I’ve been giving a lot of thought lately — and I mean a LOT of thought — to my Chinese name. Of course, not being Chinese myself, I’m at something of a disadvantage. (I know I’ve had some of you fooled on this point, what with me being so awesome with the language and all. […]
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Dragonflies and Chinese names
Published by January 21st, 2008 in Regional/cultural and Vocabulary. 4 CommentsLust, Caution and mooncakes
Published by October 11th, 2007 in Regional/cultural, movies and ChinesePod. 4 CommentsI had my first mooncake last night.
Uh… can somebody tell me why I haven’t been indulging in these little pockets of yummy goodness before?! YUM!
In other news, I can’t find a theater in all of Florida that is playing Lust, Caution, the new movie by Ang Lee with Tony Leung. This upsets me greatly. I […]
Okay. So. I have the keys to my new house in hand. Yay!
That being said… You know that guy in kung fu movies that you don’t want to be? That one poor schlep in the film that our hero rains a barrage of blows down on? You know the one. He gets pummeled so badly […]
Hot orange juice and a perilous descent
Published by January 12th, 2007 in Humor, Regional/cultural, ChinesePod and Travel. 4 CommentsThe picture post I have planned will have to wait until I get out of China, folks. I’m just dying to show you these photos of my time with the ChinesePod people, but the connection here in my hotel (and perhaps in China at large) is very frustrating.
In the meantime, I’m in Beijing! It’s a […]
