Garlic Salt

Before I flew out of Shanghai, A asked me to do one thing for him. Please don't laugh at the Fujianese - everybody on my mission did . ...

One. The man with the weathered face and the large canvas bag launches himself into the ticket office window. On the other side, the inte...

If hell had a sound effect, this would be it. The moment I stepped out of the dust blaster, a tight compartment riddled with super blow d...

The thing about being an adult is that you get to take business trips. The thing about being a kid still is that you can gush about your fir...

Some call it spineless. Others call it whipped. Here, we just call it financial planning. As far as I can tell, it is pretty miserable to ...

I woke up yesterday and decided that I should spend the weekend in Hong Kong. So I picked the earliest flight the next day and now I find my...

When my family huddled together to watch the first US presidential debate in a hotel room in Cambodia, my younger brother declared somewhere...

On Friday, QQ was buzzing with posters that called for mass protests against the Japanese government's purchase of the disputed Diaoyu/ ...

My friend's landlord already had two months of deposit (~ 5000 USD), but he was kicking my friend out of the house early and he wanted a...

Il Divo came to town and I went to watch their concert on a whim. After I became hopelessly lost on my way to the concert, I hopped onto a...

1 am. Doha airport. Waiting to board a flight back to Shanghai. Around 80 travelers, mostly Chinese people who escaped obligatory family r...

The bachelors in China are panicking. By 2030, there will be at least 30 million more men than women in this country because of the female i...

My boss and I always debate over the issue of whether Chinese drivers are just really good or really bad. On one hand, there are probably ...

We don't really have a concept of peeping toms in China. Just an overly curious next-building neighbor who likes to look out of his wind...

Government officials rule China - one over-priced dinner and seven bottles of red wine at a time. Businesses scramble to pay the bill.Beca...

The girls here just love me. Well some more than others. And they show it by grabbing my hands or clinging onto my arms. Especially when we...

I started work yesterday. I had to keep a straight face when some of my coworkers told me their names. Craven. Elvis. Cinderella. Candy. K...

I slept fantastically well last night, considering that the mosquitoes were having a party at my house. But as usual, mother dear made life ...

Tonight, over rocky road, I mentioned to my family that I probably wouldn't date for an entire year in China. Well, one because there ...

Packing up and moving away to another country is a pain. I can't believe how much stuff I've hoarded. It almost makes me want to qui...