From Grits to Chopsticks

Even though our official school semester has ended, we are still very busy.  Since many of our students work at the annual South Asia Trade Expo, we like to visit with them and talk about the jobs/businesses:

Thousands of exhibitors come from all over the world to display and sell their products.  This year, we were particularly amazed by the large wood and jade carvings:

The technology sector continues to grow with VR and robotics:

Chinese companies are also reaching out to other nations, seeking contracts to build large projects like this gas plant in Myanmar:

Of course, there is always food!  After tasting coffee from different countries, we bought some from this Malaysian seller:

There were lotsa noodles to satisfy hungry customers:

but we opted for the more typical lunch of rice and … well … something:

This is also a great place to come and get your photo with a cartoon character, like a pig:

or a vegetable:

Come visit us next June, join the crowd, and have your photo taken with this lonely bottle of oil!