As is it the case with Kelly at Tales from Heibei, Liang and I have recently become HOs! If you have not read Kelly’s post, you should and by HOs she means home owners, of course. As you may remember last year, we made a deposit on our home lot. Luckily for us, as we bought our house in Canada, the process is not as complicated as it is in … Read on
Yes, I have been away for a few weeks — again — but I hope you will forgive me. My excuse this time? Well, the title says it all: We Are Engaged! My wonderful boyfri…ahem…fiancé (still getting used to the word) proposed on the morning of his birthday which also happens to be New Year’s Eve. After I said yes (of course), we laughed that it was a good thing … Read on
Liang and I have now been dating for over two and a half years. He moved in with me after about a year and I recently noticed my cooking style has slightly changed since we first met; even my pantry and kitchen drawers are a bit different (all good things)! I’ve learned to make dumplings, spring rolls, won ton soup, and many other delicious Chinese dishes from his mom. One … Read on
Saturday, October 16, 2010 With the little sleep I had the previous night — maybe half an hour, to be exact — I was very slow to get going that morning. At least Liang was able to get a few hours of sleep and he was the one who was going to do most of the talking since I only knew the Mandarin basics. I just had to follow him, didn’t … Read on
Saturday, October 16, 2010 We landed late in Shanghai due to our flight delay in Narita. It was at least 1:30 AM by the time we got through customs and claimed our luggage. Maybe it was because we were so tired that we had no idea where we were heading once out of the terminal. I don’t recall seeing any signs to show us the way but at least our hotel … Read on
Friday, October 15, 2010 This was our last day in Japan. Our flight to Shanghai was scheduled for 7 p.m. so this gave us enough time to roam around Narita. Seeing as there were no restaurants in the vicinity, we had breakfast at the hotel. It was a buffet style meal that included both Japanese and Western food. To the staff’s surprise, I ate Japanese for breakfast. Seaweed, pickled veggies, rice, … Read on