A time before blogger. (or...When Xanga ruled)

Although it may not seem like it, this is my #1 blog at the moment. I am also an occasional tweeter and facebook...er? And every few weeks I'll check my Chinese counterparts renren and weibo.

I was an active blogger before blogspot. Not daily or anything but I definitely spent a fair bit of time updating.

So to see the beginning of my online story you can visit my Xanga site. This documents I first 3-4 years in China. I had a little fun this morning looking back on memories from around 2004-2008. A lot has happened in the last 7 years and I feel blessed to see a little more of the Father's incredible creation.

Here is the link to my life circa 2004-2008:

http://vanhalligan.xanga.com/

Happy New Year!

I hope everyone had a great Christmas and New Year.

This year was the first home in a long time. It was great spending time with friends and family. Seeing all my nieces and cousins kids was a blast. Favorite moments would have to be the Christmas Eve service when my nieces and their cousins were running around and the white elephant gift exchange at my parents house. It was a lot of fun just being around for the holidays. Being able to see these guys during holidays was a true gift.

Everything you need to know about China in 10 minutes

Here is good video giving a general introduction of what is China. It is hard to understand everything the narrator is saying so here is a link with subtitles.

It covers a large spectrum of Chinese culture, history and everyday life.

Sonny posted it on his renren acount (The Chinese version of facebook)

Hope you enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMuKxxY774g