Tag Archives: Chinese life
And In Conclusion, I Miss Coffee Coolattas
The problems we’ve been having with management at our school have gotten me thinking about past jobs and other bosses. I know people don’t usually talk about how awesome their bosses are, but I’ve been lucky enough to have some … Continue reading
New Year’s
My cousin Andrea sent this to me, before I even told her that we spent most of New Year’s Eve one-more-turning with Civ4! We did take a break in the world-conquering action to go out to dinner with Manfred and … Continue reading
China Christmas
Stick got me a toaster oven for Christmas! I hope he knows this is only romantic in China, and I’m not in for a lifetime of yuletide appliances. He hid it from me in the closet, which is a perfect … Continue reading
It’s The Teeth, Isn’t It?
I was on my way to the American Embassy the other day, and lost my way in the maze of manicured gardens and high-security gates in the embassy district. I stopped the first guard I saw, who wasn’t standing at … Continue reading
The Dog Ate It.
Stick and I had an odd meeting with our boss today. We were meant to be addressing some of our recent issues, which involve a mysterious someone in the school’s hierarchy changing our schedule, and not telling the foreign teachers. … Continue reading
Following Traditions
When I was younger, right before Christmas, my family would drive to Kearny, NJ, where there was a street of Scottish import stores. We would get our all-important Christmas meat pies and sausage rolls, and eat our the traditional pre-Christmas … Continue reading
More On Zoodoka
A few months ago I was asked to write about Zoodoka, a new blog RSS-to-email program. I said: With any email marketing program, spamming is going to be a major issue. Any free, mass-mailing program has a huge potential to … Continue reading
Too Much Information
I’m teaching my kids the “This is the way I” song this week. I’m starting with the basic version, with simple actions like Brush My Teeth and Read My Book. I haven’t taught them the Meg version yet… Once when … Continue reading
Have You Seen This Road Trip?
I was asked to write about the mystery of Grey in the hopes that one of you will be able to solve it. Ready? Musician Sam Rader wrote a song called “Grey” on her album Goldstar Galaxy, and made a … Continue reading
