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Monthly Archives: July 2008
End Of Part Two
I’m still in Beijing, but I’m getting into an East Coast sleep pattern already. It comes from lying in bed wondering exactly what I’m going to do with myself next, and then waking up to an anxious countdown of time … Continue reading
Posted in Beijing, Chinese life, North Carolina
Tagged awesome, back to China, China, Cosmo, ESL, expats, family, job hunting, mandarin, Raleigh, reading, repatriation, Stick, travel
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Without Stick
China without Stick is strangely familiar. The children hanging on the hutong’s gate, waiting to see the foreign woman, remind me of the Yantai children, watching on the steps of my apartment and shouting to their friend when they saw … Continue reading
Posted in Chinese life, Yantai
Tagged China, chinese, family, Forbidden City, hutong, Stick, travel, Yantai
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Other Bloggers On Visa Changes
A post on the awesome OneManBandwidth blog says goodbye to many expat friends, and mentions an unexpected side effect of the inability to get and keep a legit working visa in education: Teachers were affected about a year ago when … Continue reading
Posted in Beijing, Chinese life
Tagged awesome, bloggers, China, education, expats, General, other bloggers, other blogs, teaching, THQ, travel
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Mangosteens
I’ve been meaning to get a photo of this crazy fruit since we first saw it, but here’s one from Tomato Egg Noodles: Tomato Egg Noodles also has this to say: The mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana) ??? is a small, round … Continue reading
Posted in other blogs
Tagged ?????, chinese, food? other blogs, learning Chinese, noodles, only in China, other blogs, street food
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True
I’ve come to realise that my life is not so interesting and there are many more informative blogs about expat life in China. The only hope I have to distinguish myself is to write with correct grammar and adequate spelling. … Continue reading
Kudos Demo
I want to call Kudos a life sim, but that term carries the connotations of “TheSims knockoff” and Kudos is definitely not that. It’s a sandbox game, where your choices affect your next set of options. It actually reminded me … Continue reading
Posted in Chinese life, Game Reviews
Tagged China, chinese, Chinese food, game culture, Game Reviews, games, girls play that too?, Kudos, new game, PayPal, Positech, Sims, text-based
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Repairs at the Forbidden City
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Posted in as seen in Beijing, Hugo and Diana's visit
Tagged e3, Forbidden City, Hugo and Diana's visit
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Official Something Or Other
Via Top 100 Female Bloggers | Enkay Blog Welcome to the First Official Top 100 Female Blogger List. I had previously created the Top 50 Female Blogger list which soon grew to a 100. This list is updated as of … Continue reading
Posted in other blogs
Tagged bloggers, blogging on blogging, coffee, Eric, family, girls play that too?, my secret love of mommyblogs, other blogs, travel, Young
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Twentysomething
There is much more of an expat community here in Beijing than there was in Yantai, but I find myself in a weird no-man’s-land between looking for the best meet-market bar with the cheapest beer, and looking for the best … Continue reading
Posted in Beijing, Chinese life, Yantai
Tagged BeijingRRR, China, expats, life in China, Yantai
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Photo Backlog
I’ve got a bunch of photos from Hugo and Diana’s visit to put up. There always seemed to be something better to do… I’m going to backdate some of them, so if you’re family and you want to see photos, … Continue reading
Posted in Chinese life
Tagged Diana, e3, family, Hugo, Hugo and Diana's visit, silk market, Stick
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