Better Like Funky Foods in Your Hot Pot
Is it Chinese or Mongolian Hot Pot? My very first time A stud ready for the pot It was first introduced to me as Mongolian Hot Pot, though I never did see it in Mongolia, but none the less, hot pot is a Chinese way of eating. A bowl of…
Read MoreOh No, Not A Train Ride!
Be sure to take ear plugs on a Chinese train The Beijing-West station At least the station is clean Haven ridden from the Atlantic to the Pacific on all manner of Iron Horses, including a few in my home country, I’d like to think of myself as an expert on…
Read MoreI Want Out, But Am I Allowed?
Can I dislike China and still be cool? Not my temple of heaven Keeping the kids in line The Soviets were here too I wanted to write about how cool Shanghai is. How it is everything Beijing isn’t; cosmopolitan, liberal, exciting, and filled with foreigners, but I’m not. Shanghai is…
Read MoreChinese Don’t Have Any Manners
There’s a lack of manners in China No, Buddy, wait your turn! Hence the blank page….
Read MoreEasy Come, Easy Go
Don’t even think of being a foreign expert in China! Able to poop small mountains Bye-Bye kids! I’ll miss play time! Well that was quick. In less than one month, Beijing Review, or at least the publishing house behind it, exceeded my bullshit quotient and forced me to walk away…
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