Restroom Observations i...

Share Americans are quite prude to tell you the truth, especially when it comes to nudity or toilet usage.  When we go into the restroom, it is for business purposes only.  Get in, get out, and not a word in between.  What I’ve experienced in China, however, is quite...

How to learn a language...

Share Now that you have read part one and cancelled that class, you are ready to prepare for learning a new language. Follow the steps below before you start and you will be on the way How you set up to do a task will often determine your success rate as much as the actual...

New design is up!

Share My new design is up, although it’s bugging like crazy in Internet Explorer.  I’ll hopefully have that fixed within the next couple of days. It has been a really challenging month to learn php, css, html, wordpress, photoshop, and web design. I must admit that I...

Separating culture from...

Share I first came to China with my university study abroad program.  I had never been to Asia before and wanted to get the most out of my time.  I decided that I wanted to experience the “real” China and shunned western food for hole-in-the wall “local”...

How to learn a language...

Share Prequel:  Are you ready to learn a language? Drop your class and separate school from language learning. Learning a new language in school is painful: hours upon hours of conjugation, sentence writing, and lecture from a teacher who will rehash the same material over and over. ...
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