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Monthly Archives: January 2008

Hot Pot

I feel bad that I don’t have more food stories. Food is arguably the most exciting thing about living in China, since it’s so different, weird, and frequently terrifying, and I’ve really been falling behind on that particular adventure. I’ve been eating a LOT of western food. Quality western food, too - we rotate between [...]

More Snow and Potty Language

Hot damn, it wound up snowing. I was in the office this morning and my department leader was talking about how the weather in China was making news in Missouri. That was exciting, because a. I know where Missouri is, as opposed to just about every other place that people mention to me here, and [...]

Ten Hours for Three Minutes

I’m four days away from a three week vacation, which is absurd to me - I haven’t had this much time off work in my adult life, and I have no idea what I’ll do with all that free time (AHEM. learn Chinese, finally, Miss.). The high point of the Chinese year is coming up [...]

Eastern-Style Snowpeople

You know, I’ve had this domain in my possession for a while, and I’ve been thinking about it and thinking about it, determined to make this The Best Blog Ever. As a result, I’ve completely stalled out. So I’m going to lift all the pressure and just throw up some pictures of Chinese snowpeople.

I didn’t [...]