Chick magnet
The other night we ate outside at a barbeque (串) restaurant that had just gotten in their shipment of quail chicks. The chicks were next to our table in apple crates that happened to be shorter than vertical jump of the strongest chicks. There were quite a few escapees. The restaurant owner’s kid, a boy […]
Regarding the Dangers of Chinese Toothpaste
I’ve gotten some emails lately from friends and family. More surprisingly, the emails warned me against (of all things) using Chinese [tag]toothpaste[/tag] for fear of being poisoned. I was glad for the heads up, but being poisoned is only one of many things I’ve learn to watch out for when shopping for toothpaste here. For […]
It’s HitlerMania!
The other day in class, my high school students were telling me about things they’re grateful for. That’s how I found out that Bernice really likes Nazis. At first I thought her classmates were teasing her, so we opened the floor for Bernice to defend herself. “I like Germany the country.” “Well, that doesn’t mean […]
…oh
My co-worker Diana is getting married in May. I’m very excited for her wedding (it’ll be the first Chinese wedding I’ve attended), and we have had quite a few discussions about differences between marriage in China and the US. Recently we had the following gem of a conversation: Diana: In America women usually take the man’s […]