It is difficult enough to teach children how to behave in our homes, but what if the world outside our door is a completely different culture? Living in a culture different to our own can make the... Read more >>

Study abroad is important for every college student to experience to help us prepare for work and life in today’s globalized world. Today, most employers are looking to hire people who are able... Read more >>

I walked a mile today, actually three, and everyone who passed me in his or her comfortable warm cars must have thought that I am crazy. Maybe a little, me thinks. But snow is new to me, I come from a... Read more >>

Many people at home have asked me about the health care here in the Land of Cheese. I have to report that, along with most things, the quality is very high. The doctors are extremely knowledgeable and... Read more >>

We had sandwiches for lunch. They weren’t selling baozi today. I finished my lesson plan before I had to go back to school at 2 p.m. Class was on the fifth floor of the main building, and the... Read more >>

My mother was a true-blue career woman who didn’t care much for the domestic life. She didn’t care about cooking—she cooked just because we needed to eat. We ate the most basic... Read more >>

Amazingly, we have just notched up a world record in terms of address book entries for the Lings. As of August, we will have lived in the same country for over five years, which beats our previous... Read more >>

Turning Japanese? I really think so. Most of what I disliked about Japan, doesn’t faze me anymore. I no longer mention how anorexic I feel due to my typically Japanese diet. And these days,... Read more >>

I worked in Bangkok for three years. Boy, it was such a great adventure! I will always treasure all those three years spent in the Land of Smile. I wonder though, will the Thais treasure my three... Read more >>

I spent the summer in Australia this year. It seemed like an outrageous idea when I first allowed it to occur, but once I started to think about it, to really think about it, I realized it was not... Read more >>