Archive for June, 2008
BEIJING TRAFFIC: as American Football
Taken shamelessly from Good Morning China!
BEIJING TRAFFIC: as American Football
To help you understand Beijing traffic, and perhaps to one day navigate its hazards, I’ve come up with the following analogy. I hope you find it helpful.
BEIJING TRAFFIC: as American Football
Traffic lights: BAD QUARTERBACK
In Beijing, a traffic light is like a quarterback- an extremely bad one. [...]
Posted: June 27th, 2008 under China, Lifestyle, Transport.
Comments: 1
Sick and no laptop
Caught a cold on Saturday night, as I slept in the living room (tout nu) with the windows open. Still trying to get well, but my “dear” colleagues switch the aircon on in the afternoon since the SH weather is heavy, humid and very hot. It has been raining a lot over the last 10days [...]
Posted: June 20th, 2008 under China, Housing, Leisure.
Comments: 1
Taizhou
Went to Taizhou, in Jiangsu province last week, for business purpose. Arrived there on Thursday evening, had the meeting on Friday afternoon (the time was moved because one of the people attending was still out of town), took the coach back to Shanghai on Saturday morning. I had no time to visit the place. But [...]
Posted: June 4th, 2008 under China, Leisure, Lifestyle.
Comments: 3
Note to myself
1. Take out the clothes immediately after the washing machine finishes the cycle late at night. Leaving it till the next morning results in the clothes smelling funny.
2. Stop being afraid to press the light switch on. Fuses blow up, it is normal. Just keep a candle around.
3. Keep trying to learn Chinese.
Posted: June 3rd, 2008 under Lifestyle.
Comments: 5