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WarCraft and Weddings
Scep told me that our highschool friend Garan got engaged a few days ago! Garan’s living in Korea (it’s amazing how many of our old friends moved to Asia), so I immediately emailed him to get the details. Meg to … Continue reading
Posted in New York City
Tagged Chinese life, Garan, girls play that too?, mail, New York City, Scep, WarCraft, World of WarCraft, WoW
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Southern Attempt
Stick was hired by as a playtester! It’s a great situation for him, sure, it’s not actually sitting at home playing WarCraft all day but it’s close. The job’s in Raleigh, so now we’re going to be southerners! Waffle House and … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina, Raleigh
Tagged adventures with Stick, awesome, Beijing:Raleigh, chinese, Chinese life, coffee, family, games, mandarin, moving, North Carolina, Raleigh, Stick, WarCraft, World of WarCraft
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No Tweets!
I blame you and your constant Twittering, David Feng!
Posted in New York City
Tagged Chinese life, e3, New York City, other blogs, twitter
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Blog Of The Day Awards
Simpson’s Paradox won the Blog Of The Day Awards, Friday, July 25th. 2008!
Marco Polo
Stick and I took our niece Isabel to the pool today. We played a pick-up game of Marco Polo, with some neighborhood kids, and watched a hundred thousand times as Isabel’s cried “Watch this! Look at me!” It was fantastic, … Continue reading
Posted in Beijing, North Carolina
Tagged chinese, Chinese life, chinesepod, Eric, family, Isabelle, LOST, mandarin, North Carolina, Raleigh, repatriation, Stick
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Games Of The Future
Char: You’ve got Gram Lucy’s longevity genes, Stick. You’re going to be the little old man in the nursing home… all hunched over and playing on your X-X-X-Box. Stick: Uh, I don’t think that’s for playing games.
Posted in New York City
Tagged Chinese life, games, my family is crazy, New York City, Stick
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One World, One Dream, No Visas
I’ve got a new post up at CNReviews about the visa situation and my sadness at leaving China. Edit 7/24: Other bloggers talking about my post. Imagethief James Fallows Luke Gedeon
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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