As my 3 month anniversary of living in China approached, I decided to take a quick trip to Korea for a few days to relax. Korea is everything mainland China isn’t. It’s clean; the people wait in line and respect the first-come, first-serve rules by which the rest of the world abides; almost nobody spits or picks his nose in public; you can expect more from the things you buy than a passing resemblance to quality. I really enjoyed my time there, and I made some great new friends! However, all vacations must come to an end sooner or later. I was excited to be back home in China. But China warmly welcomed me back with a gigantic hug while at the same time reaching around to steal my wallet…

Check out this awesomely entertaining video of a guy in Malaysia (I think…) as he waits not-so-patiently for a woman to back her Lexus up into a parking space!

The awkwardness of culture clash in romance

Chinadaily.com.cn has a great article about the differences between gender roles in Chinese and American culture and the difficulties it could cause for intercultural couples. If you’re Chinese and dating an American or vice-versa, you owe it to your relationship to read this article. Check it out [...]

The awesomeness that is Hong Kong: Reason enough to learn Cantonese.

A friend of mine just sent me a link to a New York Times article about how Cantonese is slowly dying out in New York’s Chinatown. I couldn’t help but get a little sad reading it. Sure, it’s a ridiculously difficult [...]

The news is depressing lately. Well, it’s actually pretty much always depressing. But I just got some great news to offset some of the doom and gloom! After almost 4 years, InLove is finally releasing a new album in July! The singer, Lu, kindly stopped by the site to leave a [...]