song, let's have a Chinese lesson...
Joy to the World, the Lord has come.
huān téng de shì jiè， shàng dì lái le。
Let Earth receive her king!
huān téng de shì jiè， shàng dì lái le。
Let every heart prepare Him room,
ràng wǒ men měi gè rén xīn zhōng tā zhǔn bèi shì，
And Heaven and nature sing
yǔ tiān dì zì rán chàng
How much profit do you have to turn before you can openly flaunt tense regulations?
Friday, December 18, 2009
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Looks like you've had a few changes since I last checked this site. I'm glad things are working out for you. And maybe the government doesn't care what music McDonalds plays since they're a coperation ran by natives (on the local level) and not an organization ran by Americans?
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