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(Hopefully, I’ll have pictures inserted throughout this long-ish post soon.) The first stage of cultural exchange is commonly called the “honeymoon” period, the time when baby expats get moonstruck by being in a brand spankin’ new place. But when I first got to China, I didn’t feel particularly excited. It could have been a [...] 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 [...] Why hasn’t anybody else thought of that pun before? My parents returned to the States on Saturday, which is good because I think they were getting tired of traveling and also because their Internet visits generate the majority of this blog’s traffic volume. I was getting kind of sad seeing a flat line of single [...] NaNoWriMo is slow trudging. I keep finding that I have more and more ideas for what I want to write, but I feel limited by where I am in the story right now. Actually, I feel constrained by the concept of plot entirely – as if what I want to write isn’t what [...] Even though I’ve frequently visited the shopping venues right next to it, I hadn’t actually gone near Shenzhen’s Kempinski Hotel until today, when I came to find my parents who had just crossed the border from Hong Kong to Shenzhen. For American prices it’s a good deal to book, I hear. But I [...] My parents have come for a visit and are currently staying in Hong Kong. They’ll be visiting Shenzhen this weekend, to see just how their son is eking out his illiterate existence, and maybe even watch a class (those rare hours of the week when Andrew gets to turn the illiteracy tables on his [...] For the first time, in picture format! ….Except this still isn’t the way I wanted them…Ryan, can you tell me sometime how you embed your Flickr photo albums into your blog posts? |
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