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To My Readers… I have not posted in 30 days. Sorry about that…
For someone who reads my blog, but has not spent time in North America, something is missing. That person is without an understanding of the North American version of ’expected’. Many of my posts, especially my earliest posts, are written from a North American perspective on what is ’expected'.
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To My Readers… I have not posted in 30 days. Sorry about that…
For someone who reads my blog, but has not spent time in North America, something is missing. That person is without an understanding of the North American version of ’expected’. Many of my posts, especially my earliest posts, are written from a North American perspective on what is ’expected'.
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America, something is missing. That person is without an
understanding of the North American version of ’expected’. Many
of my posts, especially my earliest posts, are written from a
North American perspective on what is ’expected'.</p><p>For those of you who actually know me well, I probably mentioned
that I wanted to use this site to capture first impressions…
things that I found interesting, because they are different from
the way things are where I come from (the US).</p><p>As I fully expected – I’m not really surprised by much anymore. I
was here for 30 days, and my entries became a list of “here are
the things that I did.” I was hoping to keep having stories of
things that were funny to me, because they are unexpected.</p><p>Something else also happened around 30 days ago. Several people
that I work with in China started to ask about my blog. I got
five people with various forms of the question, “Why don’t you
like it in China?” If you were one of the sources … don’t be
embarrassed, you are not alone. Clearly, I placed a few too
many ’expectations’ to make things sound ‘wrong’.</p><p>In reality - the only thing I have been disappointed about is
bread. Bread that tastes like US bread is so hard to find. I
did find a brand and type, but it’s usually out of stock at the
local HyperMarket. It is “close enough”.</p><h2 id=done>Done?<a hidden class=anchor aria-hidden=true href=#done>#</a></h2><p>I don’t think so, not completely, but maybe. I have a few
things in the back of my mind about shopping and food, but nothing
about these things is interesting enough for me to write about
now. I still have a while to go.</p><h2 id=photos>Photos<a hidden class=anchor aria-hidden=true href=#photos>#</a></h2><p>The connection at the hotel sucks. I am still uploading
photos. Some newer ones have even made it to the “Public”
photo pages. I’m trying to comment those as they go up, but
I’m very far behind in that, too.</p></div><footer class=post-footer><ul class=post-tags><li><a href=https://blog.vollink.com/tags/blog/>blog</a></li><li><a href=https://blog.vollink.com/tags/in-china/>in-china</a></li><li><a href=https://blog.vollink.com/tags/history/>history</a></li><li><a href=https://blog.vollink.com/tags/work/>work</a></li></ul><div class=share-buttons><a target=_blank rel="noopener noreferrer" aria-label="share 30 Days on twitter" href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet/?text=30%20Days&url=https%3a%2f%2fblog.vollink.com%2fin-china%2f2007%2f12%2f30-days%2f&hashtags=blog%2cin-china%2chistory%2cwork"><svg viewBox="0 0 512 512"><path d="M449.446.0C483.971.0 512 28.03 512 62.554v386.892C512 483.97 483.97 512 449.446 512H62.554c-34.524.0-62.554-28.03-62.554-62.554V62.554c0-34.524 28.029-62.554 62.554-62.554h386.892zM195.519 424.544c135.939.0 210.268-112.643 210.268-210.268.0-3.218.0-6.437-.153-9.502 14.406-10.421 26.973-23.448 36.935-38.314-13.18 5.824-27.433 9.809-42.452 11.648 15.326-9.196 26.973-23.602 32.49-40.92-14.252 8.429-30.038 14.56-46.896 17.931-13.487-14.406-32.644-23.295-53.946-23.295-40.767.0-73.87 33.104-73.87 73.87.0 5.824.613 11.494 1.992 16.858-61.456-3.065-115.862-32.49-152.337-77.241-6.284 10.881-9.962 23.601-9.962 37.088.0 25.594 13.027 48.276 32.95 61.456-12.107-.307-23.448-3.678-33.41-9.196v.92c0 35.862 25.441 65.594 59.311 72.49-6.13 1.686-12.72 2.606-19.464 2.606-4.751.0-9.348-.46-13.946-1.38 9.349 29.426 36.628 50.728 68.965 51.341-25.287 19.771-57.164 31.571-91.8 31.571-5.977.0-11.801-.306-17.625-1.073 32.337 21.15 71.264 33.41 112.95 33.41z"/></svg></a><a target=_blank rel="noopener noreferrer" aria-label="share 30 Days on linkedin" href="https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https%3a%2f%2fblog.vollink.com%2fin-china%2f2007%2f12%2f30-days%2f&title=30%20Days&summary=30%20Days&source=https%3a%2f%2fblog.vollink.com%2fin-china%2f2007%2f12%2f30-days%2f"><svg viewBox="0 0 512 512"><path d="M449.446.0C483.971.0 512 28.03 512 62.554v386.892C512 483.97 483.97 512 449.446 512H62.554c-34.524.0-62.554-28.03-62.554-62.554V62.554c0-34.524 28.029-62.554 62.554-62.554h386.892zM160.461 423.278V197.561h-75.04v225.717h75.04zm270.539.0V293.839c0-69.333-37.018-101.586-86.381-101.586-39.804.0-57.634 21.891-67.617 37.266v-31.958h-75.021c.995 21.181.0 225.717.0 225.717h75.02V297.222c0-6.748.486-13.492 2.474-18.315 5.414-13.475 17.767-27.434 38.494-27.434 27.135.0 38.007 20.707 38.007 51.037v120.768H431zM123.448 88.722C97.774 88.722 81 105.601 81 127.724c0 21.658 16.264 39.002 41.455 39.002h.484c26.165.0 42.452-17.344 42.452-39.002-.485-22.092-16.241-38.954-41.943-39.002z"/></svg></a><a target=_blank rel="noopener noreferrer" aria-label="share 30 Days on reddit" href="https://reddit.com/submit?url=https%3a%2f%2fblog.vollink.com%2fin-china%2f2007%2f12%2f30-days%2f&title=30%20Days"><svg viewBox="0 0 512 512"><path d="M449.446.0C483.971.0 512 28.03 512 62.554v386.892C512 483.97 483.97 512 449.446 512H62.554c-34.524.0-62.554-28.03-62.554-62.554V62.554c0-34.524 28.029-62.554 62.554-62.554h386.892zM446 265.638c0-22.964-18.616-41.58-41.58-41.58-11.211.0-21.361 4.457-28.841 11.666-28.424-20.508-67.586-33.757-111.204-35.278l18.941-89.121 61.884 13.157c.756 15.734 13.642 28.29 29.56 28.29 16.407.0 29.706-13.299 29.706-29.701.0-16.403-13.299-29.702-29.706-29.702-11.666.0-21.657 6.792-26.515 16.578l-69.105-14.69c-1.922-.418-3.939-.042-5.585 1.036-1.658 1.073-2.811 2.761-3.224 4.686l-21.152 99.438c-44.258 1.228-84.046 14.494-112.837 35.232-7.468-7.164-17.589-11.591-28.757-11.591-22.965.0-41.585 18.616-41.585 41.58.0 16.896 10.095 31.41 24.568 37.918-.639 4.135-.99 8.328-.99 12.576.0 63.977 74.469 115.836 166.33 115.836s166.334-51.859 166.334-115.836c0-4.218-.347-8.387-.977-12.493 14.564-6.47 24.735-21.034 24.735-38.001zM326.526 373.831c-20.27 20.241-59.115 21.816-70.534 21.816-11.428.0-50.277-1.575-70.522-21.82-3.007-3.008-3.007-7.882.0-10.889 3.003-2.999 7.882-3.003 10.885.0 12.777 12.781 40.11 17.317 59.637 17.317 19.522.0 46.86-4.536 59.657-17.321 3.016-2.999 7.886-2.995 10.885.008 3.008 3.011 3.003 7.882-.008 10.889zm-5.23-48.781c-16.373.0-29.701-13.324-29.701-29.698.0-16.381 13.328-29.714 29.701-29.714 16.378.0 29.706 13.333 29.706 29.714.0 16.374-13.328 29.698-29.706 29.698zM160.91 295.348c0-16.381 13.328-29.71 29.714-29.71 16.369.0 29.689 13.329 29.689 29.71.0 16.373-13.32 29.693-29.689 29.693-16.386.0-29.714-13.32-29.714-29.693z"/></svg></a></div></footer></article></main><footer class=footer><span>© 2022 <a href=https://blog.vollink.com/>On My Mind...</a></span>
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