By the Way

Aug. 30, 2009 By Kevin She'd been standing in the middle of our living room for several minutes gazing at the photograph. "It's...

Old Woman Enjoying Shaanxi Opera Originally uploaded by kevsunblush Shaanxi Opera is a special form of grating Chinese music that the old pe...

By Kevin Here are a few examples of actual test answers I got today and yesterday (I just listed a few of the more absurd ones - these were ...

By Kevin As we pulled into the bicycle repair shop at the end of the bike storage yard on campus, I wondered how much it would cost to get m...

By Kevin Last weekend we went on another long bike ride with students. If you remember reading about our long bike ride last semester, there...

By Kevin As we walked to dinner last night, we were surprised to see a small tent set up outside the adjacent apartment buildings, with a pa...

By Kevin "Do you want to come and eat jiaozi with us?" Wes asked, relatively certain that we'd say yes. After all, today is De...

So, maybe we should have known from the start that it was going to be a rough ride. When I went to adjust Ruth's bike seat before we s...

By Ruth (sorry - this is really long) I was looking forward to getting into a normal schedule, but even though it's the first full ...

By Kevin To celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival we opted to spend the evening outdoors, dining on “ethnic foods street.” Ok, maybe the whole stree...

By Kevin As Wes and Ruth boarded our minibus back from Hua Shan to Weinan, I hurried over to a little store to buy us some water, figuring a...

By Kevin “Man, the ... party is fierce,” Wes said with a grin as we left the karaoke bar. We rode home, astonished at what we just took part...

We thought that some of you might enjoy a video walk-through of our apartment... Here it is...