Monthly Archives: January 2008
Rudie Can’t Fail
One day last summer, I “borrowed” a bunch of songs off Eric’s computer. Over the years, Eric’s introduced me to They Might Be Giants, Three Doors Down and others. He has pretty good musical taste, themesong from Battlestar Galactica and … Continue reading
Conversations That Can Only Happen In Beijing
Meg: Whoa! Is that a six-story neon light-up Eiffel tower? Stick: Where?
Famous in the UK! And Mental Floss…
I noticed a spike in my blog traffic after my post on our new shower, it turns out I’m getting a lot of hits from British DIY sites and home-improvement message boards… I don’t know what that says about plumbing … Continue reading
More On Plumbing
This afternoon was spent with me curled up on the couch watching Gone With The Wind, while Stick shouted “Yeah, Rhett! Git ‘er done!” at appropriate moments. I got up to fill the electric kettle at the bathroom sink, when … Continue reading
The Reason Behind Beijing Traffic
Stick and I were in a taxi home tonight, chatting about this and that. “What’s the word for left again?” Stick asked me, “Is it zuo?” Our driver hit the brakes and did a traffic-stopping left turn into a nearby … Continue reading
What My Dad Would Call “Logistics”
So I’ve narrowed it down to two possible jobs. One job is Singapore Academy, with small classes, teenage students, all the things I want, but they weren’t able to meet my salary expectation, and between losing our double housing bonus … Continue reading
Ni hao, Liebchen!
Xuemei doesn’t really need to identify herself on the phone. She’s the only one who calls and starts with “Ni hao, Liebchen!”
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Today we stopped playing Civ long enough for lunch at Mexican Wave and a visit to the Guiyou silk market. (Stick’s discovered that if you don’t develop alphabet, but everyone else does, you really don’t need it to trade techs.) … Continue reading
75 Is The New 50
Fantastic post from Mister Teacher on school regulations, third-graders and grade inflation called “Is a 50 good?” Dead on, and funny at the same time. I want to quote it here, but I can’t bring myself to chop up such … Continue reading
Not Fixed
In Yantai, I used to have an electric outlet in my shower, now we have multiple outlets in the shower. These are bigger, so I suppose that’s an upgrade. After a week without hot water, I was willing to take … Continue reading
