Tag: expat living

  • Sunbrellas and Summer Storms

    I had a new alarm clock for a couple of weeks. YI are YI! Yi are YI! …. YI! ARE! SAN! SUH! YI! ARE! SAN! SUH! Which is Chinese for ONE! TWO! THREE! FOUR! It’s much, much louder in person. Marching orders, that is. Of course, no one bothered to tell me and so one…

  • November 18, 2014: Travel motivation, gyms, new site

    Still have not felt motivated to see or do very much. It’s too bad because we’ve just finished a bonus “Golden Week” with the APEC Summit in town. It’s back to work on Thursday. Some people took advantage of the time off and got out of Beijing. I stayed because I got sick. Finally found…

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