valerie
January 2, 2022 - I think people here would call this a ‘daddy longlegs’, but apparently that is a name which is used for several creatures. I think my friend is likely this, which means that it is not technically a spider
January 1, 2022 - Poinsettia. Not sure if this is common outside of Texas or the southern US generally, but these plants are often used as a decoration during Christmas
December 31, 2021 - my go-to Korean spot in San Antonio, Texas. Seoul Asian Market and Cafe
December 19, 2021 - wasn’t planning to buy much of anything at the bazaar, not in the least because I’m going back to the US for winter vacation this week…but I couldn’t resist this raspberry jam. Kyrgyz people like to put jam in their tea. One of my students told me that drinking tea with jam is good to do when you’re sick
December 16, 2021 - I guess this 9 year old student I have loves me. This is the second time he’s written ‘love u’/‘I love you’ at the end of his writing composition
December 13, 2021 - a social distance marker on an escalator (there was one on every other step on the opposite side of the step)
December 12, 2021 - a bowl of plov that I bought from a bazaar 😊
December 10, 2021 - I have been uploading a lot of pictures of things in shops lately because I’ve been on the hunt for Christmas gifts and things to take back to the US during my winter break. I thought this was funny because the bottle on the case reads “Unicorn Water” in English but then has Chinese which says 你今天喝了吗？(Have you drank today?). Is the case trying to ask if I have drank Unicorn Water today? Where does one acquire such a liquid and what is it??
