The Year of the Earth Dragon

            I find that societies are like people in so much as they each have their own value system, which both exemplifies and solidif...

            There are a few really interesting things that everyone should know about Chinese babies. First of all, they ar...

Peace Corps Volunteers (PCVs) around the world have all kinds of different assignments and face many various challenges. There are...

One of the things that makes me chuckle from time to time here is the Chinglish ranging from incomprehensible gibberish on a t-shirt to acci...

I didn’t want to jinx anything by discussing it publically before it was a sure thing, but now the results are in, and I’m...

For several years it has been my dream to go skiing in Japan, and finally that dream has been realized.  All in all, I spent two w...

It has been a while since my last post, and a lot has happened.  I traveled to the east coast of China for a few weeks and for the...

Axioms can help a lot to simplify daily decisions and make life easier. Coming to China has put me in a new position where I had t...

1.      If there is one thing that I hate more than reality TV and facebook, it’s CSPAN. As someone who seeks meaning in life, CSP...

As I walk to the checkout counter with a bag full of fresh vegetables, toothpaste, oreos, and 6 liters of boxed milk, I hea...