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Let’s be honest, Huizho, China is… not a beautiful city. It has beautiful parts, much like an extremely ugly guy most likely has OK ears. This is an economically depressed area (at least based on sight) that is mostly industrial … Continue reading →

I think part of the reason that it feels like people are staring at me is because they are. It’s a funny cultural difference where it doesn’t seem to be considered rude to unabashadly stare at someone odd. I don’t … Continue reading →

Sweet sweet enging

The Kande International Hotel (where I am staying in Huizhou) is the first 5-star hotel in the region, according to Echo Hu, the Guest Service Manager. It is a brand new hotel, and has only been opened for a month, … Continue reading →

Postscript to the below: My frequent flyer card was waiting for me as I went through the gate at LAX. Y’all got yer stuff t’gether! Much later… I’ve been in CKS International Airport for all of 15 minutes and I’ve … Continue reading →

Traveling alone makes you me very introspective. I just made a number of calls/text messages that I now immediately regret as I am afforded the time to actually think about them. It’s not that I said/wrote anything particularly scandalous or … Continue reading →

Today’s embarrassing admission: I’m taking the red-eye to China; and, as such, I’ve been pretty much vamping all day long waiting to go the airport. Aside from doing chores around my adopted house, this has largely consisted of watching what … Continue reading →

So let’s recap: .: My precious apartment (this apartment in fact) burned not to the ground, but somewhere slightly above it. There was much rejoicing..: I am leaving for China tomorrow..: For a month..: With no place to live when … Continue reading →

Happy Thanksgiving my lovelies. Please feel free to commence with the fire-related cooking jokes at this time. “Roasting a turkey in your…living room, this year?” *ba-dum-dum-CHING!* Let me ask you something, because certainly you would know: what, exactly, do insurance … Continue reading →

One of the lasting effects from the fire I have noticed, is that I’m a little paranoid about electronics. I was helping a friend hang Christmas lights this weekend, and the janky light timer we plugged them into has been … Continue reading →