Tag Archives: e3
Grave-Sweeping Day
My first year in China, Grave-Sweeping Day wasn’t an official state holiday, but this year it became a government-approved day off from work. Lee In China explains how to celebrate this holiday, (no fireworks are involved): Today is a national … Continue reading
World War Z
From the people who brought you non-fiction Terry Pratchett: Naturally, Stick’s now the proud owner of this copy of World War Z, which is a novel about, um, when zombies take over the world. Subscribe to Violet Eclipse by Email
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Postal
In September, I took a picture of the post office down the street from our house, because it was pretty and had more character than the grey blocks nearby. Sadly that post office is gone, and has been replaced by … Continue reading
Former Veggie Market
This is not the world’s greatest photo, but it’s the only picture I have that shows the great hallway of produce outside our gates. Christina snapped it when we found the market, right after we arrived in Beijing, and I’ve … Continue reading
The Flip Side Of Spitting
On the bus today, I blew my nose and then looked about for a trashcan to get rid of my tissue. There wasn’t one, so I pushed my tissue into my pocket to throw it out at home. I noticed … Continue reading
Hello Kitty’s Car
I would love to drive around in this car! I promise I’d take better care of it than I took of my Hello Kitty bakery set when I was a little girl!
Monday Evening
It’s a typical night in the Meg Autonomous Region. We’ve just had dinner, which was a rocking version of Mama Hoffmann’s stuffed mushrooms, only with every ingredient replaced with something I can find in Fengtai. We watched a disc of … Continue reading
Adventures In Tutoring
I met Joe about a month ago when he asked me to sub for Christina’s class one day, and he’s offered me occasional tutoring and substitute gigs since then. Subbing in an American middle school looks like torture, but subbing … Continue reading
Stick’s Test
Today Stick and I went down to the embassy so he could take the foreign service exam! I’m really excited that Stick is doing this, I think he’ll be a great consular officer. Actually I think he would make a … Continue reading
