Tag Archives: Chinese life
Missing Teeth Club
Enica and Carol both lost teeth this week!
Important Matters
Why does the new version of Word, with Microsoft Office 2007, default to something that isn’t point 12 Times New Roman? Sure, there are times when I don’t use Times New Roman, but seriously, the first time I heard of … Continue reading
Schnapps and Dumplings
Our neighbors invited Stick and me to lunch on Sunday. See how nice and normal that sounds? Our neighbors are Manfred and Xuemei, a retired German and his Chinese wife. They are retired newlyweds, which is hilarious enough, because he’s … Continue reading
Embassy District DVDs
On Saturday, Stick and I roused ourselves from our WarCraft stupor and went out in search of sour cream. Stick thinks that a life without sour cream is barely worth living, and Stick complains so rarely that I mapped out … Continue reading
Becoming Jane
I got a copy of Becoming Jane a few days ago. Do you like the description on the back? If you like the Chinglish blurb, you can read the rest of it here. It’s from the Amazon.com page for Becoming … Continue reading
Oops
So last night I forgot it was Daylight Savings Time back home and I called my parents at 6:30 AM. They were very nice and didn’t tell me to go away and let them sleep. The lamest part is that … Continue reading
Chinese Fire Drill
No, really. So in my last class today, we were playing Guess Who? (Made extra challenging because all the kids have the same hair color, eye color and are wearing the same uniform) when there’s an awful sound outside the … Continue reading
Stick Is Happy
This is Stick making sure he gets every drop from his Guinness.
No Spitting On The Paintings!
Stick and I went to the Capital Museum to see the Treasures From The Louvre: Art From Ancient Greece exhibit. Stick and I are both classicists so we were really excited to go. It was great to see statues and … Continue reading
Blogs I Read
A gaijin, a megook and a laowai walk into a bar… Mutant Frogs is my friend Roy’s blog about Japan, and MantisBot is Garan’s blog about Korean life. Interesting that three of us from my high-school crew ended up in … Continue reading
