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Tag Archives: mandarin
Bu Chai
Tom Lasseter, who replaced Tim Johnson as the China correspondent for McClatchy, mentioned today on his blog that Beijing plans to renovate all the hutongs around the Drum and Bell Towers. Renovation is hardly news in Beijing, where the pre-Olympic … Continue reading
Passionfruit Hutong
New development studio Passionfruit Games contacted me the other day about beta testing their new puzzle/adventure game Tiger Eye Curse Of The Riddle Box. Passionfruit is made up of many HER Interactive veterans — the team who worked on Nancy Drew … Continue reading
Waiting
Eight or nine years ago, I worked in a diner while on a, ahem, break from college. The Pioneer Valley is full of similar college-age breakers, finding themselves, forming bands, creating art, getting that awful first novel out of the … Continue reading
Southern Mandarin
Raleigh graffiti artist Wang tags a downtown street. Tweet this!
Posted in North Carolina, Raleigh
Tagged Beijing:Raleigh, e3, Grace, graffiti, mandarin, Meg Vs. Mandarin, photoblog, Raleigh
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Mandarin Superpowers And More On China
Luke Gedeon is collecting China-related articles over on his blog. I’m really pleased to be part of this project, my contribution is a piece on my Mandarin superpowers. Luke is well-connected among thoughtful bridge bloggers so it promises to be … Continue reading
Posted in Raleigh
Tagged bloggers, China, expats, mandarin, Meg Vs. Mandarin, my other writing, other bloggers
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Everyday Expressions
When I first went to Yantai, I imagined I’d come home and slip effortlessly into fluent Mandarin to quote ancient Chinese wisdom. Fortunately for people who have to put up with me, that didn’t happen. A few characters have somehow … Continue reading
Posted in Raleigh, Yantai
Tagged Beijing:Raleigh, chinese, learning Chinese, mandarin, Meg Vs. Mandarin, Stick, Yantai
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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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Thoughts On Twitter
I’ve heard that blogging breaks the barriers between Author and Audience. Well, Twitter breaks the barrier between blogger and commenter. It’s group instant messaging or microblogging for your phone or on the web. Whenever Stick’s dad asks me about a … Continue reading
Stick Plans For The Future
“When I was looking at job boards,” Stick told me last night, “I found a perfect job for Evil Incarnate.” Evil Incarnate is an ex-boyfriend, the one who bears striking resemblance to my love-hate struggles with Mandarin. I suppose the … Continue reading
Posted in Raleigh
Tagged d+d, Evil Incarnate, gaming, job hunting, mandarin, Meg Vs. Mandarin, Stick
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Southern Comfort
Stick was hired by Epic Games as a playtester! It’s a great situation for him, sure, it’s not actually sitting at home playing WarCraft all day but it’s close. The job’s in Raleigh, so now we’re going to be southerners! … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina, Raleigh
Tagged adventures with Stick, awesome, Beijing:Raleigh, chinese, Chinese life, coffee, family, games, mandarin, moving, Raleigh, Stick, WarCraft, World of WarCraft
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