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Visa Application Workshop

The time has arrived!  Time to complete the visa application for our China tour vacation!

Chinese Visa Workshop

Tuesday, May 20, 2014

6:00-7:00 p.m.

Room B3

Beijing Hot Spots

Are you all about retail therapy?  Check out this video on this very hip Beijing hu tong (alley) district.  You will find yourself in the middle of shops, art galleries, restaurants ranging from the super chic to the super kitsch.  Click on this link to have a peak inside one of the up-and-coming shops Plastered, known for its cool shirts.  Plastered Shop Beijing




Wondering where our hotel is in Beijing? We will be staying at the Jiang Xi Grand Hotel in the Feng Tai district. Check out the Beijing district map for details.

2nd Grade Super Speakers

Click on the 2nd grade page to listen to these super Chinese speakers.

Students are recording themselves speaking Chinese using the free app ChatterPix.

Bulldogs in China

Aloha Bulldogs in China!  

We have a laundry list of things to do to get ready for our vacation!  I have tried to write a nutshell version.

1.  Explorica China tour require all travelers to enter their passport information into the Explorica system. Participants should log into your online accounts or call 888.310.7121 to add this no later than APRIL 30^TH.

2.  Explorica will also need to collect color copies of all travelers’ passports at this time.  You may send color copies of your passport to me or directly to Exporica at cklinikowski@explorica.com.  If sending your passport directly to Explorica make sure to reference Le Jardin Academy, Kailua Hawaii China Tour 2014

3.  Travelers that have not yet applied for their passports should do so immediately and should have the process expedited. Please note that all passports must bevalid within 90 days of departure. 

4.  China Visa Application Help Night

     Tuesday, May 20, 2014

     6:00-7:00 p.m.

     Room B3

     Application Fee is $185

     *  Our applications will be processed with Diamond Head Travel 

         (808)531-0707

         11 N. Pauahi Street, Honolulu

     *  Our group will be traveling under a TOURISM VISA.

5.  China visa applications can be found at http://www.china-embassy.org/eng/visas/fd/W020130830801798289342.pdf

8.  Daily China pollution reports http://aqicn.org/city/beijing/


Don't forget to practice your Chinese!  These super 1st graders have put together some super fun practice recordings for you.  We used ChatterPix Free App to make these practice recordings for you!  Enjoy!

Today's lesson...
你好。几点睡觉？  ni3 hao3.  ji3 dian3 shui4 jiao4?   Hello.  What time do you go to sleep?

你叫什么

Chinese Manga  中国的漫画

Record your own voice and favorite Chinese manga character with ChatterPix Free App

 








Need to practice tones?  Try reading this lovely Tang Dynasty poem aloud!

Clearing Rain 

Du Fu

雨晴（一作秋霁）

天水秋云薄

从西万里风

今朝好晴景

久雨不妨农

塞柳行疏翠

山梨结小红

胡笳楼上发

一雁入高空

yǔ qíng（yī zuò qiū jì）

tiān shuǐ qiū yún báo

cóng xī wàn lǐ fēng

jīn zhāo hǎo qíng jǐng

jiǔ yǔ bù fáng nóng

sāi liǔ háng shū cuì

shān lí jiē xiǎo hóng

hú jiā lóu shàng fā

yī yàn rù gāo kōng

Heaven water autumn cloud thin

From west 10,000 li wind

This morning good fine landscape

Long rain not harm farming

Full willow row little green

Hill pear flower little red

Reed pipe upstairs emit

One goose into high sky

The sky's water has fallen, and autumn clouds are thin,

The western wind has blown ten thousand li.

This morning's scene is good and fine,

Long rain has not harmed the land.

The row of willows begins to show green,

The pear tree on the hill has little red flowers.

A hujia pipe begins to play upstairs,

One goose flies high into the sky.