Prize to anyone who can tell me what these are, where they are from and why on earth I have them posted on my blog! (Contest closes tomorrow morning…)

In unrelated news, only a week of classes left. I have 1 paper left to write and then down to exams (2 next week and 3 spread out over the exam period). Currently, I am procrastinating in the writing of my paper, something I have become an expert at. The problem is, I don’t know where to start.
Anyway, for those of you in town, Ring Out tomorrow night is a lot of a lot of things, but perhaps the most important is we will be sharing about our upcoming trip to China. That means you can come and find out all you’ve ever wanted to know about our trip and more… even ask questions. And you would also get to see me, but that is besides the point!