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Protected: China, pt. 2: da family

apricot — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 18:48:26 +0000

Protected: …back!

apricot — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 14:46:10 +0000

Protected: the bus o’doom

apricot — Sat, 20 May 2006 23:35:11 +0000

Gone shopping

apricot — Wed, 17 May 2006 09:39:46 +0000

Gone shopping

So, for whatever reason, I can’t access wordpress or blogger in China. But I can still blog photos from flickr, so nyeh.

More to come…please comment on them if you please

Protected: On the move

apricot — Fri, 12 May 2006 23:40:16 +0000

China, pt. 1

apricot — Fri, 05 May 2006 21:06:17 +0000

It’s been awhile since I’ve been back to China. I turned 13 in Wuhan in 1996. And now, 10 years later, I’m headed back a month before my 23rd birthday. Time flies.

I’m a little nervous about seeing my family there, for reasons of language, culture, and well–just having little or nothing to say to them. I am going to be spending a lot of time smiling and nodding, but how bad can that be? Hopefully Annie will spice things up once she arrives. Plus, delicious authentic Chinese food…yum. I think I will avoid the chicken, however.

Also, I fear…diarrhea! Montezuma’s revenge in China? We live in a small world after all. It seems unavoidable, but I still hope…man. That sucks. And the squatting toilets? UGH.

As for the picture above, yes, the little tot is me. I think it’s interesting how every culture around the world likes to immoblize their babies in layers of puffy clothing. I can’t quite figure out what my mom is doing with her finger, except that it seems to be pointing “up”. Well in any case it looks like I am pretty well entertained by it. Go finger!

I would like to hear any travel advice if y’all out there got any.