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13 Tips on How to Rock a Grocery Store Visit
Examples will proceed the rules which they serve to highlight. Enjoy… and take heed. 13 Tips on How to Rock a Grocery Store Visit I have a disturbing confession. The last two hours are a complete blur. I have no idea what happened. I’m home now, and the swirl has settled, but I have to…
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Stomach: A Puppy Tale
Eating lunch is my most consistent adventure. It’s one of those adventures that isn’t necessarily exciting, or, say, fun, and there are no sunsets into which we ride, no swords or maps or cool boots, no zombies, no caves to spelunk or creeks to fjord. It is, however, one of those endeavors that can carry the…
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Hasty Stitching
There are times when I am reminded that I am not so tightly woven into the fabric of Shanghai. It is deceptive, in a way, because I found niches into which I easily fit virtually upon arrival. I stitched myself into this new life, and I loved it. I do love it, and I have…
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An Ode to Kiwis, the Fruit
I love kiwis. The fruit, not people from New Zealand. I’m sure people from New Zealand are great, and I’m very grateful for them destroying the Ring and defeating Sauron and all. Right now I just don’t know anyone from there personally yet. Kiwi, the fruit, is just amazing. This kiwi affinity might be something…
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The Shanghai Seniors Scavenger Hunt
One morning, as I left my apartment late for work, there was a group of four elderly Chinese people wandering around looking for something just outside my building. They were chatting nonchalantly with each other, but I could feel that some sort of excitement was in the air; all four of them held half-sheets of…
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Little Traitor Vegetables
Do you ever snap back to awareness after drifting off into zone-out mode without even realizing it? This happens to me frequently. It’s a lot like when you read a book and get through two pages before you realize you have no idea what you just read; your eyes were doing the work they were…
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Crossing the Street: An Underdog Story
I saw a man jump up in the air and karate kick a tree the other day. Then he continued on his way as if it were the most natural thing in the world. Haven’t we all had days like that? In Shanghai, for foreigners, there are unwritten rules to crossing the road. (These are…
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My Tombstone – Shanghai Scores
I’ve been silent lately, but I can explain. If my self-diagnosis is correct, based on my symptoms of all-encompassing miserable-ness, I am just getting over a brief bout of tuberculosis. I could be wrong. I could possibly be mislabeling my sickness so that I can seize this rare opportunity to make it okay when I…
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One Noodle Shop Regular’s Ode to Sprite
I’ve been eating at the same place everyday for lunch. It’s a full meal for only about $1.75, and there are two reasons why I am so loyal. First, I’m looking for any excuse to practice my dismal (but steadily improving) Chinese. As I’m sure you could guess, saying roughly the same thing, to the…
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If Only I Were in a Zombie Movie!
The first, quick thing I’d like to tell you about has to do with an interesting situation in which I found myself over the weekend. First of all, just so you know, the subway in Shanghai would be one of the top 3 worst places to be if there was ever a zombie outbreak. It…
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