In the beginning...

Well, I've finally decided to join the blogging world. It has not, however, been an easy surrender.

As I was trying to navigate the blogspot world despite a hair-pulling slow internet connection I was racking my brain for a catchy title to my blog. Prior to leaving for China a dear friend of mine teasingly called me China doll one evening. I thoroughly enjoyed his term of endearment and rejoiced as a few others began calling me thus. So, in searching for a blog title, I remembered this nickname and found it quite fitting.

Although I still do not understand why or how, when I typed the name 'chinadoll' to create an account, everything in my internet window turned into Chinese! While I can usually figure out a settings problem, with everything in Chinese characters, it became impossible for me to even know if I was in my new created account, let alone change the language back to English. Thankfully, with a little help from my Chinese friend we were able to locate the settings and switch the page back to English! But then, I found out that the clever 'chinadoll' address was not available. So, by merging the Chinese name I was given last summer from my Mongolian friend Lily, with the original nickname, I arrived at a suitable blog address. From there it was a bit smoother in creating this blog and beginning my posts.

I still, however, have the annoyance that whenever I view any blogs from blogspot (my sister's in particular) the heading options are still displayed in Chinese characters! Perhaps I will be learning more Chinese than I expected.