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		<title>Lifegems</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 16:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a re-post from another blog.  Too good not to share again. ** 4:  In the event that, you know, unfortunate, natural-life events take a beloved one from you too soon, don&#8217;t worry, you can turn that loved one into a diamond to keep FOREVER. I know you&#8217;re intrigued. http://www.lifegem.com/ Okay, or you could [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pier4rk.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9726008&amp;post=1333&amp;subd=pier4rk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Studies in flattery</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2011 17:45:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is perhaps my favorite part of Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.  I recently heard it again and couldn&#8217;t help putting it on here. Mr. Bennet:  &#8217;&#8230;it is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy.  May I ask whether these pleasing attentions proceed from the impulse of the moment, or [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pier4rk.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9726008&amp;post=1324&amp;subd=pier4rk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My favorite piano bar</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2011 17:16:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The pictures below are from my favorite little hangout spot in GZ.  Cheap beer, nightly live music and comfortable couches and homey chairs and lighting.  What more could you need on a Friday night?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pier4rk.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9726008&amp;post=1314&amp;subd=pier4rk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Who knew Pepé Le Pew was French?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2011 16:57:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The past few days have got me thinking about cultural differences.  I&#8217;ll always believe that people are people everywhere, but the little differences tickle or baffle me at times.  Here are a few reflections. Last night, I went out with a few French friends.  The topic of stereotypes came up as it inevitably does when [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pier4rk.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9726008&amp;post=1311&amp;subd=pier4rk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>And the electric hotplate goes to&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Sep 2011 16:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the story of how I found myself, at about 10 o&#8217;clock at night, walking home over the Guangzhou Da Dao bridge dressed in high heels, a skirt and dress shirt, and toting this eclectic bunch of things: an electric hotplate, a pair of Louis Vuitton g&#8217;s (probably knock-offs), and a gift package of spa-quality [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pier4rk.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9726008&amp;post=1298&amp;subd=pier4rk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">And this little piggy went into my mouth</media:title>
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		<title>Across the market and through the hood&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://pier4rk.wordpress.com/2011/09/16/across-the-market-and-through-the-hood/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 07:18:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today was quite a typical day for me as an ESL teacher in China.  After promising a friend that I would help her by substitute-teaching a new class she has set up at a school, I woke up early and left the apartment by 8 a.m.  My only instructions on the job were to go [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pier4rk.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9726008&amp;post=1296&amp;subd=pier4rk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sardine day</title>
		<link>http://pier4rk.wordpress.com/2011/09/14/sardine-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 16:18:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The other day I went shopping on a holiday (September 12th was the Moon Festival this year) and made the mistake of entering a mall.  After a few minutes in a department store, I literally had to run outside to be able to draw in a full deep breath.  I wish the picture below represented [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pier4rk.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9726008&amp;post=1293&amp;subd=pier4rk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;A valiant effort&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://pier4rk.wordpress.com/2011/09/14/a-valiant-effort/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 16:06:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pier4rk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[That&#8217;s what my friend, T, named the items in the photo below.  Strategically-placed fruits and veggies amplify the glory that results when a new-found excitement for learning to cook meets a newly-found wet market just a stone&#8217;s throw from a kitchen with actual space and amenities (I will soon post pictures of my outrageously small [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pier4rk.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9726008&amp;post=1290&amp;subd=pier4rk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pierism #6</title>
		<link>http://pier4rk.wordpress.com/2011/09/13/pierism-6/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 01:25:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pier4rk</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tales]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This picture doesn&#8217;t really need an explanation, except to say that when all else fails, then you&#8217;ve just got to get creative about stopping bugs from getting into your home.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pier4rk.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9726008&amp;post=1286&amp;subd=pier4rk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Not your everyday KTV experience</title>
		<link>http://pier4rk.wordpress.com/2011/09/10/not-your-everyday-ktv-experience/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 22:09:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pier4rk</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in China]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I wrote the following story a few months ago.  For those of you unfamiliar, a KTV is a karaoke bar; it&#8217;s a very popular pastime in China. It&#8217;s late on an unusual Friday night &#8211; unusual because I participated in a sort-of social experiment tonight.  On a spontaneous whim, I decided to accept an invitation [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pier4rk.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9726008&amp;post=1275&amp;subd=pier4rk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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