I have been searching high and low for the past three months for a hamburger. Nothing special mind you, just a plain unsweetened bun with a ground beef patty in the middle. I’m even willing to skip the lettuce and
Dragon Boat Festival
When I first signed my contract I was intrigued by this part. “The party employed is entitled to the following holidays and festivals in China: New Years Day, Spring Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day, May Day, National Day and Dragon Boat Day.”
In Memory of Upoko — The Best Cat Ever
We got some sad news today from our tenant. He said that our calico cat, Upoko, died during the night. He said that she wasn’t showing any signs of sickness beforehand and that she died peacefully, curled up like she
It's Chinglish Time Again!
Here are a few more Chinglish gems that I’ve run into during my daily life.
I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream!
When you hear the metallic, slightly creepy jingle of a child’s song playing on the breeze every kid in America knows what to do. Grab some money and follow that sweet sound to the ice cream man. Here in China
Happy Birthday Ryan
Last weeks was Ryan’s birthday. We didn’t do much to celebrate it because it was on a Wednesday, and that is the day we are both very busy. But, I had to do something so I secretly ordered a cake.
2-Year-Old Newborns
When I asked my students how old they were I got a lot of different answers: 20, 21, 22. I found that odd. These kids are all in the same grade, sophomores in college, how could they be such different
Want to Stay in China for Free?!
Just a quick update to tell you all of a pretty cool opportunity I’ve recently read about. It’s called TourBoarding and it is a program that could get you a free place to stay in China for a couple hours
Another Guest Post
Just wanted to let you all know that I wrote another guest post on Untemplater. I don’t know if I am an ‘official’ contributor yet, but they haven’t told me stop writing so I’ll keep trucking until they do. I’m
Pineapples in China
One of my favorite snacks is a piece of pineapple on a stick. I don’t remember if I noticed it when we first got here in September (then again, I stayed away from any un-peelable fruit back in the beginning)