I’ve just made my annual offering to the gods—I created yet another custom photo wall calendar for my in-laws.
Posts tagged Chinese Culture
A university degree in Mandarin, a Chinese husband, multicultural family life, and more than three decades of trying to figure Chinese culture out.
Stop Being Scared of China (and Get a Chinese Massage!)
It’s not a very good time to be Chinese in the West. If you’re not a spy, people suspect you run a sweatshop factory, slaughter your pet dog for breakfast, buy all the properties you can land on, trample on human rights just for laughs or flood the world with shitty products.
We Are Being Stalked (By an Unlikely Stalker)
Life is punctuated by a series of enlightening, unexpected, and occasionally puzzling before-and-after moments.
新年快乐 – It’s the Year of the Pig! (Yes, I Have my Illegal Fireworks)
“It’s your year, Juliette!” Yep, I’m a 🐖.
Let Me Clear Out a Big Chinese Food Misunderstanding
Here is the paradox with Chinese food—it’s not as weird as you think and it’s probably not what you imagine.
“You Suck!” – Chinese Parenting 101 For Westerners
Western parents rely on science- and psychology-based books. Chinese parents occasionally glance at the memo stuck on the rice cooker—“whatever your child does, just state it’s not good enough.”