Tag Archives: Chinese-culture
Happy Birthday Baobei: Chinese calendar be damned!
It was Maggie’s birthday on the weekend. Actually, it was last week sometime. She turned 27. Wait, no it was 28. Despite what you may think of her husband, I am not as inconsiderate as may be gleaned from the above collection of confusion. You see, Maggie’s Chinese (for those not following along), and as …
250 Ways To Stupid
Since arriving in China there has been one answer that I’ve quested for more than any other. Weeks into living here, I was given precious information that would leave me ‘in the know’ many times during my stay in China. It was whispered to me in the busy halls of a Dalian Carrefour supermarket by …
vLog.02: A Chinese Wedding
It’s hard to accurately describe what it is to attend a “Chinese” wedding. Sitting on a surreal plane, precariously balanced between old school Chinese customs and nouveau bridal magazines. The bride goes through no less than three changes of dresses, your attending gift is a pack of smokes, and forget that ‘one plate of food’ …
