Lostnchina
I’m a Chinese Canadian business owner who had been working and living in China – HK – Taiwan – US since 2004.
My blog, www.lostnchina.com, represents only a slice of what I’ve encountered in China. I also have aging Chinese parents, and we’re in a race to see who sends whom to our respective graves first.
For the record: this isn’t a race I’d like to win.
By day I’m trying to reconcile my Chinese and Western upbringing and values; by night I’m pretty much the same thing, except the alcohol makes me less baffled. Sometimes I also participate in disastrous dating. The alcohol helps with this, too.
Despite what you hear about us over-achieving Chinese, rest assured, not all of us have our Peking ducks in a row. Quack.
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Lostnchina
http://lostnchina.wordpress.com/
The meanderings of a single Chinese Canadian woman living and working in and out of China.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 51 )
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On the @#& Day of Christmas: Hallmark Holiday Rejects
As we barrel toward the Lord of the Rings of holidays, let’s remember the true meaning of Christmas – reindeer, pine trees, and candy canes set against a... Read more
Posted on 08 December 2017 HUMOR, LOVE & SEX -
Hells Bell’s Palsy: The Symptoms of a Chinese Mother
Something to show your mom you care…. lostnchina Let’s just say this is Annie before Bell’s Palsy. Bell’s palsy “is a form of facial paralysis resulting from a... Read more
Posted on 06 May 2016 HUMOR, LOVE & SEX -
How to Deal With Talkative Passengers While Flying at 32,000 Feet
For those of you who claimed to have built life-changing friendships, been engaged or married, or reached an epiphany about red meat on a red-eye from San... Read more
Posted on 04 January 2016 HUMOR, LOVE & SEX -
From My Heart to Your Gag Reflex: Worst Christmas Album Covers…for Now
Just when you thought that warm fuzzy feeling is from the holidays, think again… lostnchina Most Benevolent LReader: I’ve been negligent in blogging this year,... Read more
Posted on 23 December 2015 HUMOR, LOVE & SEX -
Utterly Unimportant Online Reviews
You know we live in a time that’s dangerously close to the Hello Kitty Apocalypse when random nobodies (ie. Me) can go online and spew effusive, angry,... Read more
Posted on 24 August 2015 HUMOR, LOVE & SEX -
Mongolian Barbequed: Four Days & Three Nights in Mongolia with a Chinese Tour...
It was with near-hysterical fervor that my employees and I had signed up for a four-day guided tour of Inner Mongolia leaving on May 1 – China’s Labor Day –... Read more
Posted on 29 May 2015 HUMOR, LOVE & SEX -
The Sarcastic Woman’s Guide to Online Dating: Your Profile Picture
With Valentine’s Day approaching, those of us who are single will want to brush up their online dating profiles to attract the most worthy Romeo or Juliet. ... Read more
Posted on 12 February 2015 HUMOR, LOVE & SEX -
A Rude Christmas Interlude for You: T’was the Time After Christmas Dinner…
T’was the night after Christmas dinner,and the family had passed out on the couch from the hearty Christmas fare,not giving a hoot whether St. Nicolas was there. Read more
Posted on 25 December 2014 HUMOR, LOVE & SEX -
From My Heart to Your Gag Reflex: Worst Christmas Album Covers…for Now
Most Benevolent LReader:I’ve been negligent in blogging this year, ’tis true, but what’s a woman with severe writer’s block to do? Read more
Posted on 15 December 2014 HUMOR, LOVE & SEX -
Supremely Bizarre Products of All Time
lostnchina:As you ponder this year’s Christmas gift-giving list, here are a few suggestions straight from Japan…. Originally posted on lostnchina: Most people... Read more
Posted on 12 October 2014 HUMOR, LOVE & SEX -
I Just Wanna Play Scrabble and Not Buy You Viagra
Just as someone might want to swim with the sharks or pull a freight train with his testicles – when I lived in southern China, I played online Scrabble to... Read more
Posted on 03 September 2014 HUMOR, LOVE & SEX -
Funereality – Part Two
A Buddhist monk, my sneezing sister and I are driving along in a Mercedes with plush leather seats. Something that resembles a dried up stalk of corn is wedged... Read more
Posted on 16 July 2014 HUMOR, LOVE & SEX -
Funereality – Part One
When our beloved pet cockatiel of seventeen years died, my dad had witnessed the event. He said that Binky had been acting sluggish for about a week – sitting... Read more
Posted on 08 May 2014 FAMILY, HUMOR -
Nipple Sumo Wrestling_x264
As I bask in the post-holiday stupor that only Kirkland brand tequila and bowlfuls of those red and white restaurant mints from the Super China Buffet can... Read more
Posted on 02 January 2014 HUMOR, LOVE & SEX -
The Sarcastic Woman’s Guide to Online Dating: Your Profile Picture
My Dear Begirdled and Betrodden Sisters,In my last post of the Sarcastic Woman dating series, I touched upon the importance of a thoughtfully-written and... Read more
Posted on 12 December 2013 HUMOR, LOVE & SEX -
"Help!" (Wanted): The Story of Boogie Wang, Chloe Chu, Pinky Lo & One Kinky Ho
Reblogged from lostnchina: In Hong Kong, recruiting an English-speaking Account Representative is easier than in China, as English is one of the two official... Read more
Posted on 26 November 2013 HUMOR, LANGUAGES, TRAVEL -
A Halloween Fairy Tale: The Wedding From Hell, a Land Not So Far Away
Over 6 months ago, my sister Annie got a call from a long-lost high school friend, whose name is unfortunately the same as mine – Susan. For the sake of not... Read more
Posted on 30 October 2013 HUMOR, LOVE & SEX -
A Very Chinese Home Remodel
You know your elderly Chinese parents have redefined “home remodeling” when they spend the money they have scrimped and saved over the years on a home remodel... Read more
Posted on 17 October 2013 FAMILY, HUMOR -
Lost in Translation - Why I'm Not an Interpreter
My Mother often asks me why I don’t step up and help foreigners translate, as they stammer and gulp their way through the simplest things, like asking where... Read more
Posted on 15 September 2013 EXPAT, HUMOR, TRAVEL -
See Susan Go Camping
See Susan.See Susan as seen by her mother.See Susan out on the town.See Susan after three days of camping.I was raised in a campingless household. Read more
Posted on 22 August 2013 HUMOR