Chaos and stillness
Sunday, January 24th, 2010 Posted in Living in China | Comments OffApologies for the very long delay, but things have been in a bit of an uproar, not least of which because my mom and my stepdad are coming in two weeks and I'm trying to pack up everything I have ...
Today’s ten thousand things
Sunday, January 17th, 2010 Posted in 10,000 Things, Living in China, Teaching in China | 5 Comments »- Today, I went to Changde with Nevill (one of the Chinese teachers) to see Avatar. Sadly, they were only playing the dubbed-in-Chinese version, so I didn't understand any of the dialogue. But it was an interesting experience ...
Brief injection of Confucius-related humor
Saturday, January 16th, 2010 Posted in Chinese Culture | 1 Comment »I thought this comic was pretty funny. Maybe you will too. The link will only be good for a few days to a week (because comics.com doesn't keep long archives), but if you can, go check it out. Confucius ...
Google and censorship are not friends
Thursday, January 14th, 2010 Posted in Chinese Culture, Living in China, Tech/Site Issues, Travel | 1 Comment »It looks like Google might be packing up and moving on, having decided that it can't work within the framework of China's Golden Shield project (otherwise, and more famously, known as the Great Firewall of China, or the GFW). ...
Ringing in the Year of the Mood Swing in Xi’an
Saturday, January 9th, 2010 Posted in Tech/Site Issues, Travel | 2 Comments »Laura and I arrived in Xi'an and checked into our hostel. The central heating was on and it was positively toasty in there (take this from someone who's spent the last several months in three or more layers). ...
Between the holidays in Hanzhong
Thursday, January 7th, 2010 Posted in Travel | 4 Comments »I'll break this story up one more time so that the posts are a little easier to digest. This one is about what I did in Hanzhong before getting to Xi'an. Once I got to Hanzhong, I went ...
Christmas in Changsha
Tuesday, January 5th, 2010 Posted in Travel | 2 Comments »My Christmas in Changsha was pretty laid back and relaxing. Matt arrived on Christmas Day and we had Pizza Hut for dinner, then headed to Folk Bar for some drinks. Aimee called and said she and Craig were ...