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Tag Archives: latin
Ancient Secrets
I recently heard about Ancient Secrets over on GameHouse. You play as Kate, a young archeologist, who is following her father’s footsteps in the search for the lost key of the Tekka. Kate needs to gather solves puzzles to gather … Continue reading
Posted in game culture, Game Reviews
Tagged Ancient Secrets, Books, casual games, China, games, latin, LOST, mac, text-based, text-based games, travel, WarCraft, World of WarCraft, Young
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On Classicist Romance
We have 2 copies of Winnie The Pooh in Latin. Tweet this!
Posted in Raleigh
Tagged classicists, dead romans, latin, mobile blogging, phone snaps, unpacking
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American Mei You
I planned to write a post about starting a job today, teaching SAT prep. Towards the end of the job interview, when we were talking about where to park and what time to arrive, the main teacher (I’m the assistant) … Continue reading
Posted in Beijing, North Carolina, Raleigh, teaching, teaching teenagers
Tagged Beijing Olympics 2008, Beijing:Raleigh, China, chinese, driving, Eric, latin, mandarin, mei you, Raleigh, repatriation, teaching, teaching in China, teaching teenagers
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Vade Mecum?
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. Tweet this!
We Also Have Three Latin-English Dictionaries…
“Stick, are we going to be together for a long time?” “Why are you asking me this? Are you going to get all clingy now?” “No, but we have two copies of Images in the Age of Augustus, two of … Continue reading
Playing With My Kids
I plaed a game of Scattergories with my kids the other day. If you’re not familiar with Fresca’s favorite party game, players have a list of categories like “fruits”, “countries” or “movie stars” and you have to think of something … Continue reading
Drum Tower
We went to the Drum Tower and climbed some more steep stairs. At the top, we saw an awesome show on huge old drums. (yes, that is the technical name for them) Unfortunately, Bethie couldn’t perform her solo here. There … Continue reading
Posted in Beijing, Chinese life
Tagged awesome, Bethie, China, chinese, hutong, latin, street food, tech
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The White People Want More
Stick and I went to Qingdao, and because he doesn’t speak any Chinese, even my rudimentary Chinese was pretty impressive. (He doesn’t know I’m saying “Buy Ticket Qingdao Two Yes?”) We walked by the beach, found a place for cucumber … Continue reading
Posted in Chinese life, Yantai
Tagged awesome, chinese, Facebook, latin, no sense of direction girl, noodles, Stick, UMass, Yantai
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Mei you! Ming tien!
Although I only know a few Chinese words, I already have some I don’t like. My least favorite word is ??, which is pronounced “ma-yo” and basically means “have no. I can recognize it in short sentences, like “We have … Continue reading
Valentine’s Day
Happy Hallmark Day! I taught my first lesson today, which wasn’t supposed to happen for a week yet, and also I was supposed to have someone observing my first lesson. Yet another example of how schedules don’t exist in China, … Continue reading
