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On the Fringe

On the Fringe

http://global-gal.com

An American expat living in China, blogging about expat life, travel, and working for a flight school.

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  • got my haircut today…

    Posted on Sunday November 15th, 2009 at 02:24 in Asides

    I got my haircut today, and while I am glad to be mullet-free, I am not so sure Anna Wintour’s doppelganger was the look I wanted either…  One of these days I am actually going to have to learn hair-salon related Chinese. Showing a pictu...

  • Sometimes I Am GDR

    Posted on Friday November 13th, 2009 at 00:41 in spain, Spanish, bilingual, alter-egos

    A few weeks ago – and I meant to blog about this back then, but you can see how my procrastination is running wild – the DH was chatting online with one of our nieces. She is eight years old and lives in Logroño, Spain. At some point in ...

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    Posted on Sunday November 8th, 2009 at 07:38 in Asides

    So there was a camel in Linyi’s People Square today, and if that wasn’t strange and random enough, when I stopped to admire it (they have the cutest faces), pretty much everyone who was looking at the camel turned to stare at me. I felt l...

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    Posted on Thursday November 5th, 2009 at 01:57 in Asides

    Yeah, yeah, I know I haven’t been here much lately. I’m thoroughly caught up in NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month – for fun) and trying to stay warm. Temperatures have plummeted in Linyi, hitting a low of -2C a few days ago. T...

  • When Kaboom Equals Love

    Posted on Friday October 30th, 2009 at 11:15 in Culture, china, holidays, weddings, fireworks, noise, cannons, firecrackers, world blog surf day

    Welcome to World Blog Surf Day! Today we are blogging about our favorite new holidays and celebrations. One of the things I find interesting about Chinese celebrations, particularly weddings, is the use of noise. Kaboom! Kaboom! Kaboom! Wedding can...

  • Great news…

    Posted on Tuesday October 20th, 2009 at 03:35 in Asides

    Great news – James Fallows survived China and I likely will, too! I’m a big fan of Mr. Fallows’ China reporting. He is a real aviation enthusiast and we were happy to have him visit us here in Linyi earlier this year. ♦...

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5 stars Santosh Nikam

Fantastic blog.................i like it.. .... keep it up

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