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Tales of Entrails and Other Food Wonders

June 13, 2009

in China, Expat Life, Food, Spain, World Blog Surf Day

Welcome to World Blog Surf Day, featuring food! As an expat, or even as a traveler, you quickly learn that Americans are fairly finnicky eaters, and in the beginning of my expatriate life, I was no exception. I will never forget the look my newly-acquired (by marriage) Spanish Aunt gave me as I carefully separated [...]

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Some Christmas Thoughts

December 25, 2006

in Daily Life, Holidays, Linyi, Restaurants

Christmas is a low-key holiday for the DH and I, it always has been. We tend to observe both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day quietly without much fanfare. DH is from Spain and in Spain, Christmas Eve is the time for celebrating. Christmas Eve in Spain is spent over a big dinner, usually made up [...]

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The Muslim Meat Place

December 23, 2006

in Daily Life, Linyi, Restaurants

We all know that learning Chinese is difficult. Learning written Chinese at times seems nearly impossible. Still, I’ve managed to memorize a few characters here and there, not enough to help me read properly, though. So what happens when you go to a shop or a restaurant that you really like? How do you know [...]

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Hmm… I Guess My Life is Boring Right Now

October 24, 2005

in Daily Life, Shijiazhuang

Sorry about the lapse over the last week, I suppose I haven’t had too much to blog about. Today is the DH’s birthday. Over the weekend we celebrated both his birthday and the arrival of a good friend, M, from Spain. It has been three years since we have seen him and it is great [...]

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Being a Global Nomad or a TCK

July 31, 2005

in Expat Life, Global Nomad/TCK

What is a TCK? A third culture kid According to TCK World: A TCK is an individual who, having spent a significant part of the developmental years in a culture other than that of their parents, develops a sense of relationship to both. These children of business executives, soldiers and sailors, diplomats, and missionaries, who [...]

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Why Going Native?

July 25, 2005

in Expat Life, Philosophy

When I first started blogging, I called my blog Going Native. As you can see, it is now known as On the Fringe. This post explains why I chose Going Native. I still ascribe to this philosophy, but found that I am not so much going native as I am hanging out on the fringe [...]

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