This last weekend I had the opportunity to attend a Chinese wedding. My reaction to some of the traditions range from full approval to uh… not like. Let’s get the bad out of the way right now. Most banquets have an annoying MC that jokes, sings, and narrates through the entire event. Weddings are no [...]
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Qwest has this very unfortunate habit of slapping their branding and advertising on MSN and Hotmail accounts when you use them as your internet service provider. Most people probably don’t even realize it’s there, but when I helped my father set up his internet connection several years ago I was very upset to be stuck [...] December 22nd, 2009 | Technology | Leave a comment | Rate this post:
Tags: branding, hotmail, msn, qwest, technical support
I waited to edit the Jiuzhaigou video because I wanted to save the best for last. Unfortunately I just ended up forgetting about it. But don’t let the review’s late appearance fool you, Jiuzhaigou valley was actually my favorite place my family visited this summer. The weather was refreshingly cool due to the [...] December 17th, 2009 | China | One comment | Rate this post:
Tags: Huanglong, Jiuzhaigou, travel, vacation I’ve pretty much accepted that any time I am invited to some event by a Chinese person that they will eventually ask for a favor. That doesn’t mean it doesn’t irritate the hell out of me when they do it though. What’s that, a foreigner that doesn’t like to spontaneously perform a song and dance? [...] Well, it’s finally hit me. I’m mentally and physically finished with teaching. From here on out it’s just a matter of dragging myself to class in a zombie-esque fashion and moving around enough so my students know I’m not dead. My last two classes have made me so angry I’ve actually felt physically ill afterwards. [...] |
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