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PayPal: Part 2

Posted on May 29, 2008 by Meg

PayPal isn’t letting me withdraw any money since they’ve cleverly detected that I’m using the account in China. I still know my mother’s maiden name and my secret numbers, but the customer service guy says that’s not quite enough, and … Continue reading →

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Vade Mecum?

Posted on May 25, 2008 by Meg

David beat me to the punch on this one, but I wanted to make sure you didn’t forget your vade mecum. Whatever that is.

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Shenme?

Posted on December 26, 2007 by Meg

There’s a boy in our school, his English name is — well, it’s not important because no one calls him that. The foreign teachers call him Huh? and the Chinese teachers call him Shenme? It’s the word he says when … Continue reading →

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Feed The Foreigners!

Posted on October 30, 2007 by Meg

The Muslim Noodle Shop just got better. I think I’ve mentioned that I love this place, partly because the food is almost always delicious, partly because it’s cheap, but mostly because the staff doesn’t laugh hysterically at my attempts to … Continue reading →

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Cougar Chasing

Posted on February 6, 2007 by Meg

This morning, Stick and I got up really early to pick up his car from the mechanic. We drove down in our borrowed car, ransomed his Cougar, then I took his newly-fixed car and he took the loaner. I followed … 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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My friends are here! / Step 2 of 10,000

Posted on April 19, 2006 by Meg

This morning as I was drinking coffee and watching Travel In Chinese on CCTV9, a sleepy Jeff came into the living room. “I’m up, I’m up.” He said. “You don’t have to set off fireworks to wake me.” I turned … Continue reading →

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It’s Not The Heat, It’s The Humidity

Posted on March 3, 2006 by Meg

I noticed that my teenagers have a problem saying “more hotter” and “more taller” so I prepared a lesson on comparative adjectives. I asked the boys to give me some adjectives as examples, so we could practice forming them like … Continue reading →

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