Monthly Archives: March 2008

New Yarn

I should be working on student journals, but I'm not, and I'll be cursing myself later for it, but right now I want to share with you the new yarn I bought! I love yarn. It's super soft and I've … Continue reading

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BBC

The Chinese government, trying to convince the world of its openness has unblocked the BBC's webpage. Which means I can share with you a good Q&A they've posted about the situation in the “West”. (Yes, I am completely consumed by … Continue reading

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Fragile

I bought this book last summer before heading back to China. It was one of my “intellectual” reads for the year, pretty much everything else I brought I had considered to be fun. I bought it because it got amazing … Continue reading

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Observation

Found this via China Law Blog “Gulf Between Foreign and Chinese Expectations of the Olympics” In the past couple days, ok since the protests in Tibet started making news, I've become obsessed in Chinese politics not seen since I did … Continue reading

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Articles

I'm finding it harder and harder to be here while the situation in Tibet continues. If I were back in the States I could write letters, protest, rant and rave to my friends and family about what's going on. Alas, … Continue reading

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Nothing to See Here, Move Along

Not surprisingly China's blocking media access to what's going on in Tibet. So much for allowing a semblance freedom of the press this year. Putting journalists into “protective detention” isn't helping the government's image. It's sometimes really hard to believe … Continue reading

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Conflict

I'm sure you've heard there's some “conflict” going on in Tibet right now, in case you haven't, you can read some articles here and here. I don't have time to go into how I feel about it, right now, but … Continue reading

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Hungry for Resources

From this week's issue of The Economist: The country accounts for about a fifth of the world's population, yet it gobbles up more than half of the world's pork, half of its cement, a third of its steel and over … Continue reading

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The Work Desk

This semester's gotten busy already. My evenings and free time have been sucked up by correcting papers and reading journals. I love teaching, I just hate grading!! Poor Niels, we share this desk and with all the work I've been … Continue reading

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Weather

Dear Mother Nature, I know you've been having a rough go the past few years decades with all the crap we're polluting you with and that I've no right to ask for any favors… But can I have Spring back? … Continue reading

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This Makes Me Sad

Spitzer Is Linked to Sex Ring as Client This headline was the first thing I saw this morning before I headed out the the kindergarten and it really bummed me out for a while. I've been a big fan of … Continue reading

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Page Not Found

The 11th National People's Congress started today. Because of this copious amounts of websites have been blocked all day and I imagine that the blocking will continue the meeting's over. The censorships is so fierce that even government approved news … Continue reading

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Double Standard

Saturday night, Niels, B (one of the other foreign teachers) and I had dinner with one of our best Chinese friend’s Mom, Ling, a friend of hers and her daughter, Evania. Normally when we’ve had dinner with Ling in the … Continue reading

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Dilemma

For my ESL program I'm required to have 12 credit hours of a foreign language before I can graduate, on the undergraduate level, but I only have 6. Oops. (When I was an undergrad I was able to test out … Continue reading

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Hats!

This past week I took a break from working on Lady Eleanor to make the One Day Beret. But because my schedule's been so buy with teaching starting up, it took me a couple days. The first one I made … Continue reading

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