Monthly Archives: April 2010
Ginkgo Nuts
The other night we had the honor of being invited to a birthday celebration of a 6-year-old boy. The party, or banquet I should really call it, was held at a very fancy, very traditional Chinese restaurant. The setting was amazing, a private room complete with scroll artwork on the wall, traditional style chairs and &hellip Continue reading
Fake Eggs in China
China is well known for counterfeits and knock-offs. In most major cities you will be constantly harassed to buy Rolex watches, Prada shoes and Chanel bags. It is so rampant I don’t even trust the names of stores anymore. Is that store, named the Disney Store with Mickey Mouse clothes in it, really legit? It’s &hellip Continue reading
It’s Chinglish Time Again!
I always have my camera at the ready to capture the hilarious Chinglish I see throughout my day. Here is a random assortment of things I’ve seen recently.
I’m on Untemplater!!
I just wanted to let you all know that my writing has appeared on another blog! This time it is at Untemplater, a great site for those people who want to live life according to their own rules. Untemplater is a new-ish site, started by some big names in the blog world, and I have &hellip Continue reading
What is Your Definition of Success?
My dad recently came for a visit and over dinner he asked what we had planned for the future. “After all,” he said. “This can’t help you in your future career so it’s a dead-end job, right?” Wrong. (At least I think so.) How will my time in China affect jobs and my life in &hellip Continue reading
Qingming–or Tomb Sweeping–Day
While everyone in the west is celebrating spring, rebirth and chocolate bunnies we are celebrating something entirely different here in China: Death. Today is Qingming Day, or Tomb Sweeping Day. When I first signed my contract it listed all the holidays I would have off: Spring Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, National Day, Dragon Boat Day (still &hellip Continue reading
Granite State of Mind
I came across this video thanks to a friends Facebook page. It’s things like this that make me miss home. And if you are not from New Hampshire, or New England in general, I will apologize as you probably won’t get the jokes. This was just too good to pass up and I had to &hellip Continue reading
April Fool’s Day
I expected that my students would know about the major western holidays such as Christmas and Thanksgiving, but I’m surprised at how much they know about our minor holidays. They love Valentine’s Day and of course, they seem to know all about April Fool’s Day. I had one class today and was debating whether I &hellip Continue reading
