Category: Blog
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Stepping up to HSK 5
As we enter into the second half of 2020 and a restart of work, I thought it would be a good time to step things up a little. And it’s with that that I finally ordered the HSK 5 books. The new target level is 2500 words TOTAL, which means I now have to learn…
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Green Means Go: Working and Travelling after COVID
We’re finally back on the road for work, but the experience is a touch more complicated in that we now have to download, and register, a slew of new APPs, most of which are primarily in Chinese. What are these APPs? Other than tracking out whereabouts and travel history, each APP needs to give us…
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Tims咖啡 – A Review
Tim Hortons finally made it to China a couple of years after they first announced the joint venture with Tencent Holdings, the same company that owns the popular WeChat communication APP here in China. I should clarify: Tim Hortons, known as Tims咖啡 here in China, has been in the country for about a year since…
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Back to work, and something has changed
Well, work finally re-started in earnest on Monday but it still looks like things will be minimal. Given that a lot of universities have shuttered their campuses for the time being and the uncertainty of being able to study abroad later this year, it doesn’t look good for the work load. Although I am glad…
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5 Ancient Authors to Read
Some of you might wonder where I get all that great writing inspiration and word-smithery from. Few know that I was schooled in the Classics, the ancient history of Greece and Rome. Eleven years ago when I set out to start travelling the world, it was some of these authors below that inspired me to…