If I can shake the procrastination bug! Oh, blog… What should I do with you? Every day away makes it harder to come back. Fear not, however, I do have a plan for you.
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The US Consulate thinks the DH wants to throw away his dream job and fabulous Beijing apartment for an illegal visa overstay in the US where he would be unable to work and would constantly risk deportation. Hmmm… Great job in China vs. crappy existence in the USA… All he needed was a two week [...]
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Still busy with work, planning a trip to Laos and reading tons of interesting stuff about the Flying Tigers American Volunteer Group in China 1941-1942. I’m not sure when I’ll be back here, but I do think of the blog from time to time and I sigh. The will to blog must return soon!
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Our vacation is ending… Tomorrow we must trek over the border to Guangzhou and fly back to Linyi. Blogging will resume this week! We’ve had a wonderful time in bustling Hong Kong!
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Oh, my aching feet! I’ve got two bloody stumps! We walked ALL of Shanghai today! I think we overdid it.
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Excuse me for being frank, but I feel like shit today. This is NOT the way one is supposed to feel after a lazy weekend. Also please excuse me for being completely obsessed with the temperature. Along with the heating situation, it’s become a real preoccupation for me lately. A cold front came through this [...]
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I like a good watermelon eating contest every now and then. I’ll even admit to downing five hot dogs at a birthday party when I was 12. (My mother cringes at this memory, I’m sure.) But a competitive eating circuit? Are these people crazy? Yahoo News reports that “eater X” recently won a burrito eating [...]
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I just read on NY Times website that Madeleine L’Engle, author of my favorite children’s book, A Wrinkle in Time, has died. She was 88. I still have my copy of A Wrinkle in Time, although it is battered and missing the front cover. (Actually, I think it might even be my sister’s book!) I’ve [...]
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If you can access YouTube, here is a great video that made me laugh out loud this morning. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMnk7lh9M3o] I found this on FP Passport. It is a prison in the Philippines that has choreographed yard exercises to mimic popular music videos and musical routines. The prisoner portraying Michael’s date is a hysterical touch.
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So I’ve just been reading about the Virginia Tech killings and I am just shocked. As a pacifist, it is so difficult for me to understand how or why someone would do something like this. But I am also a realist and I am all too aware of the high level of violence in our [...]
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