Monthly Archives: June 2006

Bing Kafei

Posted on June 30, 2006 by Meg

When I was younger, I could tell when my mom had a deadline because she’d turn on the Greatful Dead and drink a latte. (Wow, did that just sum up my mom, or what?) My mom loves lattes but my … Continue reading →

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The Anti-China

Posted on June 29, 2006 by Meg

My new boss, “Will,” is the anti-China. I don’t mean his dislikes our host country, but he takes responsibility in a land where no one knows anything about that and no one knows when someone who does know will be … Continue reading →

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L’chaim

Posted on June 28, 2006 by Meg

After listening to Jason Zorro make Mandarin tones properly and effortlessly, David decided to take him down a peg and teach him to say “L’chaim”. After a few tries, it was still almost as bad as my Chinese. Ok, nothing’s … Continue reading →

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My Parents

Posted on June 28, 2006 by Meg

I’ve already talked my sister into visting me in China in August. (This is a picture of her with her Chinese music ensemble at Wesleyan… guess which one is my sister!) Now I’m trying to convince my mom and my … Continue reading →

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You People

Posted on June 27, 2006 by Meg

The other day I was crossing the street and I said “You people invented gunpowder and silk! Surely mastering a turn signal is nothing to that!” Usually shouting witticisms at my non-English speaking surroundings makes me feel better, but today … Continue reading →

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Jia Gei Wo Ba?

Posted on June 27, 2006 by Meg

Ryan in Dalian, also known as The Humanaught, is engaged! Congratulations, Ryan and Maggie! Tweet this!

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Six Years Later…

Posted on June 25, 2006 by Meg

I’ve been corresponding with my old roommate, Ruth. She’s working in Washington, DC now, and she dropped words like “senator” and “security clearance” into her letters. She said something along the lines of “six years ago, if someone told us … Continue reading →

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Why Spelling Matters

Posted on June 25, 2006 by Meg

Last night, Zorro (formerly known as Jason), David and I went to the Jazz Island Cafe. Like more of the “English” places around Yantai, Jazz Ialand has a few spelling errors in their signage. In some places, Jazz is spelled … Continue reading →

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Travel In China

Posted on June 24, 2006 by Meg

Tonight I had my adult students. Now, I don’t really like teaching adults because they have all the idiosyncrasies of my middle school students (refusal to speak above a whisper, inability to separate “L” and “R” but an insistence that … Continue reading →

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Helen of Yantai

Posted on June 23, 2006 by Meg

I tutor a little girl called Helen, and by “tutor” I mean we play Barbies and lots of clapping games. She is bright, sweet, funny and the picture to the left shows her dressed up for her school concert and … Continue reading →

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