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Strange Pilgram
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Expat observations and making sense of it all...
- Author: Christine
- Listed in: Culture Development and Growth
- Tags: language culture shock resilience
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double take
Written Inc. has done it again. The thematic photo this week is different. It's about looking at things from a different point of view, or perhaps slightly off the beaten path. About seeing beyond the obvious and finding something, well, different...
it\'s a tough row to hoe kid
Little Punkette has been one stressed cookie these past days. In addition to loosing all her teeth, there's all the first grade BS to deal with. Having to wake up at 7 am after the night has inexplicably slipped away. Having to change her underwea...
have fan, who\'s throwing sh*t?
I realized today, while getting to know someoneOver coffee, in the bookstore cafeThat I like the experience of enduring somethingIt gives me joy, the experience of uncertaintyThe threat of disaster, even passing through itI realized this when describ...
contrary to popular belief kids love having their birthdays lumped together with other festivities
It's December! Woo Hoo!December is all kinds of fun. First off, it's the most awesome month to be born in. Two of my brothers and I were all born in December and we always celebrated our birthdays together with one big party. It always felt extra...
I had to go and open my big mouth
We got together will all the families of Punkette's first grade class last night. It was a casual gathering organized to meet each other. We arrived with a tin of Nestle' chocolate chip cookies I had baked (secret family recipe) and sat down for a ...
growing cynical
Something has started to happen, and I hardly noticed it until one morning my dear M pointed it out to me on our way to get coffee after dropping the kids off from school. He said I was becoming conservative.I'm worried he may be right.We have in th...
