Saturday, February 14, 2015

Yuan's adventures continued...

 l  Something new in life, family trip and Running forward
In August 2014, I took part in a 10-days workshop on storytelling by photographing in JiAn city in the central part of China. Two mentors from Nepal are experts on expressing feeling, passion and voices of vulnerable people through the lens. Together with another 9 participants, I tried to explore an unfamiliar city with my camera, and my heart. Products exhibition were held in JiAn city, Beijing and Katmandu successively. 
                                                My first product of storytelling by photos
Family life is very important in our lives. My parents are getting old as I grow up. This year I decide to spend more time with them. So we took a 10 day family trip in November 2014. Frankly speaking, that was my first time to have a vacation trip with my parents, which was a little bit challenging but definitely worth the experience. During the last 20 years, I have spent less than two weeks each year with them. This family vacation trip helped re-bond the close relationship between two generations. We are planning our next trip in 2015.

In January 11st, 2015, I finished the Marathon race in 5hour 9minute for the first time in my life at a coast city of Southern China, YEAH! During 2014, I ran 3 half Marathon in different cities of China, and am going to go on running. This year, I have one more half Marathon at the end of March 2015, Pyongyang half Marathon on April 13th 2015 and Mogolian Temujin Grassland half Marathon in July.

My running exercise began from my time in Hawaii. Gretchen, Nina, Taku inspired me to start my physical exercise, the weather in Hawaii made me enjoy the physical training time. I still remember Gretchen, Megan and I jogging during our GIST trip. Just need to continue the passion to run when I live in Beijing, which is not easy considering the bad air pollution here. But I have adapted myself by running on any sunshine day, or taking my jogging shoes with me on my field visit for convenient running whenever possible.
 

The certificate of my first Marathon  Aloha, APLP 12 friends---from Yuan after her 1st Marathon

Seems what I am talking is too much, I’d better stop hereJ

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Thousands of thanks to AHILA, who reminded me to finish this sharing paper, and pasted it on behalf of me at the page of G12 Adventure. As you know, there is still some barrier to accessing internet from mainland China, but I believe the upcoming future is promising and would try my best to achieve it.
May I wish all of you wherever you live throughout the earth a HAPPY NEW YEAR of the SHEEP!

Yuan from Beijing
February 4th 2015
Btw, Feb. 4th is the starting point of Spring season in Chinese/Asian calendar, so Happy Spring Season to all of you.

[Note: As Yuan does not have direct access to the blog, I am posting her blog post emailed to me - Ahila]

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