If it’s not one thing in China it’s another. In the short time I’ve been here I’ve lived through swine flu, extreme pollution not to mention the hazards of daily life including fake eggs, gutter oil and, in general shocking low levels of food safety. Now I’ve got bird flu
Hot Pot–Perfect for a Cold Chilly Night
Here in Southern China, wintertime temps regularly get to the zeros. It wouldn’t be a problem, my hometown in America gets much colder than that, but things here are aren’t heated. Classrooms, restaurants and most public building don’t have heat. And even worse they like to open the windows or
"Breakfast" in Taiwan
Right now I’m in Taiwan enjoying the warmer weather and unique Taiwanese culture. And the food, let’s not forget the food. Almost a year ago I found this cute web series on Youtube. It’s filmed in Taiwan (but has english subtitles) and while each video is short, about two-and-a-half minutes,
Jumping on the Bandwagon
Ok, I know, I’m totally jumping on the meme bandwagon (and lightyears behind everyone else) but i just had to share this. I’m not one to post the latest cat video, or auto-tune (although have you seen this short film by Emory students?) but I couldn’t pass this one up.
Moo-Cow Fan Club Book–An Update
I’ve been having a lot of fun as an English teacher here in China, but my real job, and first love, is the Moo-Cow Fan Club. For over 5 years I was the editor of Moo-Cow Fan Club Magazine, an award-winning educational magazine for kids. We refused to take ad’s,
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 of English lessons. What you do is sign up and then
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 planning on writing 1-2 posts every month on untemplater. I’ve
Granite State of Mind
I came across this video thanks to a friends Facebook page. It’s things like this that make me miss home. And if you are not from New Hampshire, or New England in general, I will apologize as you probably won’t get the jokes. This was just too good to pass
The Fully Sick Rapper
Okay, this has nothing to do with China, or writing or anything I normally talk about. But I love this guy and I had to share. His name is Christiaan VanVuuren and he caught tuberculous while traveling in South America. He was initially quarantined, but was released because they thought
Another Blog Carnival
I’m not such a big fan of carnivals in real life (they’re expensive and kind of depressing) but I sure do like a good blog carnival. And what makes a good blog carnival? Why, one that features me of course! 🙂 So go check out this great carnival hosted by Travelogged. This