To all my dear listeners to the 'Dear Amber' show, ni hao! See, I promised, 'xiaci jian'!
OK, so in order to keep in touch and milk our found togetherness I have resorted, or it could be said, 'succumbed', to the world of internet geekdom.
Oh my god... I am a blogger.
And I find myself strangely excited by the prospect. I have so much to tell! And you know I like to talk (fast). I was touched and honoured (yes, Canadian spelling since you cannot hear my 'aboot' in this form of media) by all the emails and love received from listeners to the show. I shared so much of my China life, impressions and laughs with you all, and you with me; therefore, let's keep it going... yeah!
The blog will be about life for this China-fied gal upon re-entry to the real world... Observations and intrigue of New Life in New York City... up the street from Chinatown. I promise to try not to write anything boring. ;)
'Dear Amber... Continued.' The New York City Chapter... Stay tuned! :D
First! (What an honor, LOL)
ReplyDeleteWhat kind of work are you looking for, anyway?
Hey Stan,
ReplyDeleteThe honour and honor are all mine! You are officially the FIRST COMMENTER ON MY GEEKY BLOG! yay!
Hey I would love to be a podcaster. Oh, I am, right? I guess I can investigate any and all leads. Enquire within! :D
Amber, I may not be the first one here, but I promise to always be your biggest fan. I'll be checking back daily to see what great insights you have into the New World, New York, and the new YOU!
ReplyDelete加油！
How about a few Dear Amber Insider's Guide to New York? :)
ReplyDeleteI'd say she's hardly an insider just yet... But eventually she could be...
ReplyDeleteI was thinking more of an 'Outsider's Guide to New York!'
ReplyDeleteG'day Amber,
ReplyDeleteSo great that you've started a blog so we can all keep in touch.I love the audio clip you chose in your profile.Definitely one of my fav DA episodes,though it's so hard to choose 'cos they're all great.Thanks so much for all you did.Can't wait to see where this next chapter will lead.Nothing would surprise me.Movies ? [how cool if you could put some of your Chinese in there in like a Jackie Chan movie or something that mixes East and West],talk show host? [you could be bigger than Oprah].Anyhow,best of luck.Keep reaching for the stars.:)
It's so funny that you live near Chinatown! When I moved back to the West from Shanghai to Toronto I was way more comfortable in Chinatown than anywhere else... In fact sometimes I think I still am. As they say, "you can take the boy out of China but you can never take the China out of the boy." And you know what, it's a good thing.
ReplyDeleteWill miss your podcasts. Best of luck in NYC.
Must zou.
Interestingly, I felt more at home in Flushing (post to come about that) than in the Chinatown in the city. Flushing seems way more 'mainland'. The fake bags are realllly overpriced here, jeesh. Maybe I should become a watch, bag, dvd woman.
ReplyDeleteHi Amber
ReplyDeleteGreat that you have this blog! All the best in NYC and I look forward to reading your blogs. In the meantime, time for some DA reruns, maybe the one about keeping warm in the Chinese winter. You must be loving the central heating in NYC!
stevek
What's this? You're going to keep it to just one blog a day? Come on, we're constantly refreshing this page to see if there are any more! Should at least be one per hour...
ReplyDelete@ Alex, what? i don't know the rules of blogging. maybe i will never shut up, haha.
ReplyDelete@ stephen, yes, believe me, I will likely spout on for 2 pages about how wonderfully hot my apartment is. oh the sweet sound of the radiator pinging and my parched throat waking up in the dehydrated morning...
hey amber, i get the feeling you already have a great idea for a podcast. why not go ahead and do it, and see what happens? you already have a fanbase to start you off.
ReplyDeletegood luck :)
hi amber, i lived in london (uk) for many years and have always thought it would be great to live in NYC one day! i would definitely listen to your outsider's guide to nyc :)
ReplyDeleteSo here it is! Dear Amber: NY Edition! I have no doubt that you will dominate in whatever endeavor you are in. JUst keep on pouring out the stories and we'll be eagerly sitting around this blogspot bonfire of yours. Best of luck!
ReplyDeletestrange...when I arrived there were 2 posts now that I am able to comment to this http://dearamber-continued.blogspot.com/2009/01/quintessential-not-cliche.html
ReplyDeleteisn´t there anymore...
so I´m leaving my comment here (one hour after arriving and half-dead because of no sleep; 02:23 AM)...
my wikipedia inspired suggestion for places are:
1. Lyceum Theatre (Edison intsalled the lights himself)
2. The New York Times (your new woking place?) ^_^
3. The Central Park
4. The New York Library
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5. Starbucks ;-)
Ok, good night and good morning...zai jian ^_^
Yeah,what happened to the other post? My suggestion was the Freedom Tower being built on the World Trade Centre site.Was there something offensive that it needed to be deleted?
ReplyDeleteum, oops. i'm still learning, i deleted my second blog entry by accident!!! please forgive me :D i'd try to get it back but i don't know how!! booooo
ReplyDeleteNo worries.I've never blogged before either and thought it could have been that;easy mistake.Your blog so you'd be free to delete anyway.Just glad there was no offence.I thought the World Trade Centre site rebuilding is considered quintessentially NY and symbolic of their spirit.The Freedom Tower is supposedly going to be one of the tallest buildings in North America when it is completed and thus could symbolically parallel the rise of your new career.Cheers.
ReplyDeleteHaha, Amber is a blogger. I never thought I'd see the day... :)
ReplyDeletehahaha JohnB, another reason why, in life, you should never say never.
ReplyDeleteWelcome to blogger-land!
ReplyDeleteWow, I never visited a blog before, but I feel honoured to visit yours, and you of course deserve to have one. I bet your going to go see some bands since your in NY, probably has been a long time for you ? Everyone plays New York.
ReplyDelete多多保重
Zhu ni tian tian kai xin!!
88,
Michael
Yes, post on bands soon! :D
ReplyDeleteHi Amber, long time listener of DA here. I was so sorry to learn you've left Chinese pod but I think it's great you've followed your heart to do what you want to do. I'm glad you haven't abandoned us and have started this blog. I hope it's a jumping off point for great and interesting things for you. If you ever visit Toronto, let us know. I'm sure you have lots of fans/friends and we would love to have a meet-up. Xia ci jian!
ReplyDeleteHi Amber, so happy to hear for you again :)New York is so blessed to have you!
ReplyDeleteall best wishes!
Did Clay show up here, too? (SLURP!)
ReplyDeleteDear Amber, where art thou?
ReplyDeleteHi, Amber, there were some rumours that you started another podcast on Chinese.
ReplyDeleteCould you please share a link if that's true?
I've been listening to you - you are just a font of information! When we were in China 17 years ago, I got to see first-hand how overseas Chinese (my wife) are treated. A male ticket-seller in the Shanghai train station started yelling at her and she almost started crying (very unusual for her, although so was the situation).
ReplyDeleteIf you are ever in Seattle, let us know! We'd love to ching you (and JP) for dinner. Chinese food, of course! We'll have good stories to share by then (we're going to Shanghai/Chengdu/Xian/Beijing on Saturday for 3 weeks with our 3 teenage sons) - if we make it back alive!
Don Borin/Theresa Cheng Borin