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On top of my clothes washer is a messy collection of rocks, beads, candy wrappers, seashells, notes, sea glass, and bottle caps. Some of these I toss- candy wrappers. But most of these items are tiny reminders of a quick special memory that I just can not immediately circular file. That quick but special friend’s [...]
Just when I was feeling all smug about having everything unpacked sooner here in Hong Kong than after our last move, I went and stumbled across the kids’ box of special things. The swimming ribbons. The Presidential visit. Best friends doodles. White House souvenirs. Now I have Mandarin character names. Chinese New Year fans. And new friends [...]
Happy Chinese New Year! {pronounced ‘kung hey fat choy‘} Say goodbye to the year of the dragon and hello to the year of the ssssnake. Chinese New Year is simultaneously spectacular and confusing. Well, especially for those of us who are experiencing it for the first time. Me. I have been tiptoeing [...]
Wait… so Christmas is over? Sniff. Sniff. Time to put away all those Christmas lights. Hold it right there. Don’t put all your lights away. If you can find a good sale, go buy some more. Then as you take them off the tree, drape them in every nook and cranny. Let’s start with the [...]
This is our first Hong Kong Christmas. And we’re going all out with tchotchkes and souvenirs under our Christmas tree. I’ve been having fun indulging in those items we probably wouldn’t buy normally. Most of the native Cantonese in Hong Kong are Buddhists, but there are also numerous Christians. So it is possible to find [...]
So, here we are. Three months in Hong Kong- People’s Republic of China. Although it’s not really China. It is, but it isn’t. It’s a long story. Google it. Just thinking about trying to explain Hong Kong makes my brain hurt. I’ve rewritten this several times. There’s so much to tell. Where do I [...]
Ok, so full bad mommy confession moment, when we packed up and moved to Hong Kong, I completely forgot to include our holiday decorations. The children have begun questioning what are we doing for Halloween, uh, whoopsie daisy. Then the guilt times two when our neighbors informed us beggar’s night is kind of [...]
Last time I recall making friendship bracelets, I’m pretty sure it was done in the tightest Jordache jeans watching the latest Miami Vice episode. If you do the math, then my age is obvious. So, fast forward to current, and here we are struggling to understand the difference between Cantonese and Mandarin. [...]
My grandfather always warned me if I dug too deeply, I’d end up in China. According to my map, he was off by an inch. In a few whirlwind weeks, my family is digging deep and uprooting our lives to Hong Kong. Certainly, given my husband’s globally far-reaching employer, we always assumed we would live [...]
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