Spring has sprung and I'm ready for more rockets
[2010-02-11 11:35]The first time a rocket hit me, I threw my hands over my face thinking I should be in pain, but I felt none.
New moms, new homes and a new zest for life
[2010-02-10 13:43]We couldn't figure out where all of the buildings had gone.
Nice day for a full spectrum wedding photo
[2010-02-09 10:12]Things seem to run to a different schedule in China, they really do.
Make it smooth and easy for a nice China ride
[2010-02-04 10:34]Ever since I discovered that a sea cucumber was definitely not a vegetable, I pledged to do away with my preconceptions about anything in China even if I thought it was something with which I was already familiar.
Translation costs of having a foreign passport
[2010-02-03 10:07]I walked with numb feet down the Great Wall, which the cold had left so deserted I hardly recognized it.
Passing the torch: one generation to the next
[2010-02-02 10:08]Early in the morning, father sent me a message: "Grandma passed away last night. Your mother has decided not to go back."
I think I'm slowly turning Chinese, I really think so
[2010-01-28 09:05]When I got off the train in Dalian on a recent Friday morning, I went straight to the ticket office for a return ticket.
What a sparkle to my morning dose of this paper
[2010-01-27 08:58]"Kerfuffle" is a funny Scottish word used to describe a fuss over something that is not very important.
Waking up to dream ride's reality check
[2010-01-26 09:22]Travel, I have found, is not everyone's cup of tea.
'Me First' mentality has to go
[2010-01-21 09:32]It's 8 on a cold Sunday morning, and I'm standing at the bus stop near my apartment.
Who needs to talk when you can be a lemming
[2010-01-20 09:54]I just returned from a two-week tour of Europe. On my teacher's salary, I could never afford to travel there with Western tours so this was my third go at traveling with a Chinese tour.
Into the twilight years without a backward glance
[2010-01-19 09:28]Sweating and out of breath, my brother returned to our small hotel room in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia autonomous region.
