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Game Connection, Waffle House
When I first visited Raleigh, for Stick’s brother’s wedding, I found slow southern chattiness surprising, but I’m really enjoying it right now. I’m so proud of my Chinese skills but really I’ve just mastered the simplest essentials, I can’t really … Continue reading
Posted in Beijing, Books, Gaming Culture, North Carolina
Tagged back in the US, Books, China, chinese, d+d, family, game connection, game culture, games, gaming, new game, North Carolina, Raleigh, Stick, tabletop games
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End Of Part Two
I’m still in Beijing, but I’m getting into an East Coast sleep pattern already. It comes from lying in bed wondering exactly what I’m going to do with myself next, and then waking up to an anxious countdown of time … Continue reading
Posted in Beijing, North Carolina
Tagged awesome, back to China, China, Chinese life, Cosmo, ESL, expats, family, job hunting, mandarin, North Carolina, Raleigh, reading, repatriation, Stick, travel
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Without Stick
China without Stick is strangely familiar. The children hanging on the hutong’s gate, waiting to see the foreign woman, remind me of the Yantai children, watching on the steps of my apartment and shouting to their friend when they saw … Continue reading
Posted in Yantai
Tagged China, chinese, Chinese life, family, Forbidden City, hutong, Stick, travel, Yantai
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Other Bloggers On Visa Changes
A post on the awesome OneManBandwidth blog says goodbye to many expat friends, and mentions an unexpected side effect of the inability to get and keep a legit working visa in education: Teachers were affected about a year ago when … Continue reading
Posted in Beijing
Tagged awesome, bloggers, China, Chinese life, education, expats, General, other bloggers, other blogs, teaching, THQ, travel
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True
I’ve come to realise that my life is not so interesting and there are many more informative blogs about expat life in China. The only hope I have to distinguish myself is to write with correct grammar and adequate spelling. … Continue reading
Posted in New York City
Tagged China, Chinese life, expats, life in China, New York City, other blogs, quotes, Scots
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Kudos Demo
I want to call Kudos a life sim, but that term carries the connotations of “TheSims knockoff” and Kudos is definitely not that. It’s a sandbox game, where your choices affect your next set of options. It actually reminded me … Continue reading
Posted in Game Reviews
Tagged China, chinese, Chinese food, Chinese life, flavortext, game culture, Game Reviews, games, girls play that too?, Kudos, new game, PayPal, Positech, Sims, text-based
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Twentysomething
There is much more of an expat community here in Beijing than there was in Yantai, but I find myself in a weird no-man’s-land between looking for the best meet-market bar with the cheapest beer, and looking for the best … Continue reading
Posted in Beijing, Yantai
Tagged BeijingRRR, China, Chinese life, expats, life in China, Yantai
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Alltop China
I just discovered that Simpson’s Paradox is listed on AllTop’s China blogs… along with Sinosplice, Imagethief, RConversation, Hao Hao, IfGoGo, CNReviews, OneManBandwidth and a list of other really amazing China blogs. It’s awesome to be listed with the bloggers that … Continue reading
Posted in Yantai
Tagged alltop, awesome, bloggers, China, China blog, China Blogs, Chinese life, CNReviews, other blogs, sinosplice, Yantai
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Still Life Without Stick
Stick left today, which was just as miserable as the last time he left China. Airport goodbyes don’t actually get any easier with practice. We had a really insane 36 hours getting him ready to go. Finally, as he was … Continue reading
Posted in Beijing, Books, North Carolina
Tagged awesome, back to China, Books, China, Chinese life, Facebook, family, mail, North Carolina, Raleigh, Rome, Stick, still life with
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Abrupt Change Of Plans
Stick’s new visa fell through at the last possible second. It was a dramatic disaster, but the short version is that apparently the school wasn’t quite as professional and aboveboard as we’d thought. His current visa expires tomorrow, so he … Continue reading
Posted in Yantai
Tagged adventures with Stick, China, Chinese life, repatriation, Stick, Yantai
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