12 Flights, 8 Cities, 1 Month — August 2014 I’ve faced the facts waaaay back when – I very much so live to eat versus eat to live. And I remember my vacations by the food. That’s always been the case for my family & me. Disney World… giant smoked turkey legs, say what? Cape Cod… … Continue reading
The Laowai’s Guide to Visiting Jiuzhaigou
DEFINE: lǎowài 老外 – (n) literal translation = “alien”, informal slang = “foreigner” Same story, different laowai… I came to China to travel. Period. I decided the time was now, seeing as I didn’t study abroad, didn’t have a gap year, and I’m only getting older with more responsibilities. However, my romanticized ideas of long travel adventures while … Continue reading
Win for China — Movie Time!
OK. It’s the same ol’, same ol’ story… 6 weeks have flown by without a new post. I wish that I had some magical powers to be able to whip up 3 new posts in an instant, but alas time (both in life and in terms of blogger writing perfectionism) get the best of me. … Continue reading
Crazian Food Diaries: Indonesia
12 Flights, 8 Cities, 1 Month — August 2014 I’ve faced the facts waaaay back when – I very much so live to eat versus eat to live. And I remember my vacations by the food. That’s always been the case for my family & me. Disney World… giant smoked turkey legs, say what? Cape Cod… … Continue reading
China Makes Me Full of Thanks
It’s been a long time, I shouldn’ta left you. 你好,我的朋友! | Nǐ hǎo, wǒ de péngyǒu! | Hello, my friends! So I’m fresh off 1 month of summer vacation and 1 week down of my 2nd term teaching cute little Chinese babies English. As it happens, this weekend is 3-day holiday weekend in China to celebrate the … Continue reading