Jinjin in America

Jinjin, my wife, has been in the US for nearly a week now. Our cat survived the trip too and is having fun exploring her new home. She’s quite curious about items in the supermarket (Jinjin, not the cat), constantly asking me, “What’s this?” It’s very cute. I think our children are going to have [...]

Jinjin Finally Has Her Visa

I am pleased to announce that Jinjin, my wife, finally was issued an immigration visa by the United States government.
Because my own work visa in China was set to expire, I have been in the States since July 2007. We had planned on Jinjin being here at that time too, but unfortunately she was denied [...]

Who’s the Holdup?

Friend: “I hear your wife is having a hard time getting out of China.”
Me: “No, she is having a hard time getting into America.”
Every time I discuss the holdup with Jinjin’s visa with Americans they assume that it is due to the Chinese government. When I tell them that the problem is with the American [...]

Insignificant

I love my job and I’m not complaining, this is simply an observation on my perceived differences between two careers:
I used to be a teacher. Now I am a computer technician. As a teacher I got lots of respect from colleagues in other departments. As a computer technician I do not. As a teacher people [...]

New Job

I’m working in an IT Department now.