Mark OConnor's MindSay Blog

Cha Li

make — 2008-05-29T05:05:47-05:00

I want to try to give you further insight (acerbic or not, you be the judge) into a bit of the culture that I have been immersed in during my extended stay here. It would never be...

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Peer Pressure...Just Do it

make — 2008-04-27T03:04:14-05:00

In sharing some of my experiences here in China, I posted earlier about "Getting Donkeyed." I shared my blog address with a friend of mine here in Baoding and he immediately sent me a text message...

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Mooooooo

make — 2008-04-14T04:04:42-05:00

When you were young (perhaps maybe later along in life and alone in the car) and saw cows standing in a field, you "moo-ed" at them in the hopes that maybe, just maybe, they would understand your...

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Spring Festival

make — 2008-03-24T04:03:10-05:00

First, all apologies for those who have checked in to find that I have not posted since Christmas. I am truly sorry. A lot has happened and I intend to catch you...

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Ho Ho Ho

make — 2007-12-25T02:12:53-05:00

I have once again shared another time-honored American tradition with my Chinese neighbors. That being: the inebriated Santa Claus, of course. For Christmas Eve, I ventured out to one of my favorite...

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no subject

make — 2007-12-11T05:12:28-05:00

I must apologize for my lack of entries of late. The computer I have been given is constantly crashing and the last one was pretty bad. I hope that I am up and running for a good long while and can...

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Catharsis

make — 2007-12-11T05:12:31-05:00

It snowed here yesterday, about 3 cm...measuring in inches just would not be fair. A soft gray blanket covered everything in sight. I walked from my dorm to the classroom building mulling over potential...

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Inner Monologue

make — 2007-11-21T09:11:31-05:00

'My God, what is that smell?'

'Did that man just spit on the floor?'

'Why is that person smoking in such a small, enclosed area?'

'Did that man just pick his nose?'

'Did that...

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International Tug-o-War

make — 2007-11-16T09:11:24-05:00

For all of those internationally and politically savvy readers out there (and I know there are many of you), do not expect any insightful commentary about national polices or relations after seeing the subject line of...

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Kiddie Chaps

make — 2007-11-12T05:11:13-05:00

In thinking about another quirky and humorous aspect of life here that I could share with my family and friends back stateside, (a recurring theme of this blog--and one that many of the young parents who might...

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