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Category Archive: Dalian

That Long, Long, Long Awaited Birth Post

That Long, Long, Long Awaited Birth Post

This is from an article I thought I was writing for a local magazine, but it turned out they actually wanted me to write a …

 

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 …

 

Split Pants

Split Pants

Over Christmas, Christian and I received a wedding present from Christian’s co-workers: a big box of baby clothes! You see, that’s what happens when you …

 

Why God Invented Dishwashers

Why God Invented Dishwashers

A couple weeks ago, I got very excited over a bottle of Palmolive. I displayed it before Christian like some holy relic recovered in an …

 

The World’s Still Going to Hell

The World’s Still Going to Hell

It turns out, it’s possible to spend weeks watching CNN and nothing happens except the dollar plays Limbo and a bunch of old white men …

 

Score One for the Buddhists

Score One for the Buddhists

We’re officially not getting a Christmas tree! Woo hoo! I feel like I won. I don’t know why, possibly because I’m the likely candidate for …

 

Small Packages

Small Packages

Today, we learned something about the Chinese postal service: We all cried a little.