So you are saying that you know the Chinese for "cruciferous" but haven't yet conquered "broccoli"? hee. The real problem comes when you can't think of the english word for something and have to do the verbal pantomime and your friends say, "Elnie, it's called a fork. FORK." Not that anything like that happens to me. I am fluent in everything, always.
Facial, you say? I'll be there within the week.
Elnie, it's called plane ticket. PLANE TICKET. Come on, me and your masseuse are waiting for you.
latecomer to your blog (linked through Amylou's website) so I thought I'd do some archive reading. I didn't know if you'd get the comment if I posted it to the Jan '05 entry so...and I don't know if you even have a shower curtain in China or not...but thought I'd answer your question about how to clean a shower curtain. A highly effective and environmentally safe way is to throw a cup of vinegar in the washing machine along with the curtain, turn on the hot cycle, and wait for the mineral deposits to disappear thanks to the miracle of chemistry. we've kept our vinyl inflatable yellow duck-adorned curtain now for 3 years.
I'm enjoying the blog and, as a former China expat (Shanghai ten years ago), keep hoping you'll write more about your life in China.
This entry = amazing. i was once so crazed at a photoshoot that refered to the carousel (that was in the background) as the "moving horses"... so sometimes even knowing the word, it can escape you. miss you lots cate. xoxo aya
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