Author Archives: Stacey Griffith
5 cokes and a long bread, sure!
I panicked today on what to say to the people at April Gourmet(the little,expensive grocery store in our complex). I’ve had an upset stomach the past couple of days. Did a little bit of tu today, if you want to look that up. Because I was feeling nauseaus and also because almost every place delivers … Continue reading
Ravioli’s,Mountains and Shaq
You’d think these three things would have nothing in common but they do. The other day the kids came home from school starving(which they seem to do everyday) and I was hungry myself. We ran over to the little grocery store that is in our apartment complex, April Gourmet. We try and not go there … Continue reading
2 preteens shopping at Yashow
The last two days the kids have been off school for teacher improvement. Yesterday Sofi had made plans with her new friend Malika who is from Berlin and has lived here for a year. Malika also lives at Park Avenue(where we will soon be moving to). Unbeknownst to me, they had made plans to go … Continue reading
Let’s Ride
It’s a blessing having a driver and translator for the beginning of our stay here. Our translator Robert doesn’t come with us anymore but if we need him to tell our driver(Mr.Wang) something we text him and he lets Mr. Wang know. When we text Robert and ask if he can let Mr. Wang know … Continue reading
Do you know where your gallbladder is?
I’ve never been asked before where my gallbladder is but today I was. There are a number of (and I think silly) medical tests to be done in order to get a work visa in China. Because I am the spouse of someone working in China I had to have the same tests done as … Continue reading
It’s like Stadium of Fire minus the Osmonds
We arrived in Beijing Sunday night(the 6th). That flight is bearable until about hr 7 and then you realize you still have over 5 hrs until Beijing and then some claustrophobia can start to settle in, for me at least. That’s when I pop a pill that my lovely doc back in the states gave … Continue reading