Tag Archives: Chinese life
The Best Stuff On Earth
It was a great day for globalization in the Jiajiayue last night. I was shopping with Dorothy when we saw this: It’s Snapple! In Yantai! You have no idea how this warmed my little expat heart. Yes, I know you … Continue reading
No More Cowboys
Today was my last class with the Cowboys. These are a group of kindergarteners that I begged Will not to make me teach. I got stuck picking them up in the office and singing: This is the way we go … Continue reading
Spokeo Beta
I finally got onto a social networker before Kristin. I signed up with Spokeo, a new combination blog/RSS reader and profile network. Unlike MySpace, Spokeo seems to have users who are out of their teens. You don’t have to declare … Continue reading
Roman Holiday
My round of farewell dinners began last night. We went to one of those restaurants that has a few pseudo-Western dishes. Every person at the table pointed out the American steak on the menu, and since they’d chosen the place … Continue reading
Logistics
I’m leaving China in two weeks, and going to Rome to see Stick. I can hardly believe that my China year is over. And I’m going to see Stick again! In Rome, which is the classicist equivilent of Disneyland. And … Continue reading
Food I Don’t Hate
Since I’ve spent so much time complaining about Chinese food I don’t like, I thought I should devote some time to food I don’t hate. 1) Everything at the Japanese place on Huang Shan Lu. I love this place, I … Continue reading
Big Mountain
It seems that all expats in China all have something in common. It’s not just our supply of Purell, or our shared lust of bread and cheese, there’s also the group hatred of Da Shan. Da Shan / Mark Roswell … Continue reading
Cranberry Sauce
Some of my students asked me about Thanksgiving, and I tried to give them a good description of the holiday’s history and it’s current incarnation, while hoping they wouldn’t equate Thanksgiving with their foreign teachers singing bits of Livin’ On … Continue reading
Foreigners’ Blogs Talking About China
I just came across this Chinese site about foreign blogs. ?????????Foreigner’s Blogs Talking about China ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Talk Talk China ?????, The Vortext, Sinosplice, Shanghai diaries and Mask of China are all mentioned. Of course, I’m most interested in what “Violet … Continue reading
Why Did the Lao Wai Cross The Road?
Today I was crossing the road in front of my school (in a crosswalk — old habits die hard) when a taxi honked at me. The honking barely registered until the driver pulled a U-turn, blocked traffic in both directions … Continue reading
