Tag Archives: LOST
Canadian Piracy
This article from Danwei explains China’s position on intellectual property, and explains that Canada is a way bigger piracy threat than China. The gist is that if you if you total the amount of money lost on pirated software in … Continue reading
Unpleasant Truths
Stick and I went to Scep and Katie’s house just after our lost-baggage adventure and just before our marathon Wii session. Scep’s mom, my “aunt”, came in, and after the obligatory China questions and hugs, I remembered that I have … Continue reading
A Long Year
Stick says it’s not fair to tell you all that we lost all our stuff without then telling you that our bags arrived early in the morning on Christmas Eve. Speaking of Stick… Well, I don’t speak of Stick. It’s … Continue reading
Stupid Western Food
After our impromptu lost-luggage party, Scep and Katie took Stick and me out to a Montclair restaurant. It’s one of my favorites, and it’s the one where Scep and I have have our traditional pre-holiday margaritas. I bounced around in … Continue reading
Maybe They Went To Cancun Together
When I got off the plane, my mom saw me getting escorted away from the other passengers, but she didn’t know I was heading to the lost-luggage area and she was worried that I was getting hauled off for questioning. … Continue reading
Scenic New Jersey
“What were you doing in Moscow?” the immigration guy at Newark airport asked. “Transfering planes from China, I was only there for a few hours.” “What were you doing in China?” “I was teaching English in Yantai and I had … Continue reading
Lost In Translation
The other day, I picked up the first season of Lost at my local DVD shop. I watched it in Mandarin with English subtitles. Sometimes I do that to improve my comprehension, it’s very passive learning but it does help … Continue reading
Young
I have a one-on-one student, let’s call him Young. He started with me a few weeks ago, his mom specifically requested a female teacher “to help him catch up” because he was “falling a bit behind” in Zorro’s English classes. … 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
Cheddar, edam, brie, gouda
When I’m traveling, I tend to blindly assume everything’s going to come out all right. There won’t be mice in this bathroom! Of course we’ll get off this island! Sure this is the right bus! But traveling with Zorro is … Continue reading
