Monthly Archives: June 2008
July Showers
We were walking in misty drizzle one evening, when suddenly the skies opened, and drenched us. We ran for emergency shelter in the first place we saw, which happened to be a tiny flower shop. The boys got us each … Continue reading
Working Hard In The Teachers’ Office!
Model posing with Carol and Grace! Sven shows us blue steel. He has a lot of modeling experience. A rare photo of everyone at work. (Staged, of course)
Success!
Success!
Margaritaville, Fish Nation
At first, I don’t think Diana believed me that “margarita” is Chinese for “not beer” but after a rainbow of tasty random cocktails around town, I think she did. These ones are at Fish Nation, a yummy British pub near … Continue reading
Second Language Benchmarks
I just had a whole telephone conversation in Chinese!!! (If a new bottle of water gets delivered to our house today, I must have done it right.) Edit: Stick realized that I would want photo evidence of me talking the … Continue reading
Goodbye Foreigners!
Cup of Cha‘s post called Goodbye Foreign Visitors describes my feelings on the new visa regulations, only more eloquently than I’d put it. This week involved saying goodbye to expat friends, Sven from Tennessee and Christina both left on Saturday. … Continue reading
Forbidden City
Can’t be too forbidden if all these foreigners can come in.
Taxi Rejection
Often I hop into a Beijing taxi, only to get out again when the driver refuses to take me where I want to go. I thought this was a reaction to my bad Chinese but as I understand more and … Continue reading
