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Monthly Archives: May 2008
I think I’ll try the mojito…
Edit: No, I didn’t add that in photoshop! This is real sign at a bar by Houhai. It was midafternoon when we passed, though, so we didn’t stop to see if it was true. Tweet this!
Paternal Guidance
I told my dad about our new hutong home. He said I could live even closer to the Forbidden City but I’d probably have to become a concubine. Tweet this!
Posted in Chinese life
Tagged Forbidden City, high-speed hutong, hutong, my family is crazy
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Orient-ation
Nate James’ Orient-ation is a new China expat blog. He’s heavy on descriptions of daily Chinese life (as he gets, uh, oriented), like this one: The waitress comes out with the plate, steaming hot, mouth-watering. Your nose picks up the … Continue reading
Posted in Chinese life
Tagged China, chinese, Chinese food, Chinese life, other blogs, wo ai xi can, Yanjing, yanjing beer
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Priorities
Some of Stick’s students will be receiving their red scarves in a Children’s Day ceremony next week. I believe they’re called honglinjin (or is it honglinjian? Not entirely sure). You see them on Chinese schoolchildren all the time. These red … Continue reading
Posted in Chinese life
Tagged chinese, Chinese customs, game culture, girls play that too?, life in China, Stick, WarCraft, why I love Stick, World of WarCraft
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PayPal: Part 2
PayPal isn’t letting me withdraw any money since they’ve cleverly detected that I’m using the account in China. I still know my mother’s maiden name and my secret numbers, but the customer service guy says that’s not quite enough, and … Continue reading
Feel-Good Revolution
After Saturday night KTV with the CNReviews crew, on Sunday Stick andI met up with Heather and Will. They’ve been living in our complex since the fall, although we hadn’t met. We know some of the other teachers in their … Continue reading
Posted in Chinese life, Fengtai
Tagged awesome, China, CNReviews, KTV, mail, mandarin, other blogs, reading, Stick, wo ai xi can, Xidan, yihai
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Thorn Birds
???, I just wanted to let you know that I do have a copy of a certain novel, whose heroine shares my name. I’ve got The Thorn Birds right here! I’ve got Scarlett on the other side to keep my … Continue reading
International Communications
Stick and I saw this car on Saturday when we were walking down to Houhai from our NEW APARTMENT. “Wash me” in three languages. I love Beijing! We kept walking down along the lake to the Starbucks. It was just … Continue reading
Posted in Beijing, Chinese life
Tagged awesome, coffee, high-speed hutong, Houhai, Starbucks, Stick, Yuyu
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Vade Mecum?
David beat me to the punch on this one, but I wanted to make sure you didn’t forget your vade mecum. Whatever that is. Tweet this!
Oddly Appropriate
I’m exhausted after a few very full days, I’ll post properly tomorrow. I had dinner and KTV tonight with the awesome CNReviews team, Elliott Ng, Min Guo and David Feng, and talk turned to checking blog stats and search terms, … Continue reading
