Tag Archives: New York City

Best Asian Diarist

I was nominated as Best Asian Diarist on the Asia Blog Awards! It’s awesome to see that people are reading and liking my blog and it’s not just Stick hitting refresh to inflate my counter and make me happy. I … Continue reading

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Playing With My Kids

I plaed a game of Scattergories with my kids the other day. If you’re not familiar with Fresca’s favorite party game, players have a list of categories like “fruits”, “countries” or “movie stars” and you have to think of something … Continue reading

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Immoral Foreign Blogger (No, not me)

The PRC has recently seen fit to lift the Blogger and Blogspot ban in China. This has led to a lot of changes in the China expat blog world… not the least of which is that now I can see … Continue reading

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The Elevator Doesn’t Reach The Top Floor

I just read Nick’s brilliant post about Chinese Elevator Logic and it’s so true and so funny and the odd-number/even-number thing has happened to me SO many times that I don’t even notice it. There is nothing I can say … Continue reading

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Bethie’s Artwork

Other people would just say “Meg, I broke your hanger” but my sister? She makes existentialist artwork and explains it in great detail. My sister left for America today, but her artwork will remain in my apartment for months to … Continue reading

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Honesty Is Never The Best Policy

My sister and I were talking about the shades of gray in Chinese honesty. In just the last few weeks, she’s already been witness to quite a lot of what we in America might describe with the local idiom “lying … Continue reading

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Meg and Beth on the Great Wall

This is my sister Bethie and me on the Great Wall of China. At the Great Wall, Stick and I did a impromptu skit. I talked a vendor halfway down and then said “I really want it, but my husband … Continue reading

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BaDaLing BaDaBing

Meg considering other career options.

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While Walking In China…

Meg: Stick, if we lived in China and you had a motorscooter instead of a car would you let my hang onto the back? Stick: Sure, baby. I’d even buy you a helmet!

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Adventure in China.

When I was younger, I really liked playing text-based computer games. I played a lot of Adventure, a game without any graphics in which you controlled the story by typing commands, like Open Door or Take Gold. Often, you needed … Continue reading

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