It’s been a while since I’ve dished out some advice.

Probably because it’s been a while since any of you have asked me for advice.

I can’t imagine why.

After absolutely no new advice questions for weeks, I finally got an email the other day from the adorably named Mumun. The email came with the [...]

Ever since I started my advice column thingie a few weeks ago, I’ve been getting lots of questions about teaching English overseas.

Because, apparently, you spend ten years of your life doing something and you get a degree in the stuff and people actually expect you to know what you’re doing.

Sheez.

People and [...]

Happy belated Thanksgiving, you guys.

That goes for all of you — even those of you who don’t live in countries that celebrate Thanksgiving.

Because, hey, I think we can all agree that there aren’t enough days in the year dedicated to the eating of pie. So if you didn’t celebrate Thanksgiving this year [...]

One of my favorite things to do in China was to go grocery shopping.

I know that sounds lame, but this is me we’re talking about. And lame is just kind of this thing I do.

Besides, I assure you it was a good time.

I mean, I could spend entire afternoons walking up [...]

Living in China for a year and a half taught me a lot of valuable life lessons.

Like, sometimes you have to stop listening to other people and just try stuff out for yourself to find out if you’re going to like it. This applies to countries. And jobs. And mooncakes. (Although, seriously, guys, [...]