Ok here goes. The last boss I worked for is the ex-wife of one of the co-founders of WebEx. She is an immigrant from China whose husband made it big in Silicon Valley and decided she wanted to open a high school and college that would strongly cater to international students. I worked part-time for her college first.…

Uh-oh. I actually had trouble figuring out what Meher meant by "sick pad" until I read the explanation immediately following it. I'm officially "old."

I think you may have misread my comment a little. I acknowledged that some parts of belly dancing have become more sexual. I just didn't like your phrasing when you said that belly dancing was ALL about sex. Should have worded that better. Yes, I agree that sensual is a better word.

This is going to start off-topic and I don't mean to come off as an irate belly-dancer (although I am a belly dancer) but PLEASE do not say that belly dancing is all about sex. It's a huge issue in our group because we're constantly compared to and sometimes treated like strippers. This is also not to say that there…

Agreed about chemical sunscreen. I'll definitely check that one out!

Thanks! I'll definitely give it a shot.

That's pretty bad. We just had a mini- sex ed class for our international high school students (who are mostly from China and Vietnam) and some of the misconceptions were mind-boggling. As in they all thought that if you peed after sex you can't get pregnant. And that there's one hole leading to the urethra and…

Thanks! I'm not sure I'd want to put that on my chest though. Somebody needs to invent this product!

I need to remember this too! But I hate the smell and feel of sunscreen. I'm still on the lookout for a product I can use every day and not be constantly aware of until I can wash it off.

Yup. All of this. I'm the palest person I've ever met (and also ginger). I try to tell myself that I'm damn proud of my skin and most of the time I am. Living in Asia and having women randomly walk up to me and ask me how I got my skin so white helped (although I tried not to feed their obsessions with being pale).…

I HAVE always wanted to try banging to Cosmic Love.

WashU REPRESENT :)

So I can go out and buy his version of the audio books right? Please tell me there's more!

This is possibly the ONLY good thing to come from this travesty of a book.

I think it depends. Tattoos are still kind of taboo in Japan, but they're starting to become more acceptable. I had one tattoo at the time and I never got stink eye when soaking in the hot springs in Japan. My host mother asked me about it and seemed really intrigued at the fact that I would have it when I was a…

Agree. I was super disappointed that we didn't vote to repeal the death penalty, but I still love California. And the overwhelming majority of the Californians I've met, even though I recognize that I've probably met a very left-leaning sample of people.

+1 to this. All of it.

THIS. I'm definitely not a Kim K fan. Most days I roll my eyes at the mere mention of her name. But I actually kind of like this cover. Kanye is actually showing more skin than Kim is. And it doesn't look like "she's humping her bf" to me. The pose sort of reminds me of that famous picture of John Lennon and Yoko Ono…

They really do. Especially since eating truly vegetarian food in China often means going to an explicitly vegetarian (Buddhist) restaurant. When you ask for no meat at a regular restaurant, they'll often serve a dish made with meat broth or ground meat. And I learned the hard way that "field chicken" on a menu means…

Before I turned 26 I only had one opportunity to celebrate Valentine's day with a significant other. My bf at the time was 16 and his family hated me for "reasons" I'm still not entirely sure of. V-Day (heh) fell shortly after his parents forbade him from being my bf/seeing me. I spent all day with a friend making…