Tag: Gerald

Waiting For Godot (or a Baby): Notes on Identity, Change and Public Presentation
February 15, 2014

Waiting For Godot (or a Baby): Notes on Identity, Change and Public Presentation

  Any day now, I’m going to have a baby. Like, an actual baby that I get to keep indefinitely. Which is, admittedly, an awfully long time. I still haven’t wrapped my head completely around this concept, even though I’ve been quite pregnant for many …

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A Totally Impractical Expat Interview #13: Kate Bailward of Driving Like a Maniac
May 22, 2011

A Totally Impractical Expat Interview #13: Kate Bailward of Driving Like a Maniac

Welcome to the lucky 13th edition of the Totally Impractical Expat Interview series (hello baker’s dozen!). Today we have Gerald the Bear’s favourite expat, the lovely Kate Bailward of Driving Like a Maniac, a.k.a @katja_dlam. One of the unexpected by-products of this series has been …

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(101 Things About Shanghai) The Bund, reformatted
January 27, 2011

(101 Things About Shanghai) The Bund, reformatted

Although I’ve been living in Shanghai for about a week shy of two years now, I’ve only been to the Bund 4 times. The first 3 times were fairly pointless as it was being renovated, just like everything else in Shanghai. The first time I …

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Meat and Mops- My Parents’ Journey to Qibao
January 22, 2011

Meat and Mops- My Parents’ Journey to Qibao

So we went to Qibao yesterday, our first grand excursion in a week or so, as I’d been busy with stupid school stuff and having my jaw sledge-hammered, and my mother was battling her semi-inevitable post-flight cold. Doug and I had gone there about two …

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Ain’t I a Bear? Gerald the Bear Tackles Authenticity and Place
December 28, 2010

Ain’t I a Bear? Gerald the Bear Tackles Authenticity and Place

  When I was first introduced to my co-blogger, Mary Anne, who is also the owner of this blog, she looked at me dubiously and said, “You’re not a panda”. We were in a tea house in North Shanghai, surrounded by hundreds of Chinese students and …

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Gerald the Bear is accepting freelance blogging opportunities now!
December 27, 2010

Gerald the Bear is accepting freelance blogging opportunities now!

I just wanted to take a moment out of your presumably busy day to introduce you to my new co-blogger, Gerald the Bear. Gerald joined me late last week, thanks to an introduction from my thoughtful students at the university Christmas party. So far, Gerald …

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