Our genealogy is a little more convoluted than it needs to be, and our last name probably can claim partial credit for that. “What, your last name is Dutch?” people repeat after I tell them. “Are you Dutch, then?” I say no and watch them flail in further confusion. It can [...]
Five weeks ago, my co-workers started asking me where I would go for the Lunar New Year vacation. “Will you go back to America to celebrate with your family?” they asked.
“Uh, no, I’m going to Fuzhou to see my grandmother,” I replied.
“Ah,” they all nodded appreciatively. Wait, I wanted to clarify, [...]
There’s a lot of stuff to talk about: the Chinese New Year, my trip to Fuzhou, my trip to Malaysia, and a few things that I encountered upon returning to Shenzhen that I’d like to elaborate on. This week I’ll do my best to work on each piece and post them as soon as [...]
Returned from Fuzhou yesterday. Am going to Malaysia tomorrow. Both were/will be with family. It’s travel, so I haven’t been able to update this like I wanted to, but I promise that soon I’ll provide at least some kind of relative background on these two places and their significance.
It’s almost the (lunar) [...]