I love big cities and would usually choose to vacation in one over a secluded beach (although I'm changing a bit in my old age). What I find fascinating about super huge cities (or really densely populated ones) is the appreciation of small spaces.Because even for people who … [Read more...]
The Road to Mandalay
Now that Hillary Clinton will visit Myanmar next month, will we see an increase of US tourism to that country? After all, it's been 50 years since a US Secretary of State has visited Myanmar (the country formerly known as Burma).To celebrate this historic event, I received … [Read more...]
Book of the week–Access
November 15th marks the print release of Access (Signal 8 Press, 2011), Xu Xi's new collection of thirteen stories. It came out as an e-book on November 1, so that's what I read last week.Each story is unique, but they all have one common theme--desire. Most feature a strong … [Read more...]
Teaching Chinese in the schools
I try not to gripe on my blog, but when something seems so wrong, it's hard to stay silent.Yesterday when I was walking around downtown Chicago I overheard conversations in Mandarin not once, but twice in 20 minutes. And I wasn't even in Chinatown.So my issue is this. My … [Read more...]
Book of the week–H is for Hong Kong
I've been busy with my manuscript revisions this week so haven't posted here as much as I've wanted. But I haven't stopped reading.One book I've been reading many times each day is H is for Hong Kong (Things Asian Press, 2009).Last week I received this book and … [Read more...]
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