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My First Chinese Massage
Ryan, Lynn and I went out yesterday to do some errands. I needed my bank card pin number changed (because I forgot it…duh!), Lynn wanted her boots shined, and Ryan wanted to get some decorations for Christmas. We also wanted to buy a Christmas present for the head of our department to present at our &hellip Continue reading
The Swiss Family Robinson are a Bunch of Jerks
Being an avid reader in a country that doesn’t use your native language can be a problem. To get good stuff to read I either have to download it, have it shipped to me, or go to a big city and spend a bunch of money on imported books. None of those options work well &hellip Continue reading
My Tea Review
I have been terribly remiss in my tea review writing since I’ve gotten to China despite the fact that I have been drinking more and better tea then I ever have before. So, I finally got one done and if you are interested you could check it out here.
Lazy Susans Are Too Much Work
Back home in every Chinese food restaurant there is a lazy susan. You know what I’m talking about; The big round glass thing on the center of the table so when there are a lot of dishes everyone can spin it around to get to each dish. Well, here in China every restaurant has a &hellip Continue reading
Home Sweet Home
I’ve showed some photos from around the campus but I haven’t shared any from our little patch of paradise. So here it is in all it’s glory: our little apartment. On the initial ride from Shanghai to the school our friend Zhu told us that we had the nicest apartment. Since we were a married &hellip Continue reading
Hangin’ in Hangzhou
I went to Hangzhou (pronounced Hahng-joe) the other afternoon with a fellow English teacher Lynn. She had a meeting that night so we had a few hours to walk around the city and I could check out the famous West Lake for the first time. I though I’d share some pics… Even though everything looks &hellip Continue reading
Warning: A Little Bit Romantic
The day Ryan and I fly off for our next adventure will be the 13th anniversary of us being together (and a few days after our 8th wedding anniversary). I’m not the mushy type but I like that 13 years later we are still doing crazy things and having fun doing them.
Heavy Bear
As we’ve been cleaning out the clutter from our house we’ve come across a lot of stuff that “would be perfect for” someone. But I’ve given myself permission to throw things away because actually trying to get them into other people’s hands would take a lot of time, energy and postage. There was one thing &hellip Continue reading
