Category: language

Sick food

I’ve long suspected that my Chinese textbook was not created by native English speakers (and in particular, by Americans).  In our last lesson, my suspicions were confirmed.  The lesson subject was visiting someone in a hospital.  Throughout the… Read More

In my spare time

My Chinese is not very good.  In fact, considering I’ve lived here for five years, you might even be justified in labeling it as pitiful.  There are some things that I’m quite fluent in.  Bargaining phrases and vocabulary? … Read More

“Springing” Forward

By Sunday morning, almost all of the snow, slush, ice, and coal-dust-coated frozen substances had melted away.  We were seeing pavement for the first time in months.  While we weren’t changing time with the rest of the world (China… Read More