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The No Good Do-Gooder
I have long been confused by what doing “good” means. Is it giving food to someone who doesn’t have any? Is it donating your clothes to Goodwill? How about donating thousands of dollars to charity? Or...
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Family Portraits (and a Petition)
While I was having fun with my new iPhone, I came across the Hubba Hubba app that so accurately captured the finest features of my family. My mom, a.k.a. Goody Two-Shoes, thinks Daddy-O looks like...
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“Tag. You’re it!” translates to “I like you!”
Back in my little school days, the game of Tag was super fun and flirtatious. In the same way people tease each other when they like each other, the person who is “it” in Tag always chases the person...
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Emily is M.I.A. (yes, just like the Sri Lankan electro-pop star)
The reason I haven’t been posting/commenting/liking/responding to anybody is because I’ve been busy doing this: Jumping for freedom at the Forbidden City, getting my exercise on at the Great Wall,...
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Babytalk: A Phenomenon!
Does every couple develop a dialect/accent/language/voice of their own? Particularly babytalk? Is it necessary for lovers to speak to one another in babytalk in order for the other to understand? Do...
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to be a kid again
If Peter Pan showed up at my window and asked me to join him in Neverland, I would fly away in a heartbeat. I’m only 23, but I can feel that as time ticks away, so do bits and pieces of things I...
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Emily, The Awkward Turtle 2: Never Set Emily Up With A Boy
An interesting thing happened the other night. Someone tried to set me up with a Taiwanese man. A girly one. I went out to dinner with Dingding, her boyfriend and a couple of new folks, Frank and May...
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Brooklyn, The Place Where People Say Hello
I have been in New York City for 2 weeks now, visiting friends and places I’ve missed in the past 9 months of living in Beijing. As happy as I am to be surrounded by friends again, I can’t help but...
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Southern Hospitality Widespread in Guizhou Province
The people of Guizhou province are the friendliest, most hospitable and generous individuals I have ever met in China. This observation is even clearer now that I’m back in Beijing, where everyone...
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Sunshiney Day
It’s one of those days where everything is dandy and not necessarily coming up roses, but pretty yellow weeds. The sun is up, the sky is blue, the pollen content is off the charts, the wind is strong...
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