Happy 牛* Year

Celebrated Chinese New Year’s Eve by doing the same as everyone else here…trying to blow a hole in space time with fireworks. * 牛 = ox = cow = this year‘s new zodiac. 牛 = niú = sounds like English word ”new“ 牛逼 = cow vagina = Chinese slang for ”awesome“.

Jiali Japery: Agents and Landlords

The first year I came to China, I got an agent that specializes in helping expats to hook me up. I went that route because I couldn’t communicate in Chinese to save my life, and I didn’t want to be signing any contracts that had hidden clauses allowing a group of senior citizens to practice [...]