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Waiguoren on Rice: October 2013
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30 October, 2013. Aitch, Aay, Double El, Oh. Another month, another six blogs I didn’t write. Semester five is about halfway through, and at this point I’ve not written. In an embarrassingly long time. Not that it is any consolation, but I have thought about writing. In fact, I have two half-written blogs from this month taking up space on my hard drive. Want to keep reading? Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Aitch, Aay, Double El, Oh. My Friends' China Blogs! Brendon: Profiles of the Orient.
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Waiguoren on Rice: September 2013
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04 September, 2013. One of the many lessons Peace Corps has taught me: America is weird. The Elkhart County Fair serves deep-fried butter. However, before I go on, I should back up…. Want to keep reading? Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). My Friends' China Blogs! Brendon: Profiles of the Orient. Amanda: A. Liles. Katie: Iowan Adventures Outside Of Iowa. Amanda: Hen Hao Mianbao. Lauren: tales of a gypsy soul abroad. Eric and Saara: HorseHorseTigerTiger. Kathryn: Getting Schooled in China.
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Waiguoren on Rice: Aitch, Aay, Double El, Oh...
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30 October, 2013. Aitch, Aay, Double El, Oh. Another month, another six blogs I didn’t write. Semester five is about halfway through, and at this point I’ve not written. In an embarrassingly long time. Not that it is any consolation, but I have thought about writing. In fact, I have two half-written blogs from this month taking up space on my hard drive. I don’t think I need to give a history lesson about Halloween—that’s what things like Wikipedia. And The Halloween Tree. One of the Lanzhou schools plan...
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Waiguoren on Rice: August 2013
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23 August, 2013. A Return to Form. I went running today—my first since being back—and it was beautiful. Want to keep reading? Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). A Return to Form. My Friends' China Blogs! Brendon: Profiles of the Orient. Amanda: A. Liles. Katie: Iowan Adventures Outside Of Iowa. Amanda: Hen Hao Mianbao. Lauren: tales of a gypsy soul abroad. Eric and Saara: HorseHorseTigerTiger. Kathryn: Getting Schooled in China. Danny: Days and Nights in the Far East. Mike: A Hunxue Nomad.
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Waiguoren on Rice: July 2014
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18 July, 2014. Goodbyes are hard. . I had a language tutor, Lily, who would give me a hard time for saying 再见. She very kindly called me dumb, and told me Chinese people don’t like to say zai jian. Is more colloquial, more common. I tried to explain that I couldn’t say “ baibai. 8221; It’s a loanword from English. In English I would never say “bye bye” to someone, so saying it with a Chinese accent just felt entirely foolish. . In hopes of changing my mind, Lily explained the denotation of zai jian.
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Waiguoren on Rice: March 2013
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21 March, 2013. Stop me if you’ve heard this one: Once upon a time, th…. Oh Okay. You’ve heard that one? Yeah… I thought so. Want to keep reading? Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). My Friends' China Blogs! Brendon: Profiles of the Orient. Amanda: A. Liles. Katie: Iowan Adventures Outside Of Iowa. Amanda: Hen Hao Mianbao. Lauren: tales of a gypsy soul abroad. Eric and Saara: HorseHorseTigerTiger. Kathryn: Getting Schooled in China. Danny: Days and Nights in the Far East. Mike: A Hunxue Nomad.
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Waiguoren on Rice: Peaches and Plums
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18 July, 2014. Anyone who has talked to me for more than five minutes is probably rolling their eyes. One of my favourite verbal idiosyncrasies is to cheekily describe things as “hard”. If someone trips, walking is hard; someone splits a bill incorrectly, math; stumble over a sentence, talking. You get the idea… However, as my Peace Corps service concludes, I’m finding nothing is harder than a goodbye. I had a language tutor, Lily, who would give me a hard time for saying 再见. I’ve been thinking abo...
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Waiguoren on Rice: Home and Back
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04 September, 2013. One of the many lessons Peace Corps has taught me: America is weird. The Elkhart County Fair serves deep-fried butter. However, before I go on, I should back up…. Since the last time I posted something. 8212;at this point, some of you were probably thinking I forgot about this thing—I’ve had to make some decisions. Primarily, what will happen when I am through with my two-year Peace Corps commitment. Needless to say, I’m pretty excited about it. No joke. The weirdest. If someone threw...
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Waiguoren on Rice: March 2014
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02 March, 2014. 1 March, 1961, President John F. Kennedy signed an executive order to officially establish the Peace Corps. 23 February through 1 March was Peace Corps week. In addition, this week was the final first week of classes of my own Peace Corps experience. My final semester has begun. Im trying to be mindful of this. I want to appreciate everything, and if youll cue up Aerosmith, I dont want to miss a thing. Dont click on that link; you know what its going to be.). Want to keep reading? Stuff W...
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Waiguoren on Rice: November 2012
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03 November, 2012. My Own Hyperbole and a Half. This week, in my writing classes, I did a lesson on hyperbole. I discussed with my students the cultural trend in American English to be hyperbolic. They didn’t know the word, but when I wrote “hyperbole” on the board, they were familiar with it (I’m perpetually grateful at the level of my students English; the average PCV doesn’t teach students at this advanced of an ability). Want to keep reading? Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Grace and ...
