Monthly Archives: October 2007
Not Quite New Jersey
While my taxi this morning was stuck in traffic, we were passed by a horse-drawn produce cart. I wasn’t surprised to see it, but did it have to be going faster than I was?
Feed The Foreigners!
The Muslim Noodle Shop just got better. I think I’ve mentioned that I love this place, partly because the food is almost always delicious, partly because it’s cheap, but mostly because the staff doesn’t laugh hysterically at my attempts to … Continue reading
Class 1
My kids showing me a song and dance they learned in Chinese class… then getting camera shy.
Worth every feng.
Stick and I just spent almost 150 RMB on imported cheese.
Auchan Shopping Adventures
If you liked the Great Wall Of Cereal, you should see the security-tagged booze selection at the Auchan. Auchan is a French-owned grocery, which means they have bread that tastes like bread. Stick and I were buying a loaf when … Continue reading
The Four Humors
“You should teach them to put their finger under each word when they chant, so the parents will know their children know English,” one of the TAs suggested yesterday. She went on to explain that this is not reading, and … Continue reading
Symbolism
This is a flashcard from the English book my students do with their Chinese English teachers. I don’t know which is more telling, that someone chose Mickey Mouse as the emblem of America (instead of, say, a map) or that, … Continue reading
Wangfujing Dairy Queen
This is a not-so-typical dinner for us. We actually didn’t get ice cream here… we were still too full from Sizzler. Oh yeah! (This is downstairs in the Xin Dong An mall next to the Wangfujing Bookstore, follow the signs … Continue reading
Mastering The Beijing Subway
“I think we take this one three stops to Line Squiggle Squiggle Curve Dot.”
Typical Dinner
This is a typical dinner for Stick and me… vinegar peanuts, cold garlic cucumbers, spicy peanut chicken (gung pao ji dian — all foreigners very like), and fried egg and scallion rice. No dinner is complete without a couple bottles … Continue reading
