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• beijing, KFC, Parks, travel

  Bei(jing) of Pigs Invasion, Part IV

  08.16.09 | Permalink | 4 Comments

  I was trying to think of a clever way to start out this post, maybe by providing an interesting piece of trivia or…I don’t know, something salient to reel you in. In Googling ‘2008 olympics interesting stories’ (I know, aren’t I the pro Googler), I came across this little excerpt from the article 2008 Olympics-Interesting [...]

  

• beijing, dessert, entrees, KFC, restaurants, travel

  Bei(jing) of Pigs Invasion, Part III

  08.10.09 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  The premise of fasting has always baffled and intimidated me. Some people dread getting those ‘Congrats you’re 50!’ colonoscopies because of discomfort—I dread the fast the day before. Celebrity fasts and cleanses? Hunger strikes? I don’t think so. While part of me admires the willpower of people who successfully starve themselves out of religion or [...]

  

• From the Mouths of Babes, huzhou, KFC, less food-related, students

  Paper, Gunpowder, and the Weather Forecast

  04.22.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  Welcome to the second installment of From the Mouths of Babes, or How I Went to Kashgar and Killed Class Time by Making My Students Write My Blog. Today we will here from my Tuesday morning English 0801 class. I love this class—it’s full of some spunky, funny kids, and it’s probably the only class [...]

  

• animals, huzhou, KFC, less food-related, Parks, students, teaching

  A Serious Expression in the Middle of July

  04.13.09 | Permalink | 4 Comments

  “Hey, a preschool is asking for some foreign teachers to give classes…and they want to invite foreigners from our school. Do you have any interest in this job offer?” Silly me, I thought Hebe wrote that message in English. It wasn’t until I declined her offer that I realized it was actually in Chinese. Translation: [...]

  

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