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Stoned in Liuzhou

Expatriate Games — Tue, 08 May 2012 17:26:12 +0000

My adopted hometown of Liuzhou is not a really well-known Chinese city. Still, like most places it is known for a few things. There is the local delicacy Luosifen, a pungent, spicy noodle dish in a snail stock that I have yet to fully embrace. I’ve tried. Then there are the famous coffins of Liuzhou. [...]

Daddy’s Little Girl

Expatriate Games — Mon, 07 May 2012 17:30:40 +0000

His children are amazing. Every parent surely feels the same way which is why he doesn’t usually tout his kids achievements in a public forum such as this. Frankly, he knows it would take too much time (because they are that awesome) and that it would quickly get boring for anyone other than family and [...]

Home Sweet Home

Expatriate Games — Fri, 04 May 2012 07:32:13 +0000

Hi there, I’m back from my quick trip to Shanghai. I’d gone up to see an orthopedic surgeon about the torn ligaments in my shoulder. I went because, call me crazy, I am more than hesitant to have any major surgery done here in Liuzhou. Unfortunately the doctors in Shanghai unanimously confirmed the need for [...]

Hot Mama

Expatriate Games — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 17:28:18 +0000

Hi there, I’m back in the saddle here as my medically induced vacation officially came to an end yesterday. I’d postponed a cosmetics shoot twice over the last couple of months and the agency was losing patience with the aging, decrepit laowai who for no obvious reason or benefit charges twice as much as any of [...]

The Math Teacher

Expatriate Games — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 21:58:47 +0000

Lily’s friend Su Mei is a middle school math teacher. They’ve worked together nearly 20 years. Su Mei turned 40 last week and has a 15 year old son. Now I know I am getting old and I’ll be the first to admit my memory is not what it used to be, but I am [...]

Yangshuo Winter

Expatriate Games — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:12:40 +0000

Last week Lily and I were able to take make a quick weekend trip to Yangshuo with a few friends. A world renowned travel destination, Yangshuo is an unapologetic tourist trap bordered by stunning karst mountains on one side and the Li River on the other. Sometimes a tourist trap is just what the doctor ordered. [...]

Screen Shots

Expatriate Games — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:11:04 +0000

In these hi-tech days of instant gratification, it’s easy to forget that not all that many years ago there were no cell phones, let alone a smart phone. There were no iPods or iPads, no internet, no email. When I was a kid even voice mail was unheard of. I’m talkin’ a pre personal PC, [...]

Luoman Village

Expatriate Games — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:22:22 +0000

I took a walk in the countryside today with my friends Rich and Sharon Johnson. Sharon had mentioned a small village north of the city that she’d come across while biking, saying it was a cool little place with a Buddhist temple and a friendly vibe. We headed out into the omnipresent grey muck that [...]

Blu… and I like it.

Expatriate Games — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:17:13 +0000

Yes friends… I am alive. I’m hesitant to offer any excuses for the lack of activity here on this website but the truth is, I’ve just been busy. Life gets in the way. Work and the travel that goes with it. Finishing the new house. Moving into the new house. Even dealing with what has [...]

500KM City Music Festival – Kunming Rocks

Expatriate Games — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 11:09:47 +0000

Howdy folks… been a while. After weeks of going back and forth with a gaggle of different editors about which images to include in an upcoming photo essay, I’m finally able to post some shots from the 500KM City Music Festival. The two-day event took place September 10 and 11 in Kunming with Sunday’s headliner [...]