Author Archives: Meg
Rorschach ESL
Fall has come rapidly to Yantai, as if the weather is trying to match our textbook’s explanation that September, October and November are autumn. It’s beautiful here, although it’s strange to feel fall and be going back-to-school on the other … Continue reading
Chinese Food. Again.
When Stick was here, I constantly surprised myself with how much I’ve adjusted to Chinese life. Things like “yeah, yeah, Chinglish signs are funny, whatever” came out of my mouth… when I wasn’t spitting on the street, that is. Stick … Continue reading
China’s New Altruism Videogame
Usually my local net cafe is full of boys and young men playing CounterStrike for hours on end or staring at the lao wai girl (your results may vary). As internet gaming becomes more popular, it’s having some surprising effects … Continue reading
Best Asian Diarist
I was nominated as Best Asian Diarist on the Asia Blog Awards! It’s awesome to see that people are reading and liking my blog and it’s not just Stick hitting refresh to inflate my counter and make me happy. I … 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
Immoral Foreign Blogger (No, not me)
The PRC has recently seen fit to lift the Blogger and Blogspot ban in China. This has led to a lot of changes in the China expat blog world… not the least of which is that now I can see … Continue reading
The Elevator Doesn’t Reach The Top Floor
I just read Nick’s brilliant post about Chinese Elevator Logic and it’s so true and so funny and the odd-number/even-number thing has happened to me SO many times that I don’t even notice it. There is nothing I can say … Continue reading
Bethie’s Artwork
Other people would just say “Meg, I broke your hanger” but my sister? She makes existentialist artwork and explains it in great detail. My sister left for America today, but her artwork will remain in my apartment for months to … Continue reading
The End of E3?
I’m late on this news, living in China and all, but E3 as we know it is over. I kind of imagined E3 as a nerds-only fashion week, with all kinds of gamers, developers and game journalists crawling out into … Continue reading
Beijing Mecca
I really wanted to go see the Niu Jie mosque in Beijing, mostly because I was curious what Chinese-Muslim architecture would look like. It was on my list of cool places places to see when I went to Beijing with … Continue reading
