Seems all I do these days is navel-gaze! Here’s another post along those lines. I’m participating in a “Get Back to Blogging” event on the SITS website (a site & forum for blogging support) and our first assignment was to repost our very first blog post. Here’s mine. (Actually, my second because the first was [...]
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Today is our last day in Linyi. I’ve still got two boxes to pack up and a bit of cleaning to do. Tomorrow morning we fly to Beijing to start our search for a new home. I feel strangely numb about the whole process, probably because I haven’t had enough coffee. I should be excited, [...]
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So my house looks like this: Which means my life is turned upside down and I’m likely to stress out at any moment. Oh yeah, and did I mention WE’RE MOVING TO BEIJING!? I got tired of waiting for the DH to tell me it was okay to talk about this on a public forum. [...]
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This is just a quick post to let everyone know that I am SUPER busy trying to get ready for our trip to Spain and onward move…somewhere! Merry Christmas and Happy Eid and Best Wishes for a Wonderful Holiday! We will be in transit for the next few days, hopefully arriving in Spain for the [...]
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I’ve just come from a really fun night that almost makes me regret what I am about to announce here. Dinner with friends is a way of life here in China. You get together with your buddies, (Chinese or foreign or, hopefully, both), and you eat as much as you can, drink as much as [...]
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Packing is just about the worst thing you can do. You are confronted by the staggering amount of belongings you own, half of which you had forgotten about, pushed to the back of the closet. This is all the more frustrating when you have a 30 kg weight limit to deal with. What am I [...]
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Just a quick update to let you all know I’ve arrived in Shijiazhuang (well, the airport) and I am doing great! So far everything is fun and good (and could I be any more vague with these adjectives?!) I feel very comfortable and really like the people. It is so modern and in a lot [...]
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My flight leaves in the morning. I’ve been CRAZY busy doing all the last-minute stuff. I’ll update as soon as I can! In the meantime, take care everyone! Love you all!
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Toronto said goodbye to me by stealing my bicycle out of my own back yard, during the one minute I left it outside unattended and unlocked. I was planning on shipping the bike to Texas, so I suppose this saved me at least $100. (Although that is what I could have sold it for… I [...]
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And what a relief that we changed our flight to Wednesday. There is still a ton of stuff to do, like somehow fitting a ton of stuff into the suitcases. It really hasn’t sunk in yet, either. I don’t quite get why everyone is saying goodbye and throwing us goodbye parties… Am I going somewhere? [...]
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I'm an American expat living on the fringe of Chinese society. Thanks to a lifetime spent moving around, I often feel like an outsider. This blog explores life in Beijing, China, the occasional aviation topic, expat issues, random travel experiences and interesting things I see, read and hear. If you want to know more about my latest hobby, visit Sewing on the Fringe, where I blog about learning to sew in Beijing. And for daily documentation of Beijing's ever changing air quality, visit My Beijing Window. And, yes, I do wear my santa hat year-round. ;)
