Posted in China, Travel on Oct 26th, 2007 1 Comment »
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Here in China, the answer is “live to eat!”
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Jews and Chinese seem to have similar views of food.
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More is gooder.
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Enough is not enough.
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LOVE spelled backwards is FOOD
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If you are already full, well then, just eat slower.
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While the food is important, what’s more delicious. It is also a prop of sorts, it is stage that allows [...]
Posted in China, Travel on Oct 25th, 2007 1 Comment »
Most ATM’s just tell you to try your PIN again when you blow it. Or, if your card will not work in their particular machine, they say so.
But, this machine prefers to mock you. I must admit, it did crack a smile through my annoyance.
Posted in China, Medicine, Travel on Oct 22nd, 2007 1 Comment »
My friend Ronny says that the camp counselors get beat to the bone, but the kids have a ball, and never have clue they are held up with invisible wings.
Today for the first time in weeks there is not a thread of responsibility woven into my life, and a temperatureless fall morning next to the [...]
Posted in China, Medicine, Translation, Travel on Oct 10th, 2007 No Comments »
Sunday night was like any Sunday night before an early rising to meet the plane that would float me back across the ocean to the Middle Kingdom. Restless. Dream filled shallow sleep that longed for oblivion and respite from the months of planning and preparation. It did not arrive. It was like being a child [...]