Category: Blog
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Going out; Beijing Delivery; Mandarin Lessons; CPop
Going out. I’ve been going out a bit more lately around Beijing, usually a sign that I’m getting restless and it’s almost time to get back to work. I’ve spent the last month basically sitting around and reading. I’ve gone to a few brew pubs and walked around the hutong-rich area of Nan Lou Gu Xiang. Nan Lou…
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Chinese New Year 2015 – The Year of the Goat
Chinese New Year is in full swing. It’s the Year of the Goat/Sheep/Ram depending on where you are (it’s all the same, really). So HAPPY NEW YEAR to all those celebrating the Lunar calendar years. The holiday is also known as the Spring Festival here in China and has a sort-of quasi-religious feeling to it…
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Snirt, books and the Silk Route
I neglected to mentioned what Beijing winters are like. Dry and windy is probably the best way to describe them. I once asked my students if Beijing got snow or rain. They replied “No”. Instead? Pollution! Anyway, it’s not true that Beijing doesn’t get snow but it doesn’t happen very often. However, as one expat put it, given…
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Staycation; Goodbyes; Readings
Currently I’m enjoying my “staycation,” that buzz word that was all the rage last year or the year before. I really did get tired of travelling and living out of a backpack. Some people said I’d never settle down, they may still be right, but I’m glad I don’t have to pack my toothbrush again…
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December 2, 2014: Toothpaste, tobacco, blogs…
…And other odds and ends. Well it’s December already. Some of you will groan that I will point out the obvious, others will groan with me and wonder where the year has gone, others may be excited that yet another year has come to pass and either marvel, or despise, what they have done this…