独一无二, 无尽的爱

Last Friday, one of my friends asked me if I had 腊八粥 (Laba porridge). I had no idea what she was talking about, and she then explained to me that it was a Buddhist festival. So here’s the lowdown about the festival:
Laba is celebrated on the eighth day of the last lunar month, referring [...]

(Picture taken from “The Daily Collegian Online”)
I was surfing through some chat forums when I came through this. I thought it was a funny yet interesting point of view of our search for love and marriage. Now, I don’t think that marriage HAS to be a compromise and not the best thing, but for most [...]

I’m moving to Shuduizi 水碓子, in Chaoyang district of Beijing at the end of next week, as my current rent agreement is coming to an end, and I have to move. Although the rent is about the same, I have to pay additional expense in terms of paying the connection fee for internet (about RMB200), [...]

Every winter, the flu epidemy causes the local authorities a lot of concern. Actually the flu “season” in BJ starts around October and tails off at the end of March. Right now is the peak season. Beijing hospitals are examining about 4,700 new cases daily.
No need to say that some friends are telling me to [...]

No, I am not posting my new year resolutions. I have got two of them, easy to figure out what they are.
What I was wondering is, should a new year resolution be something concrete, or can it be more like new year wishes/blessings? I was chatting to a Chinese friend earlier, and she said her [...]