When you're 8,000 miles from home in a foreign land any reminders of home are always a welcome sight. They say that everyone in the world has a twin somewhere. We'll I think we found Sassy's. In case you don't know, Sassy is my mother's dog. She is the cutest little thing. We got a pleasant surprise the other day when we were walking through our complex we met a woman who has a dog that that looks exactly like Sassy. As Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz would say "Th...

Sometimes being in China is like being in the Twilight Zone. For example take the time Jessica and I went on an interview for a teaching Job. While in route we saw the strangest thing. A small child driving a mercedes down the street. He's holding up traffic, cars are honking at him and have to go around him. All the while his parent or guardian is walking safely on the sidewalk. Keep in mind that as a foreigner I'm not even allowed to drive in China or have a li...