China

July 10, 2008: For once I watched something educational
Comments: 6 | Categories: China , Music & TV
Thank Ted Koppel from saving you from another nap post. (Although I seriously can't help myself: three hour morning nap, people! THREE HOURS. No afternoon nap and a HELLISH time going to bed! Gah!) But anyway. Ted Koppel. We saw...

September 13, 2004: Insomnia
Comments: 1 | Categories: China
We made it home to 60 degree cloudy weather in Seattle, a much more familiar gray sky. We flew straight over the Olympics, then the Sound, then my aunt's house in Magnolia, then skyscrapers, the stadiums, I-5, and finally landed...

September 10, 2004: These crazy Communists
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Xi'an had 4 or 5 street food vendors across the street selling an assortment of meats and tofus and vegetables on sticks, ready to be dipped into the vat of oil and fried to lovely perfection. Beijing has an entire...

September 8, 2004: Last Day
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Usually when you go on a trip, especially one that lasts longer than a week or so and even if you're having a great time, you're kinda sorta looking forward to going home, getting back to normal, having your own...

September 5, 2004: Chinglish
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***UPDATED PIX*** I've seen a few girls around the city wearing a shirt that says“Suicide Impact" in great big scary letters. Blondie told me about a previously popular shirt that read “I Eat Your Skin". The other day we finally...

September 1, 2004: For you? Best price!
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I thought I would be used to the apartment bathroom by now, but I'm not. It's hard to take a shower, use the toilet, brush your teeth, shave your legs, and wash your clothes in the same two foot by...

August 30, 2004: Tour de Xi'an
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It was sunny yesterday with a tiny bit of blue sky peeking out. We even saw clouds! Just being able to differentiate between the color of the sky and the color of the city made my day. So instead of...

August 27, 2004: Our brush with celebrity!
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The other night Blondie and Phillip and I took a taxi downtown in search of a dumpling restaurant recommended by another English teacher. The taxi driver said he wouldn't be able to drop us off right by the restaurant, but...

August 25, 2004: Some wine with my cheese
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Yesterday I saw some bottles of Chinese wine in the little convenience store down the street and thought it might be fun to try some. BLONDIE: Chinese wine is like grape juice. MAGGIE: Well, which bottle has the highest alcohol...

August 23, 2004: Staying inside the lines
Comments: 1 | Categories: China
As I have now experienced exactly three taxi rides in two different Chinese cities, I think I am qualified to say that those little stripey things they paint on the roads? Mean ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. One wonders why The People Who...

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