August 13, 2013
Thoughts Before A New Journey: Free at Last?
Conversations like this on our upcoming college life have recurred during the various get-togethers with…
August 10, 2013
Taxi Affairs (Part 2)
I was in a cab to the airport leaving Beijing, and my conversation with the…
August 9, 2013
Taxi Affairs (Part 1)
I’d always heard before arriving in Beijing that in the heydays of the 80’s one…
August 6, 2013
Thoughts Before College
It’s hard to believe that I’ll be leaving Beijing for Yale in less than two…
July 29, 2013
Before Making a Life, Make Your Food!
I graduated from college about two months ago. I never thought it would be the…
June 25, 2013
Endings Are Always Bittersweet
Last week was my final week of teaching here in Suzhou. It marked the end…
June 6, 2013
A Year Out, A Year Wiser
It’s the time of year when newspapers are starting to fill up with commencement addresses,…
May 28, 2013
Graduating from High School…now what?
Graduation is a time of joy and relief, as well as a time of fear…
May 25, 2013
How to be both American and Chinese
My father often delights in revisiting the impetuous statement I made as a four-year-old arriving…
May 10, 2013
Taxi Frenzy in Beijing
When I was a child, my parents could easily get a cab in Beijing but…
May 9, 2013
Staying Sane through Insanity
One of the best pieces of advice I was given when I first moved to…
May 4, 2013
Adrift in the Beijing Springtime
I am back in Beijing after three months on the sunny shores of Australia. I…