Sebrina and Justin

Today in the New York Times we found this article about our very special Yunnan Province. It primarily talks about the growing flower export business from here, but also mentions Yunnan’s strategic importance to China, the fear of Islamic fundamentalism here, repetitive stress injuries in the flower industry, and how the NYTimes reporter likes to […]

Below is a personal account from one of our expat friends in Bangkok.

Tanks in front of Thai Parliament (Photo: Reuters)
It was a bit weird actually, I was in a coffee shop talking to friends when I got a call from a Thai friend saying I should go home because there was a coup. At first […]

I just learned about a podcast for people interested in learning Chinese.  It should be fun to hear, for those of you studying Chinese and/or planning to come visit us. I think I’ll add it to my list of interesting sites on the sidebar to the right –>.

While we were in Bangkok, we bumped into a resturant that served customers food according to their blood type. It’s located down the street from the American Embassy. Justin and I were familiar with the blood type diet craze that Peter J. D’Adamo started with his book, “Eat Right For Your Type“. We had never […]