Tag Archives: New York City

Schnapps and Dumplings

Our neighbors invited Stick and me to lunch on Sunday. See how nice and normal that sounds? Our neighbors are Manfred and Xuemei, a retired German and his Chinese wife. They are retired newlyweds, which is hilarious enough, because he’s … Continue reading

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Embassy District DVDs

On Saturday, Stick and I roused ourselves from our WarCraft stupor and went out in search of sour cream. Stick thinks that a life without sour cream is barely worth living, and Stick complains so rarely that I mapped out … Continue reading

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Oops

So last night I forgot it was Daylight Savings Time back home and I called my parents at 6:30 AM. They were very nice and didn’t tell me to go away and let them sleep. The lamest part is that … Continue reading

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Chinese Fire Drill

No, really. So in my last class today, we were playing Guess Who? (Made extra challenging because all the kids have the same hair color, eye color and are wearing the same uniform) when there’s an awful sound outside the … Continue reading

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Stick Is Happy

This is Stick making sure he gets every drop from his Guinness.

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Blogs I Read

A gaijin, a megook and a laowai walk into a bar… Mutant Frogs is my friend Roy’s blog about Japan, and MantisBot is Garan’s blog about Korean life. Interesting that three of us from my high-school crew ended up in … Continue reading

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Papercut Flower From My Student

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Jigga…. jigga….

The other day, I saw some new fruit at the vendor by our house. I asked for two of the small yellow apples, so Stick and I could try the crazy new things, and the vendor started to laugh. He … Continue reading

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Violet Eclipse Reviewed

Our Blog Review.Com reviewed Violet Eclipse the other day!

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Not Quite New Jersey

While my taxi this morning was stuck in traffic, we were passed by a horse-drawn produce cart. I wasn’t surprised to see it, but did it have to be going faster than I was?

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