Category Archives: New York City
Ex-Pat Working Conditions
Will (my boss): Great job! We should increase your responsibilities around here! Meg: No.
Salvatore, Shakespeare, Stephen King
My cousin Andrea sent my a huge books of books! Mostly fantasy novels, because those are her favorite. I really like a lot of fantasy novel, as long as they’re light on the Renn faire accent. She also sent me … Continue reading
World of Warcraft: The Board Game
I was on www.warcraftunderground.com and I saw there’s a WoW-based boardgame. World of Warcraft: The Board Game allows players to choose their characters (not all races and character combinations are available) and decide whether to fight for the Horde or … Continue reading
Scary Movie M&Ms
We’re playing M&M’s movie title riddle game in the office today. (Yes, M&Ms made it though the great firewall) In this game, you see a crazy, surreal painting, and then you’re supposed to find the names of 500 horror movies … Continue reading
Someone Else’s China
Most nights, I go to dinner with my co-worker, Zorro. (Dave, we miss you!) He’s really fun, loves talking about our students, and he’s been really helpful with my Chinese. Of course, when we go out, no one will listen … Continue reading
For Love Or Money
This story on Laowai!Laowai! talks about running a speaking exercise for high school age ESL students. This exercise asks each student to choose between Love or Money, and explain why. Without exception, the boys in his class chose Love while … Continue reading
Communist Credit Cards
Wal-Mart is launching a new credit card in China. This is especially interesting because China seems to really be a cash economy. According to the Wall Street Journal’s article, less than 5% of Chinese consumers have credit cards. Most people … Continue reading
罗马, 意大利
I mailed a letter to Stick yesterday. The clerk took a look at the envelope, on which I’d slowly and painfully copied out ??, ??? onto the envelope. If speaking faster and mumbling more is the key to spoken Chinese, … Continue reading
Stick In Rome
Stick called me from Rome the other night! It was so great to talk to him! And then he mentioned the Subject About Which We Do Not Speak. A lot of couples have one, an issue that’s tacitly acknowledged but … Continue reading
Saving Those For The Bad Teachers
Nick has started a thread on WTH Conversations In China. Whyguoren writes about trying to use his bank card in a bank. Talk Talk China writes about… actually almost everything on Talk Talk China is about the WTH moment. Life … Continue reading
