Tag Archives: China

Ancient Secrets

Posted on December 16, 2008 by Meg

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 →

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Victory Milk

Posted on December 9, 2008 by Meg

Coupons depress me. If you summed up everything I loved about our expat adventures, clipping supermarket coupons would be the opposite. It seems to sum up the repetitive mundane side of life in the US, which is of course made … Continue reading →

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China Bloggers

Posted on October 27, 2008 by Meg

It’s actually painful for me to pass this on, since I want to win so badly. But it’s still an awesome contest: Mashable and VisualCV have teamed up to send a Mashable reader to China in November with Robert Scoble, … Continue reading →

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Durian Romance

Posted on October 20, 2008 by Meg

The awesome Mental Floss Blog has a new post on 5 Innovative Ways to Encourage Safer Sex. All 5 are funny – condom ringtones, anyone? — but I just had to share this one. Ethiopians claim they hate condoms because … Continue reading →

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A Different Lens

Posted on October 13, 2008 by Meg

Last night Stick and I hung pictures in our new apartment, which really means that I framed some of our China photos and artwork, arranged them artistically on the floor and told him I wanted them like that, only on … Continue reading →

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Sabado Gigante

Posted on October 9, 2008 by Meg

Hey, anyone want to see Stick proposing to me on Spanish TV?

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No Points For Creativity

Posted on October 2, 2008 by Meg

I am as tired of hearing “for Main Street, not Wall Street” as I once was of hearing “China’s coming-out party.”

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Grammar In The Projects

Posted on September 19, 2008 by Meg

I got a couple weeks of work teaching at a GED program run by the local housing authority. The funding situation hcnaged at the last minute, so my starting situation was a bit disorganized, but not so bad that someone … Continue reading →

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American Mei You

Posted on September 13, 2008 by Meg

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 →

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Thoughts On Twitter

Posted on September 10, 2008 by Meg

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 →

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