Wish You Happy Everyday

• Dumplings 101 8 years ago Happy Chinese New Year, everyone! I’m always grateful for a second chance to celebrate the New Year, especially because I was trapped in bed with the flu the first time around. We stayed up all night watching Chinese news–exciting fluff about people celebrating the New Year, soldiers sending...
• Jiang, Suan, Cu, Repeat 9 years ago If you live in the middle of nowhere but are discontent with Chinese take out, life can be difficult. I’m talking to you, returned expats and overseas Chinese. Even in the Bay Area, a region brimming with Chinese restaurants, it can be hard to find the real deal. There’s no getting around it:...
• Riding in Cars with Aiyi 9 years ago To hail a taxi with the attitude of “Ha! This is only two dollars!” is pure economic freedom. It’s not something I can do in America. In Dalian, though, it’s worth budgeting for even if your earnings are meager, for there will be days when 5 o’clock rolls around and thought of getting hit...
• Eating from the Wild 9 years ago “Allison! Come out here!” came the shrill command of my mother-in-law. Lipeng had already met her at the front door, but I’d been lagging behind. I shuffled out sleepily in my nightgown, not in the mood for what I anticipated to be another reminder that we should carefully organize our new...
• Back from China Again 9 years ago I blinked and my trip was over. I am both sad and relieved — sad to leave China behind yet again, but I can’t deny how good it feels to be back on American soil. Because we were so busy–too busy, actually, to wait around for WordPress to load, along with every other non-Baidu-searchable...

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