Archive for April, 2009

Dry Air and Alcohol

I finally have a dehumidifier! The amount of water it takes out of my room is ridiculously large. Where was all of that water before? And the constant sound of the water dripping makes me have to pee. But now, I hope that it will control the mold growing on my walls, and already my [ READ MORE ]

GMAT Macaroni Chickens

I took the diagnostic practice test for the GMAT this weekend. It was brutal. I missed about half of the questions on both sections, and I didn’t even attempt the essay. At least now I know where I stand and what I need to work on. Geometry, anyone? I also had Macaroni Grill yesterday, and [ READ MORE ]

Tomb-Sweeping Day

Yesterday was Qingming Festival, also known as Tomb Sweeping Day. I woke up at 7am to get my daily shot at the hospital, then I hopped into a car with my aunt and uncle to drive to the cemetery. We had to park in a school’s parking lot and take a government-sanctioned service bus to [ READ MORE ]

E. Coli: Free with Purchase

Fun Fact: I’m not surprised that E. Coli would be more common in a country where night markets and road-side vendors (like people selling meat in the back of a truck in an alley: true story) and the lack of health sanitation requirements are prevalent. Unlike the locals that have eaten that kind of food [ READ MORE ]

April Fools!

  • April 1st, 2009
  • Posted in holiday

Sorry readers, I did not mean to scare you. It was just a harmless prank. Forgive me? I tried pranking my kids today with a lame pop quiz, but they got me back by saying that they put grasshoppers in my bag. I got really freaked out and threatened to take away all of their [ READ MORE ]