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10/2/2010 2:38:37 PM
China is home to many beasts and bodies, both real and imaginary. From 9 dragons creating a dynastic empire to giant turtles holding up the Earth, mortals living on the moon and a ghost warrior that eats devils, China's culture is rich, varied and never boring!
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9/22/2010 4:29:24 PM
One of the most annoying questions I am always asked in China (apart from my weight and salary!) goes along the lines of 'Your have lived 8 years in China and are 40 years old so why are you not married yet?'.
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8/24/2010 9:30:49 PM
If you've read any of my blogs you will notice I am a little 'negative' of China at times... it is probably an 'natural' thing because most people are conditioned to see the world though their own set of eyeglasses - 'rose-tinted' where you come from and maybe a little 'steamy and grimy' in other places!
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8/23/2010 4:28:49 PM
So I want to share with you a cautionary tale for people living in China and people wishing to travel here - take out health/travel insurance!
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8/17/2010 6:55:24 PM
Well, as many of you know, the Chinese QiXiJie Festival was Monday 16th - it is said to be the Chinese equivalent of Valentines Day, but to me this gives it a great disservice because of course, the story involved in QiXi is so much more romantic than celebrating some old cleric whose bones are scattered around European churches.
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7/21/2010 8:33:26 PM
I have been away for a while but have been checking in every now and then to see what people have been writing on the blogs and forums - one
Do Not Change Who You Are!!! in particular caught my eye and I felt I might like to comment on it a bit!
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5/23/2010 7:56:47 PM
Here are some more of the series I received in email - still haven't found the place they originally come from...
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5/21/2010 6:31:45 PM
These little emails fell into my in-box the other day.... Not sure exactly who created them but I have seen one of two of them before - if you know the website, I'd like to credit it!!
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