CHICAGO, IL, USA - My partner E.J. and I have, for about a year now, been engaged in a very long and invasive process to adopt a child. We decided even before moved from Hong Kong to Chicago that we would adopt through a nationally known private adoption agency in Chicago called The Cradle. The Cradle […]
Entries from December 2007
Getting On The List
December 17th, 2007 · 1 Comment
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Introducing E.J.
December 12th, 2007 · No Comments
CHICAGO, IL, USA - Meet E.J. He’s my partner in just about everything. And my best friend.
I hadn’t planned on using this blog to talk about my loved ones - but to be honest I hadn’t planned much when I started this blog except that I would use it to talk about whatever was on my mind. […]
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Walled Off
December 3rd, 2007 · No Comments
BEIJING, CHINA - I’ve got a secret. I went to the Great Wall of China today and it didn’t thrill me at all. That’s the secret - how could the Great Wall…the only man made object which can be viewed from outer-space…not thrill me!? It’s the GREAT WALL for God’s sake!
I’ve been to the Great […]
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Alex On My Mind
December 2nd, 2007 · No Comments
BEIJING, CHINA - I was reading a story in the International Herald Tribune today about the Shravasti District of Uttar Pradesh, India. Out of 128 nations India is ranked 114th in terms of gender-gap and equality for girls and women. And in India, Shravasti District is the worst. So, you might call it the worst of the worst. […]
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