Month: November 2019

Adventures . China . Culture

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Adventures . China . Korea . Seoul . Travel

Visa run, visa fun

On November 25, 2019 by

We made a weekend out of a visa run to Seoul, South Korea. We could not stay long no matter where we decided to go, but we needed to exit and re-enter in order to renew my family’s visas. So we chose the country that feels like our second home: 🇰🇷! Because we spent several

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Adventures . China . Family

Expect the Unexpected

On November 20, 2019 by

The surprise is not that it happened but that it happened in China. She was “turning around in her bedroom” when she felt her knee snap. Her eyes grew wide and she stared into me. “Look at my knee! Look at my knee” she cried. And I could read the pain in her face. I

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Adventures . China . Culture . Travel

A week in the life

On November 18, 2019 by

Now that there is that happy hum drum of routine where children and certain personality types thrive, I’d like to recount how a typical week goes. Typical is such a funny word… Mondays: each Monday I have PhD students for a 4 hour seminar from 8am-noon. I meet with these candidates interchangeably  every other week

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Adventures . China

1000 cuts

On November 7, 2019 by

Celebrate good times! I finally completed the visa process and was granted residence, AND we made it 1 full month. I am now officially a resident of China. Residency was a difficult 9 month long process that ended in the last couple of weeks. The day we went to retrieve the visa we decided our

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Adventures . China . Family

The Canton Opera Art Museum

On November 2, 2019 by

It is hard for to me to tell the difference between Peking Opera and Canton Opera. They both sport fabulous makeup and costumes–and as I have no clue what’s actually going on during the opera, my impression is that the two have more features in common than not. We spent a sunny Saturday in November

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