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*In Memory: Dec 6/89

Posted in China, My Life, Politics & Economy, tagged on December 6, 2009 | 12 Comments »

I remember, on the day that JFK was killed, my older brother saying to me that John F. Kennedy had been shot, as if that ought to mean something to me. I had no idea who he was, but I knew that something important had happened.
I also remember that on 09/11/01, a friend called me [...]

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*Galaxies and Ancient Stars

Posted in China, Nature & Science, tagged , on June 20, 2009 | 4 Comments »

Here you see the final stage of the collision between two galaxies. This is hard to conceive, as if the entire milky way crashed into some other system, the black holes at their centres melding into an even larger black hole, new stars frantically birthing, ultimately leading to a single new galaxy. The scale of [...]

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*Translation

Posted in China, My Life, tagged , on May 26, 2009 | 4 Comments »

Thanks to my husband, here is the translation of the Chinese rock:
Tai Shan Shi Gan Dang–it is a good luck saying and you can get it on lucky charms! It’s a fengshui thing. According to one on-line Chinese chatchke shop, Evil spirits and demons are simply too frightened by the mere sight of the [...]

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*Fearless Friday

Posted in China, My Life, tagged , , , on March 13, 2009 | 4 Comments »

I finished my draft in time! Now I can enjoy March break with my kids. Okay now for good news of greater import…5,000 Year Old Sandals found in Germany
Made of woven wood, the sandals were found among lake dwellings built on stilts. Story here.
Western and Eastern Treament of PTSD Combined
Traumatized Tibetan monks suffer from a [...]

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The Lucky Ones

Posted in Adoption, China, tagged , , , on November 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

The Lucky Ones: Our Stories of Adopting Children from China edited by Ann Rauhala. This book was a labour of love for me and all of the contributors. One of my favourite stories in the anthology is about the family whose roof collapsed during the blizzard of 99, just before they left for China. Luckily [...]

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London: Chinese Girl Finds Big Ben

Posted in China, tagged , , on November 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers by Xiaolu Guo. Meat eating Chinese girl meets vegetarian bisexual sculptor in London. Romance ensues. This is the delightful story of a young Chinese woman’s year in London, written as a journal. The perspective of a girl with peasant parents, who have acquired a shoe factory in the capitalist [...]

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