Tag Archives: chinese
Chinese Blogging
The Chinese Blogger Conference is in Hangzhou this weekend. I wonder if any panels are discussing that Blogger/Blogspot is blocked again in China.
UnFriendly Olympics
In China, you really can’t get away from the Friendlies. They’re on t-shirts, hats, sneakers, pins, backpacks, keychains, earrings and necklaces. They’ve been made into charms, toys and giant paper-mache effigies at the airport. Back when we had CCTV9 in … Continue reading
….with Chinese characteristics.
When I took this photo, I was mentally composing a moving post about watching the change of seasons on the Yantai beach, and the weather returning to the winter weather that I saw when I arrived, and how I’ve had … Continue reading
Teaching Magic
A few months ago, Jay sent me a huge box of Magic cards. I had a brief dream of setting up a Yantai Magic league, but that was quickly squashed by scheduling problems. My Chinese students were already overscheduled with … Continue reading
My Parents Are Leaving
On my parents’ last night in Yantai, I took them to the New Hut Place for dinner. This is a local restaurant, famous for being exactly halfway between Zorro’s house and mine, that passes the Tupperware Rule (Tupperware Rule: If … Continue reading
National Day Nap
The National Day holiday is a time for Chinese to rest and to visit scenic places. Although usually not both at once. (Sorry that all my posts are backdated photos. My parents are visiting and I want to see them!)
Weird, Weird, Weird
It’s weird weird weird to have my parents in Yantai. The adult-daughter (or is it adult/daughter?) thing is still new to me, and being the navigator, planner, translater and responsible party is just so weird. I need new vocabulary to … Continue reading
Water Poets
I took my mom and dad to Beihai Park on their first real day. It’s always beautiful but it was decorated for National Day and looked ever better than last time. On the sidewalk by the south entrance, a man … Continue reading
My Parents In China
So my parents were the very last people off their plane, which leaves me standing at International Arrivals frantically texting my sister to say clever things like “Mom and Dad did get on the plane, right? They’d have told us … Continue reading
Why Travel In China Is Like Being the Protagonist In A Fantasy Novel
Andrea just sent me a bunch of fantasy books and I’ve noticed a certain similarity between my reading matter and my life. Some of the reasons overlap with Sinoplice’s brilliant “Why China Is Like An RPG”. Travel in China, like … Continue reading
