Monthly Archives: January 2008

14 Jan

Caveat Pumptor

Yesterday I had to return a breast pump. It was a transaction I was dreading because I had to do it in Chinese. Normally I don’t have problems in stores. I speak enough Chinese to get by. But this was different. I had to convince a team of salesgirls to [...]

10 Jan

Back in China, All Three of Us

We are back in China after our holiday trip in America. I was planning on writing a post about reverse culture shock, but I had to scrap that idea because I didn’t feel any reverse culture shock. Being in the states was like getting back on a bicycle. I felt like no [...]