Tag Archives: Stick

Happy Meal

Posted on March 31, 2008 by Meg

“When we first started dating, did you ever think we’d go on a romantic date to McDonalds?” Stick asked me. We were in line at the Kan Dan Qiao 24-hour McDonalds, getting milkshakes in what is likely to become a … Continue reading →

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Former Veggie Market

Posted on March 22, 2008 by Meg

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 →

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The Lion, The Witch, and The… German Fighter Pilot?

Posted on March 19, 2008 by Meg

Stick and I picked up the Narnia movie from Gua Ye (now that I know her name, I should probably stop calling her DVD Lady) the other day. Neither of us had seen it, and I was hoping to use … Continue reading →

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At Least It Wasn’t Blue!

Posted on March 17, 2008 by Meg

I started my new job at the high school today. We did a good warm-up where I told the kids that everyone is strange, and asked them to tell me something strange about themselves. We talked about “strange” and “unusual” … Continue reading →

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What Color Is The Sun?

Posted on March 14, 2008 by Meg

Yesterday Stick made a bulletin board for his class, showing the kids’ vocab words “morning”, “afternoon” and “evening” with the sun in the obvious positions for each time of day. “It looks okay,” his TA said when she saw it. … Continue reading →

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Monday Evening

Posted on March 10, 2008 by Meg

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 →

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Stick’s Test

Posted on March 1, 2008 by Meg

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 →

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Illiterate At Best

Posted on February 24, 2008 by Meg

I’ve hit a frustrating plateau with my Chinese-speaking. When I speak, I give the tones a good shot, and hope for the best. If I can’t get the tone of “glass” right, hopefully the rest of the sentence, usually “I’d … Continue reading →

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Fashion Solitaire

Posted on February 20, 2008 by Meg

A couple few weeks ago, I got the chance to beta test a new casual game for Large Animal Games. The beta version of Fashion Solitaire looked like Barbie’s Magical Dream House had leaked all over it, but when I … Continue reading →

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Sparkly Like a Holiday

Posted on February 14, 2008 by Meg

Stick went out to get that typical American gift, a dozen red roses, but in China nothing is mundane. The roses came with glitter, tinsel, rose-printed cellophane, magenta tissue paper, and purple curling ribbon. Did you ever see that part … Continue reading →

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