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• beijing, housecleaning, travel

  The Bird is on the Wing

  03.03.10 | Permalink | 5 Comments

  I really hate blog posts that apologize for a dearth of posts, and yet I stand before you making that very mea culpa. I realize excuses are for the weak or lazy or something, but:
  1. Illness in Cambodia, hospital in Bangkok.
  2. Whirlwind in Singapore and unwilling return to Huzhou.
  3. Trying to make the switch from [...]

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• Thanksgiving, dessert, entrees, holidays, housecleaning, huzhou

  Martha on the Scrounge

  12.04.09 | Permalink | 3 Comments

  Though it’s been a week since the Thanksgiving party, the remainders were around for days afterward. The dishes sat in the sink, unwashed, til Wednesday night. Something sticky that spilled on the floor didn’t get cleaned until my ayi came on Thursday. A week later, my apartment still smells like booze. And, of course, the [...]

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• Thanksgiving, butter, chocolate, dessert, home cooking, housecleaning, huzhou, unruly chefs

  Elbow Butter

  11.24.09 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  This pretty much sums up everything I don’t like about cooking and baking:

  Not to mention that this time of year, hot water usage comes down to: shower or sink? Given that I usually opt for the hot shower, doing the dishes becomes a numbing chore in the literal and figurative sense. But if dishes [...]

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• headaches, housecleaning, huzhou

  I Will Destroy Them With the Earth

  09.10.09 | Permalink | 4 Comments

  The first thing I noticed when I woke up at 1:40 am was the absence of the soothing hum of the air conditioner. Though the nights here have been turning cool, my sixth-floor apartment stays pretty warm, so at night I turn on the air conditioner. The fact that it was off meant the power [...]

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• housecleaning

  Gritting My Teeth

  05.03.09 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  To my five readers: I know you’re refreshing this page every two minutes because you’re so anxious to read about Kashgar and see some photos. But I’m having a bit of an issue uploading photos, so please bear with me while I throw my computer out the window–I mean try to work this out.

  I [...]

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• Gerald, entrees, housecleaning, huzhou, less food-related, mysterious ingredients, travel

  The Place Where the Sidewalk Ends

  04.15.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  I don’t hide my emotions very well. One night in Beijing, I was out to dinner with my usual group of friends plus two other classmates, one of whom I did not like. He happened to be sitting next to me. I carried the whole thing off brilliantly, maintaining decorum and civility. I’m an [...]

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• housecleaning

  A Little Housecleaning

  01.08.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  Just a little business to get out of the way, and then we’ll get back to our regularly scheduled programming.

  First:

  You may have noticed that now, in the left sidebar, there’s a little suitcase icon that says ‘expat blog.’ I’m now registered with expat blog, which follows, shocker, blogs written by expats.

  While you’re looking at the [...]

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