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Saturday, 5 Sep 2009 | Views [1167]
Work is bringing me down. I do not enjoy it. To the point that I have let it affect all aspects of my life. No more. I am here because I love this country and feeling depressed is no excuse for stopping to explore it. So after a few lazy months we managed ... Read more >
Tags: trekking
Tuesday, 19 May 2009 | Views [595]
Settling in Shanghai is taking a while. Between the whole city being a building site in preparation for the World Expo, the boyfriend and I commuting between Beijing and Shanghai to see each other and the work driving me suicidal, I miss Beijing. Desperately.... Read more >
Wednesday, 5 Nov 2008 | Views [692]
Nothing is for ever. I did think though that Beijing would be at least the next 2 years for me. It seems not as the winds of change and my very insistant bosses are now moving me to Shanghai. Be careful what you wish for is the most useful caution ... Read more >
Monday, 15 Sep 2008 | Views [804]
The Olympics are over and despite the hangover in the city the preparations are already on for the Paralympics. Niu Niu or whatever the little ox mascot is called is replacing the 5 "Fuwas" of the Olympics at breakneck speed, on the buildings ... Read more >
Tuesday, 2 Sep 2008 | Views [765]
The Chinese are amazing. Already right after the Olympics and even before the Paralympics the Qingdao Sailing venue has been transformed into an Olympic Exhibition Centre. Maximising the use out of everything. Smart. Effective. Qingdao is really like ... Read more >
Tags: beaches
Tuesday, 19 Aug 2008 | Views [813]
Saving the best for last, we are went into the Central Olympic Green on Sunday night. Finally the Bird's Nest and the Cube, up close and personal. The whole Green looks like a make-believe city. Like an architect's design come to life. Perfect! And facing ... Read more >
Monday, 18 Aug 2008 | Views [838]
Saturday August 16th. Sunny at last! After a few days of rain and grey skies, the day is bright and shiny. A perfect day for the beach, or at least for beach volley. Beach volley is in Chaoyang Park, on the east side of the city. Since nothing is done ... Read more >
Friday, 15 Aug 2008 | Views [829]
Yesterday was pouring down with rain. One of those weird days that prompted the comment that BOCOC had tampered with the weather to ensure that it would be nice on the 15th, the first day of Athletics in the Bird's Nest. This morning's sunny sky would ... Read more >
Monday, 11 Aug 2008 | Views [720]
Finally the Olympics have started. We are all cought up in the excitement of the city. Gone are the complaints about lengthy and laborious visa procedures, extra security checks and policemen at every corner. Foreign faces are again on the rise and bandanas, ... Read more >
Friday, 8 Aug 2008 | Photo Gallery
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Monday, 19 May 2008 | Views [733]
A billion people nation coming to a standstill to pay tribute to the 34,000 people that died in the Sichuan quake on May 12th 2008 is very powerful to experience.
From our office, 3 metro stops away and in a straight line from Tian an Men square ... Read more >
Friday, 16 May 2008 | Views [778] | Comments [1]
We found it. Forget the
lavish apartments, the fancy penthouse, the 160 square metre complex. Our
residence is going to be a tiny little hutong. A traditional Chinese courtyard.
Our neighbours are a lovely old temple, Tian An Men and ... Read more >
Tuesday, 21 Aug 2007 | Views [603] | Comments [2]
No doubt about it, China is a big country with loads of people in it. What’s more, they all need jobs. And by Jove they get them!
The ministry of transportation seems to be very creative on that account. In Beijing, all buses are not only staffed with ... Read more >
Tags: Work
Saturday, 18 Aug 2007 | Photo Gallery
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Saturday, 18 Aug 2007 | Views [603]
The Great Wall, which the Chinese, with their tendency to call “a spade, a spade” actually call the “Long” wall, is not particularly ornate, nor particularly beautiful, but it takes your breath away. It’s the result of sheer effort, more than anything ... Read more >
Tags: The Great Outdoors
Sunday, 12 Aug 2007 | Views [856]
Healthy living, daily exercise and sleep, I figured I could do that for two days over the weekend. So, off to the Fragrant Hills, just on the outskirts of Beijing where the Yoga/Taichi retreat is situated. The Fragrant Hills are surprisingly close to ... Read more >
Tags: Relaxation
Sunday, 12 Aug 2007 | Photo Gallery
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Thursday, 9 Aug 2007 | Views [512]
There was a bit of a buzz in the classroom on Wednesday. Everyone was talking about whether they would or would not go to Tian An Men square for the one year to the Olympics festival. Till then I had heard nothing about it. I had not even bothered to ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
Sunday, 5 Aug 2007 | Views [736] | Comments [1]
In the hutong alleys behind the Drum and Bell towers north of the Forbidden City, lives this tiny and bubbly Cantonese woman, a self styled “only woman chef” of Beijing. She has had the brilliant idea of giving Chinese cooking lessons literally from ... Read more >
Tags: Food & eating
Sunday, 5 Aug 2007 | Photo Gallery
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