I recently rediscovered a group of photos my mom took in December 1990 when she visited me in Hong Kong over winter break. It wasn't my mom's first time there, but it was her first trip back since 1965. At that point I had only been in Hong Kong for four months. This is what we … [Read more...]
Photo Friday
When I was going through old photos last week, I came across this one from my travels across Asia in 1991. The thing is, I don't remember this photo. My mother took it, so there's a chance we didn't get around to sharing all of our photos from that trip. Or perhaps I simply … [Read more...]
Beyond the classroom
Guest blogger Stuart Beaton, aka Our Man in Tianjin, is back with a fascinating post about teaching students outside the classroom. Stuart is a former China Daily columnist and has a fabulous author podcast site at http://rastous.podomatic.com. Here's Stu:There are times when … [Read more...]
Meet the parents, Hong Kong style
So six months after I moved to Hong Kong in 1994, my parents visited me over winter break. We spent a week there and one in Singapore. It wasn't their first time visiting me in Hong Kong (that happened in 1990-91 when I was an exchange student), but this time was different. Very … [Read more...]
A preview in pictures
A few days ago I was at my mom's, looking through old photos that had been boxed up for years. I came across a few that fit perfectly with the early pages of my memoir, Good Chinese Wife.My parents snapped this one as I bid them farewell at Chicago's O'Hare Airport in June … [Read more...]
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