by Charity Lee Jennings | Jun 27, 2017
What? You wanted privacy? Not only could I see this girl getting her teeth worked on, as I walked by, but a screen caught my eye. It displayed a close-up of her molars! Thanks for the invite Noble Beauty Dental Clinic, but I’ll wait ’til we return to Canada to get...
by Charity Lee Jennings | Jun 17, 2017
I’ve never seen a dragon boat race but I’ve joined many Chinese people in eating zongzi, a rice dumpling wrapped in bamboo leaves, to remember the life of one of China’s greatest poets and scholars, Qu Yuan. Human nature hasn’t changed since the 3rd century BC. Qu...
by Charity Lee Jennings | Jun 8, 2017
Dumplings for lunch became a pleasant part of our lives, as did interactions with the dumpling makers. One day, low on groceries, my son and I again took the horseshoe walk to the bao zi shop, but instead of steaming dumplings we found a lock and chains. We peered...
by Charity Lee Jennings | May 29, 2017
“Is he selling bao zi?” I asked Brian as I motioned to a new vendor. “Looks like it.” We both walked toward a shop as small as a closet. Excitement and apprehension knotted together in my stomach. I like trying new things, so why apprehension? The taste of the food?...
by Charity Lee Jennings | May 19, 2017
The houses were packed in, separated only by a narrow boardwalk on which I sat. As I sketched, I embraced the wonder of the Lim Jetty, a world beyond my own. Yet there were familiar elements. The migrant fishermen who built the jetties in Penang, Malaysia, came from...
