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our saturday recital
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bend
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and twirl…
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ballerinas a-go-go
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OK, I was pretty young when these Calgon commercials were popular. Most of you reading this are goinng, "Huh?" Nevermind. We’ve been here in Xining exactly 2 months today. It’s our month-a-versary! It’s hard to believe it’s only been two months, but I guess we technically have been away from our culture since July 3rd. …
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wo liang ge nu er (my two daughters)
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I’m feeling pretty lazy (and it’s late) so I’m not going to formulate any of these thoughts into meaningful and prosaic type paragraphs. But I thought I needed to write something down though, so here goes nothing… Last night I decided to take a shower. A hot shower. With our bathroom in the state it’s…
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"There are two Gods," Tolstoy once said. "There is the God that people generally believe in–A God who has to serve them (sometimes in very refined ways, say by merely giving them peace of mind). This God does not exist. But the God whom people forget–the God whom we all have to serve–exists, and is…
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Mafan – 麻烦 Definition: bother, troublesome, nuisance. I don’t like mafan, but I like the word mafan (pronounced something like ma-fawn.) It’s a Chinese word that I can sink my frustrated teeth into. Coming from an obsessive-compulsive culture of convenience like America, I find mafan waiting for me around nearly every corner. He’s becoming a…
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dust off the text books
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