tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-965824120120454342.post4960962603623706077..comments2023-10-21T11:44:45.588+01:00Comments on ResidentAlien: China SnapshotsMary Witzlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06458299046574564155noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-965824120120454342.post-35183077839372355092014-03-13T19:35:19.181+00:002014-03-13T19:35:19.181+00:00Mary I had forgotten to visit your blog but have j...Mary I had forgotten to visit your blog but have just had an incredibly pleasurable time reading your posts.. They bring out a smile and are just..... lovely<br /><br />(i particularly liked the 'writing my photos' )<br /><br />Carolecarolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09967610524155000944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-965824120120454342.post-68226746663599717012013-10-19T03:45:39.523+01:002013-10-19T03:45:39.523+01:00Reading your descriptive prose brought me right in...Reading your descriptive prose brought me right into the streets, visualizing everything. Perfect.Barbara Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00610140328527165017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-965824120120454342.post-15192882851233005162013-10-02T01:17:57.497+01:002013-10-02T01:17:57.497+01:00Enjoyed 'looking' at your photos, Mary!Enjoyed 'looking' at your photos, Mary!Franziskahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04969060327273110157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-965824120120454342.post-4761864748258203662013-10-02T01:17:29.269+01:002013-10-02T01:17:29.269+01:00Really enjoyed 'looking' at your photos!Really enjoyed 'looking' at your photos!Franziskahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04969060327273110157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-965824120120454342.post-16656845165665254792013-09-29T16:07:10.182+01:002013-09-29T16:07:10.182+01:00Mary! Happy to know you've landed safely. I ha...Mary! Happy to know you've landed safely. I had the same thought as Lisa -- what? You're not a curiosity anymore? That must be refreshing. I wonder if it's because you're in a port city [if I have my geography correct] instead of inland? Maybe the locals think you're just another sailor...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-965824120120454342.post-59120665701739937402013-09-25T16:32:07.790+01:002013-09-25T16:32:07.790+01:00Loved this post! Wish I would have been there with...Loved this post! Wish I would have been there with you to see it in real life. I have a name for these this little "scenes" for filing purposes: SMOBS (SMallOBservationS)<br /><br />I've never been to China, and this is just lovely to readsee!<br /><br />Miss Footloose | Life in the Expat Lanehttp://www.lifeintheexpatlane.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-965824120120454342.post-54438268918229428922013-09-23T13:27:04.616+01:002013-09-23T13:27:04.616+01:00Mirka -- Snapshots are easier to compile than a wh...Mirka -- Snapshots are easier to compile than a whole, integrated composition, so this is a writing exercise borne of laziness. ;) <br /><br />As for bustles, in the kind of heat we've got here, I hate to think how hot such a contraption would have been, even with bare shoulders. <br /><br />Tanita -- You're going to be back in Scotland this fall? We'll miss seeing you--AND Scotland. <br /><br />I always see the lovely photos other people take which seem to capture people looking so unaware and unposed. I can never manage this myself and dread taking photos of people without first asking them if it's okay. Which, of course, makes them even more self-conscious.<br /><br />Lisa -- Thank you. My husband was here almost 30 years ago and he had the same experience you did, as did other travelers I've met who were in China in the 80s and 90s (stories involving doorless ladies' toilets were the most shocking, as I recall). Now there are so many obviously non-Chinese people here (Indians, Africans, Caucasians, etc.), we're barely even noticed. When you DO see somebody goggling, you tend to think they've just arrived from some very remote place out in the sticks. <br /><br />ATP -- When what happens? Tell me--I'm dying to know!<br /><br />Elizabeth -- Thank you-- I just wish I had more time to write about everything here.Mary Witzlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06458299046574564155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-965824120120454342.post-68146369867582730202013-09-23T07:50:15.160+01:002013-09-23T07:50:15.160+01:00So happy to read your word-pictures about life in ...So happy to read your word-pictures about life in China! Can't wait to hear more! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-965824120120454342.post-19163663762350886752013-09-23T06:09:44.555+01:002013-09-23T06:09:44.555+01:00I hate it when that happens.I hate it when that happens.A.T. Posthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03987529687181431843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-965824120120454342.post-69709916509467853862013-09-21T03:25:50.021+01:002013-09-21T03:25:50.021+01:00This is beautifully written.
But.
I can't help...This is beautifully written.<br />But.<br />I can't help but notice how much China has changed since I was there in 2001 if NO ONE is noticing you, a white foreigner. Even in Beijing, people stopped what they were doing to stare at me. Sometimes small groups of people even encircled me and talked about me -- on the sidewalk as I tried to pass by.<br />And they're not even glancing at you? Wow. Times, they are a-changing.Lisa Shaferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08141316010311729143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-965824120120454342.post-76829495595953053552013-09-20T17:49:59.285+01:002013-09-20T17:49:59.285+01:00Gosh, didn't realize you were there already - ...Gosh, didn't realize you were there already - thought we'd catch you in Scotland later this fall. However, viva la adventure, looking forward to more word pictures, which tend to be less obtrusive and far easier to get than camera shots anyway.tanita✿davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01671822274852087499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-965824120120454342.post-27874102586900837082013-09-20T15:12:47.592+01:002013-09-20T15:12:47.592+01:00Thanks for the snap-shots. I think you also just i...Thanks for the snap-shots. I think you also just invented a good writing exercise.<br />The word *bustle* popped into my mind as I read your pictures.Mirka Breenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00653086859905415156noreply@blogger.com