Moving

Looking Back Five Years

September 14, 2010

in Blogging, China, Moving

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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Oh Yeah, It’s Really Happening

June 3, 2010

in Beijing, Daily Life

I’m really a Beijing resident. I even got a little piece of paper from the local police station saying so. (Okay, it says I’m a temporary resident, but that’s all foreigners really can be here.) I’m here. I’ve got a great apartment. I’ve got an Internet connection. What more do I need? How about a [...]

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Success in Beijing - Found a great apartment and will be signing contract tonight. Posts and photos as soon as settled with Internet. (8)

Is This Really Happening?

May 25, 2010

in Daily Life, Moving

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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The One Where I Let the Cat Out of the Bag

May 22, 2010

in Daily Life, Moving, Updates

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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Home is With Me

February 21, 2009

in Expat Life, Philosophy

Birds in flight, claims the architect Vincenzo Volentieri, are not between places, they carry their places with them. We never wonder where they live: they are at home in the sky, in flight. Flight is their way of being in the world. –Geoff Dyer Found on P. 80 of Pico Iyer’s The Global Soul, a book that [...]

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Packing is the Pits, Saying Good-Bye is the Worst

August 6, 2006

in Daily Life, Moving, Updates

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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I’ve Arrived

September 4, 2005

in Moving, Shijiazhuang, Updates

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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I’m Off to China

August 31, 2005

in Moving

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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My Send Off – Toronto Style

August 29, 2005

in Moving, Toronto

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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