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Monthly Archives: February 2008

A Surprise for Lantern Festival

A Surprise for Lantern Festival

Nico 小彬 (Xiaobin, sounds like “Sheeow-been”) was born on February 21, 2008 at 10:28 pm during the Lantern Festival fireworks. General consensus is that he’s …

 

China Hates Pregnant Women

China Hates Pregnant Women

Sunday morning marked my first appointment at the premiere maternity hospital in Dalian. I didn’t want to go. I am beyond sick of hospitals at …

 

Welcome back, China

Welcome back, China

Crazy! The Great China Firewall has decided to unblock this website. Ha! We’ll see how long that lasts.

 

Those Crazy Presidential-like Kids

Those Crazy Presidential-like Kids

In high school, I had this good friend who was obsessed with Kevin Spacey. Over the course of my junior year, she managed to dig …

 

Yum!

Yum!

Last night, I watched a teeny-tiny Chinese girl-woman scoop up a glob of butter with her fork and proceed to eat it raw, despite the …

 

Boom Boom Boom

Boom Boom Boom

It’s Spring Festival week over here in China-land. To celebrate, Christian and a billion Chinese people all have one week off from work (unfortunately, it …

 

It’s My Party

It’s My Party

You know, turning twenty-six is, well, kind of lame. At twenty-five, you’re a quarter of a century old, at twenty-seven you’re immersed in your late …