There are a few things you can count on being a teacher. During mid-autumn festival you get a lot of mooncakes (basically small little fruit cakes) and during Dragon Boat Festival, which took place yesterday, you get zongzi. Zongzi is sticky rice with a filling (meat, egg yolk or bean
I Went to a Wang Leehom Concert!! 王力宏演唱会！
Sick of me writing about Wang Leehom yet? Well, tough ’cause I’m gonna be a fan girl for a little bit and tell you about the concert I went to this weekend! I don’t want to come off sounding like a total hipster, but the fact is that most bands
My Little Effort in Trying to Help Wang Leehom Spread the Word
Tonight I will be achieving one of my goals while living in China: I am going to see my favorite Chinese pop star Wang Leehom in concert!! I’ve written about Wang Leehom several times on this blog, including this intro post and another post on the time I sang one
Visiting my First Orphanage
I’ve been missing my Shanghai friends and decided to visit them this past weekend. I told my friends Hannah, a Brit I met several years ago when she came to Lin’an to teach, and she happened to mention that she was going to the grand opening of an orphanage she
Getting a Massage in China
A long, long time ago (2009 to be precise) I wrote about getting my first massage in China. Well, here it is on 2013 and I finally got my second massage, and my third, and my….well now I think I’m addicted. I think China is kind of famous for massages,
F^#&$% the Post Office
Fuck the post office! For almost 4 years I have been sending a package full of envelopes to america with absolutely no problem. My friend Erick and I do pen-pal letters and it has gone without a hitch for more than 3 years. But recently, the post office is trying
Taxi Stories
I’ve been spending a lot of time in Hangzhou with my friends. While I sometimes spend the night at one of their houses, I usually prefer to take a taxi back home. Hangzhou is a 45-minute drive from my school and there are always local taxi’s waiting in the city
TIC — This is China
There is a phrase often used by foreigners when you just can’t believe your eyes. When a decision or an action defies all logic, common sense and decency. That phrase? This is China (Often shortened to TIC, or TIFC after an especially annoying situation.) Boss tells you you have a
Dating in China: Stories from the Trenches
It seems like you gossip mongers are really into my dating life (if Google Analytics and my most popular blog entries are to be believed.) So I decided to share a few of the funnier moments from the life of an American who dates Chinese guys. But first, a confession:
My Chinese Name: 龙小冰
I can’t believe I’ve never written about my chinese name before (I even searched my website thinking I must have at some point) so now’s as good a time as ever! It took me a long time to choose my current chinese name, but it was worth the time. My