I sent this postcard in July, 1991 to my grandma in Albany, New York a week before I boarded the Trans-Mongolian train to Moscow.Dad and I are now in Beijing, China. We are having a nice trip. In Thailand we stayed at a hotel, but in China we have stayed with families of … [Read more...]
Mao’s Last Dancer–the film
Last night I broke the cardinal rule of responsible parents: I kept my child out quite late.Mao's Last Dancer opened in theaters on August 20, and I was desperate to see it.Last year I stumbled upon Li Cunxin's memoir of the same name at my public library. His story was … [Read more...]
Book of the week–Petals from the Sky
This week I read Mingmei Yip's beautiful novel, Petals from the Sky (Kensington Books, 2010). I felt drawn to her book before I even opened it. She'd taught at my graduate school alma mater, The Chinese University of Hong, and now lives in New York, my favorite city in the … [Read more...]
To pack or not to pack
In my posts from last week, I wore the same lavender skirt in several of the photos spanning my first year in Hong Kong. Yes, I traveled lightly when I moved to Hong Kong."People in Hong Kong dress up," my mom warned. She was going on memory from her last time there in '65, … [Read more...]
Teaching in Taikoo
It's Saturday morning again. I don't know if it's just me, but these weeks seem to fly, especially as the summer comes to an end. Or maybe I'm just getting old.To round out my week of looking back at my stay in Hong Kong 20 years ago, I remember how I spent my Saturday … [Read more...]
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