With the holidays and the start of the new year, the differences between life now and a year ago have become impossible to ignore. Against a background of comforting annual traditions, the differences due to changed circumstances really stand out. This past year was one of many major changes for me, and this was really highlighted during the ( Read more... )

I just went through a thing of Jelly Belly and picked out all the kinds I don't like so that I can eat them without worrying about grabbing a gross kind.  I'm kind of a wuss like that ( Read more... )

I don't know if I've ever talked about how Chinese characters are made up different radicals, each of which has it's own meaning and adds a certain element to the word as a whole. So while you don't get any idea of how to pronounce a word based on the character, you have some indication of the meaning.

One of my favourites is 语, which in ( Read more... )

1) How is it being the middle child? Do you ever feel neglected, or is it the perfect place to be? Give an example

There are a lot of pros and cons to being in the middle, the balance of which is determined by my mood at any given time. As a kid I often complained that I wasn't old enough to do the things my brother did, or young enough to be ( Read more... )