Not a Bum

I’m sorry, but it’s a Sunday after 5pm and I just finished a 24 page, 4000+ word paper. I can’t make promises on my level of ‘bumness’. 😂😂But I’m gonna eat the candy anyway!

For Men

Well #gentlemen you’ll be glad to know know that during your prgnant surgery, your lips will be nicely moisturized!!

Seriously, what words went into the translator that these came out?

Taste Buds Beware!

#Confession – Most of my phone gallery are pictures of random Chinese things I need to translate to save myself. E.g. to know the difference between microspicy and ‘it’s too spicy’ 😂😂😂

No Parabolic

😂😂😂😂 Looked it up. . . Parabolic means of or relating to a parabola (a symmetrical open plane curve formed by the intersection of a cone with a plane parallel to its side. The path of a projectile under the influence of gravity ideally follows a curve of this shape).

Not sure how ‘littering’ turned into parabolic, but there we have it! 😜😜
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IS IT POP? IS IT COLA? IS IT SODA? NOW WE KNOW!

well. . . this is it. . . cola and soda finally go face to face in the ‘buyer’ battle of the century. Only thing missing is the presence of ‘Pop’ – the other cola. 😂😂😂 So apparently if it’s blue, it’s cola. If it’s pink, it’s soda. Now I know!

#Humidity Fun!

My Daily Surprise

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#Starbucks can’t figure out how to make my chocolate blended cream (aka #frappuccino). . . . Sometimes it has #coffee in it (😖). Sometimes not (🤗) Sometimes #chocolate sauce. Sometimes #cocoa powder. Sometimes nothing. Sometimes #whippedcream. Sometimes not. At this point, I’m not sure what it is supposed to look like. It’s always a #daily surprise! At least it’s usually #cuteguys making it 🙂

Dentist Pillows!

These #dentist pillows from Walmart in China were HUGE – came to my hips. . . They were in the #backtoschool supplies. I confess – I don’t see the point 😂 To remind you kids when they wake up to brush their #teeth? For classsroom #decorations?

WHERE WOULD YOU PUT THEM?!?

Shopping at Samsung Seoul

Sooooo. I recently had to buy a new #laptop 😭 Lawrence the Laptop has a broken touchpad, broken microphone jack, crashing battery, a fan that’s competing with airplanes for loudest lift-off, and lose USB ports. Poor baby!

After exhaustive research I decidedto get a #Samsung notebook 9. At 13.3 inches and super lightweight, it’snice for travel. Unfortunately #Samsung US website SUCKS and I couldn’t get it ordered before my mom came to #China. So I thought, why not go to #Korea! I’m there on vacay – hone of #Samsung. No prob!

Big prob! The laptop was $400 more expensive for a lower quality product! Instead of i7 they had i5 and instead of 16RAM, it was 8RAM. 😡😡

BUT! I was headed to #China and had to have a computer, so I picked it up anyway. Lil – funniest thing. So, the dude waiting on me was the cutest guy. Very nice, good English, helpful. But I was complaining (spectacularly) about the price. So he promised to give me a gift 😬

My gift? – A selfie stick, a toothbrush holder (with toothbrush! woop!), and a car magnet 😂😅😜😝 In fact, he gave me another set to my mom as well. Lololol. Not sure it was worth $400, but you know? I’m still laughing about it – so they’re probably #priceless.

Couple notes for potential expats:

1) Did you know many #computer products bought in the #US require that you keep the product in theUS to maintain warranty?
2) Your US warranty won’t always work abroad – #Dell won’t service my #laptop in #China even though it has centers here Cause I have a US warranty.
3) Foreign warranty’s may not be as good as the US version. So be careful before agreeing to transfer warranty from one country to another.

Pokey Durian!

When your fruit is too pokey to handle . . . 😂 The spines are really hard and pointy.