Category Archives: China
Baiyunguan Temple Fair
Today Stick and I visited the temple fair at Baiyunguan, the White Cloud Temple. It’s right by the Muxidi subway stop and the Capital Museum. If you’re planning a visit, the White Cloud Temple is NOT on White Cloud Street, … Continue reading
Russian Mirage
Stick and I went exploring down the Russian street between the Ritan Park Jenny Lou’s and The Place. It’s at the eastern end of Ritan Bei Lu, where it meets Dongdaqiao Lu. The last time I was at The Place, … Continue reading
Times Of My Life
I went to the American embassy the other day to pick up my new passport. It was actually a fast and painless visit to American Citizen Services, but in handing all my papers back and forth, I misplaced the claim … Continue reading
On BBC Radio Again!
I got to be on World Have Your Say again last night! The show was on the Africa Cup of Nations, and the changes happening in Ghana due to international sports, and I was asked some questions on the changes … Continue reading
Generation XyWrite
A long time ago, there was an awesome DOS word processing program called XyWrite. It was long before point-and-click, instead there was command line where you’d type in the abbreviations for margins and formatting and so forth. You could set … Continue reading
Conversations That Can Only Happen In Beijing
Meg: Whoa! Is that a six-story neon light-up Eiffel tower? Stick: Where?
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
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
Modern Beauty Salon
Yesterday, I stopped by the Modern Beauty Salon in the Ginza Mall, mainly to use their shower. I needed the shower because on Monday our hot water heater died in spectacular fashion. (Obviously, calls to a certain Fairly Useless Boss … Continue reading
