Category Archives: Yantai
En Route To Beijing
It is amazing to have Stick here. The trip from Yantai to Beijing was awesome because at each airport checkpoint, and sometimes in between, Stick asked me if I still had our passports. Did you catch that? Our passports. Yeah. … Continue reading
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
Imperfect, Tense
Stick called midway through my teenage girls class — I was telling them that they had to be more focused, that they needed to pay attention instead of coming to class with their minds somewhere else, and then my cell … Continue reading
Seventeen Hours Late
Pie2k is a webcomic my old boyfriend Matt writes about a bunch of crazy characters who bear an uncanny resemblance to his college friends. In one strip, a young man called “Miko” is waiting for a visit from his friend … Continue reading
Team Building Activities in Yantai
So someone at our office took this picture of our boss, Will, and someone printed it out and someone made little thought-bubbles of Will-isms and someone glued those bubbles to the picture and someone enlarged the picture and someone drew … Continue reading
Dinner In China (again)
Since I complained so much about Chinese dinners when I first arrived, I think I’ll tell you about a fun Yantai dinner. A few nights ago, Dave, Zorro and I went out in search of Japanese food. Our coworker Ron … Continue reading
Lost On Liu Gong Island
Yesterday, Dave and I set out for Dalian… which turned into Weihai when we found that the ferry times had changed. I wanted to see Weihai to find out what I gave up for my new school. Just kidding, guys! … Continue reading
Wal-Mart luxuries
Yantai has a new attraction — a Wal-Mart! It opened on June 15th. Normally I wouldn’t shop at a Wal-Mart (and by “normally” I mean back in my old life when I was too good for KFC too), but the … Continue reading
GTA: Yantai
Driving in China is like playing Grand Theft Auto, only with more bicycles, pedicabs and carts full of watermelon. Now, I’m not exactly a great driver myself, but because privately owned cars are so new in China, most drivers have … Continue reading
Eight Immortals and Three Americans
Yesterday I went to Penglai with David and his friend Yoshy. We took a bus from Yantai to Penglai in the morning, and I bought the tickets because my Chinese rocks! (and by “rocks,” I mean “is barely functional”) We … Continue reading
