Tag Archives: Chinese life

You Can Take The Girl Out Of Jersey….

The first step of our trip was a visit to the Beijing airport Starbucks. Delicious foamy milk, real coffee and a little break from the National Day crowds.

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National Day

Made by the kindergarten classes at my school.

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Cinderella

Stick and I had some last minute errands to run (camera batteries, closed-toe walking shoes, snacks, etc.) before our trip to Hohhot, so we took the bus to the local shopping mall. The market was a disaster with hordes of … Continue reading

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Booking A Hotel

I understand that grammar and punctuation are optional on the internet, but isn’t forbidding the use of punctuation taking it a bit too far? eLong.net is breaking this English teacher’s heart.

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Hohhot, here we come!

Stick and I decided to go to Inner Mongolia for a few days for the National Day holidays. Stick, being the wonderful boyfriend that he is, responded to “Wanna visit Mongolia?” much the way he responded to “Wanna move to … Continue reading

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Mr. and Mrs. Pancake

This is where Stick and I go for lunch most days. All the delights of crispy egg pancakes, and one of the cleanest carts I’ve seen. They also have an amazing, superfast pancake-making rhythm. Mrs. Pancake rolls the dough, then … Continue reading

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Non-Standard

I asked my TA a Chinese-language question this morning, and she managed to suppress her laughter long enough to answer me. My Chinese is pretty bad, the tones trip me up, and also I learned to speak in Yantai, and … Continue reading

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One of everything, please.

The cocktails menu at the Beijing Outback Steakhouse and me.

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International Trade Relations

We went out for a wonderful payday dinner of Western food, but after dinner, Christina began to feel ill, so we decided to grab an immediate cab home. Unfortunately, we came out of the Outback Steakhouse in the ritzy Sun … Continue reading

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Further Progress of the Tienanmen Flowers

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