Monthly Archives: September 2007
WarCraft Cards
Stick and I really need a router…. right now only one of us can be on the internet at a time so we can’t play WoW together. Also he can’t play WoW very much because I am always blogging or … Continue reading
Meg Autonomous Region
When I said we’d be eating at the beef-noodle cafe again tonight, what I actually meant was that Stick and I would be getting some brie, Ritz crackers and Snickers bars! There’s a grocery just a few blocks away that … Continue reading
Peter Pan With Chinese Characteristics
Today I had my first lesson with my gifted kids. This was sprung on me in a typically Chinese fashion, it was once mentioned in passing that I’d be team-teaching English club with Christina. When I got the details a … Continue reading
Wee Ones
At our “meeting” the other day it was decided that the foreign teachers should observe our Chinese counterparts’ classes. This is the kind of edict that makes me wonder if certain people in our school have ever seen children. So … Continue reading
Beef Noodle Shop
Last night we went to a little restaurant a few blocks from the school. From the Arabic on the sign, and the lack of pork on the menu, it’s probably a Muslim place. (This is always reassuring to me because … Continue reading
Stranglethorn Vale
New WoW article on Stranglethorn Vale is up on Azeroth World News, in case you’re getting sick of me talking about China all the time.
Talk Like A Pirate… Everyday
So my wonderful friend Alison pointed out that September 19th is International Talk Like A Pirate Day. Of course I plan to participate, but talking like a pirate is totally redundant in Beijing. Beijingers use all the Rs that Mass … Continue reading
