Category: Navel Gazing
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We ushered in the Year of the Ox tonight with some good friends at our favorite local Chinese restaurant, Sichuan 99. Yeah, in case you missed it, today was Chinese New Year. I happen to have been born in the Year of the Ox so I am claiming this year as all mine. Watch out…
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So this is the new "look". I think I gave people the wrong impression that I had actually shaved my head bald! Why would I do that? Talk about tempting the Fates. When you are blessed with good genes, why would you rub on the lamp of the Genie of Male Pattern Baldness? I have…
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I recently shaved off my goatee and then shaved my head. A friend asked me if I had taken a Nazerite vow. My response, "I’m starting over…" Sometimes you just need a style change, a cleansing, a more aerodynamic scalp. You need a re-boot. If only it were so easy to change our inner workings,…
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The last (lengthy) post was about the book-that-wasn’t from this past summer. In that post I shared how I was prevented from writing about our Asia experiences due to the lingering effects of culture shock. I also mentioned that I had come to this conclusion by pondering a seemingly unrelated topic. Not too very long…
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I started writing an auto-biographical "piece" this summer about our first year here in China. I had a lot of free time to work on this project and I was excited about the prospect of writing a short essay or (if things went really well) a book. At first, the pages seemed to just roll…
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Remember the post about saree’s navel? That infamous post (which was really a reference to an earlier post) continues to generate hits to my blog from (literally) all over the world. Seriously. It’s crazy!?! I would guestimate that I get about 3-7 hits a day from people surfing the web in India alone (who are…
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You know how I was telling you that I have ways to track visits to the yeti-speak… Well, sometimes intriguing information is gathered this way as I’m sifting through this often telling "reader data". I recently got a hit from a person living (or searching online) from Madras, India. Strange. My first question is always…
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While chatting with a friend on Skype not too long ago, I was struck by one of his statements. He told me, "It seems like you guys are having a lot of fun…" Sure. It sounds innocent enough. I’m sure my friend intended absolutely no harm by suggesting it. He’s been reading the blog and…
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I’m claiming the first two, but the third would be a bit phenomenal even for me. My question is: do you have to be all three (i.e. old, weak, and pregnant) to sit in these special seats? Don’t ask me; ask the thoughtful folks who designed the Chengdu airport. Or you could ask the always…
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Sometimes I think life can be lived underwater. Or seemingly so. Often I look back at a period of time and think to myself, Where did it go? Was I really present for that event? Am I floating? Head and arms numbed by the sensation of fluidity, bobbing as the waves lull me along. I…
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