Pilated Hally Pottel? Don’t mind if I do! (July 23, 2007)

I apologize for the slight delay between updates. I know you all are just salivating for the next installment of “A Day in the Life of a Wannabe Oriental,” but my time has been taken up with far more important things. With your extensive knowledge of my overachiever attitude and borderline obsessive compulsive desire [...]

Language Pledge (July 9, 2007)

So for those of you who don’t know exactly what I’m doing, here it is in a nutshell. I’m at Middlebury’s CET program in Hangzhou where for the next seven weeks I am not allowed to speak English, unless in dire circumstances. Sounds interesting and challenging? I’m four days in and all my roommate has [...]