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legal
(20/06/2008
publié dans : rambling
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So I'm legal for another year. Well, a year and a bit, actually. The whole residence permit extension process went through without a hitch.... for my two colleagues. For me, well... I arrived ... -
and Paris reacts
(21/04/2008
publié dans : rambling
)
So Sarkozy deems it necessary to send two envoys to mend fences and patch up France's relations with China. Opération rapprochement. Nicolas Sarkozy tente par tous les moyens de renouer avec ... -
making themselves heard
(20/04/2008
publié dans : rambling
)
And so it seems Chinese people are making themselves heard in France. But two little things stuck out at me, a little comparison suggests itself. In the second article, the one about Chinese ... -
serenity
(14/04/2008
publié dans : rambling
)
Lately events in far-off lands have been bugging me. There's stuff I want to write about, but this frustration, disgust and anger with events far away which have no direct impact on my life and ... -
blind mountain
(13/04/2008
publié dans : rambling
)
So we picked up a few DVDs yesterday afternoon, among which was 李杨/Li Yang's 《盲山》/Blind Mountain. I'm wondering if this is going to turn into a "Blind" series, each film exploring another of ... -
interesting headlines
(11/04/2008
publié dans : rambling
)
So I'm trying to delay going to the office to mark tests- which desperately need to be got out of the way so I can focus on HSK prep (hahahahhahahhahahahahaha!) and I don't get swamped with the ... -
china fta coverage
(08/04/2008
publié dans : etudes
)
So I didn't get time to finish all I wanted to do on this post this morning, and promised I'd get back to it this afternoon. Well, the day's classes are over, the housework is done, and so here ... -
out wandering
(05/04/2008
publié dans : rambling
)
So I did it, I went out and wandered round a bit. Well, first I took bus 34 round to the east gate of the Temple of Heaven, then the subway Line 5 up to Dongdan, then transferred to an incredibly ... -
bleh
(01/04/2008
publié dans : rambling
)
Some thoughts that have been ruminating on the remnants of my brain since that torch lighting ceremony in Greece not long ago.... I think it was the (well warranted) cynicism of this post that ... -
a few random thots
(31/03/2008
publié dans : rambling
)
Just a few random thots from this morning's trip out to ErWai: You know the courtroom scene near the beginning of Police Story where the defence lawyer is picking holes in Jackie Chan's testimony ... -
book shopping
(30/03/2008
publié dans : rambling
)
We had to go to the Foreign Languages Bookstore on Wangfujing today, and, well, never take me to a bookstore- I'll happily wander around the store sifting through all the books for hours on end, ... -
Maori-Chinese
(25/03/2008
publié dans : rambling
)
Now this seems like an intriguing topic. Manying Ip has decided to investigate the Maori-Chinese, a little-known group that resulted from relationships between Chinese market-gardeners in New ... -
and while I'm rambling...
(25/03/2008
publié dans : rambling
)
The vernal equinox has made its presence felt. This morning it was an apartment block further south than those that were lit up over the winter that was hit by the rising sun. It's almost ... -
air new zealand...
(25/03/2008
publié dans : rambling
)
So the Air Cheap Bastards We Don't Pay Our Chinese Flight Crew Peanuts saga seems to have almost died a quiet death.... Yeah, except that this google.cn search led somebody to this blog, and, ... -
back, and tired
(23/03/2008
publié dans : rambling
)
We're back in Beijing. I'll tell you one thing: One way to guarantee you don't get a good night's sleep is to share a kang with people who have been getting up literally at the crack of dawn, or ... -
oops, forgot...
(22/03/2008
publié dans : rambling
)
I forgot to add that I'm enjoying much faster, much more reliable broadband out here in the countryside at the foot of a mountain than I get in downtown Beijing. Strange how that happens. -
cold
(22/03/2008
publié dans : rambling
)
It was still raining when we left home early yesterday morning. After sitting through a ridiculous traffic jam on the Third Ring, we eventually made it to Nongzhanguan, then hung a left and drove ... -
rambling again
(20/03/2008
publié dans : rambling
)
Something in this post by Poneke set my mind off on yet another tangent.... I was born the year Zhou Enlai and Mao Zedong died. 1976, for those who don't get the reference. Year of the Dragon, ... -
disenfranchised... again
(20/03/2008
publié dans : rambling
)
New Zealand has an election this year. Yes, I know, stating the bloody obvious. Everybody's seen intense coverage of the run-up to the election plastered all over the international media. Chinese ... -
a wedding
(16/03/2008
publié dans : rambling
)
I woke up real early this morning. I don't know why, but at 6:30, I was up, turning the computer on and jumping in the shower (uh, leaving the computer on the desk to warm up, no taking it into ... -
清明
(15/03/2008
publié dans : rambling
)
Well, so far I've found nothing about Air New Zealand on the Chinese internet- maybe I need to figure out how to search properly. But I have found a report about the upcoming Qingming holiday. ... -
grey
(14/03/2008
publié dans : rambling
)
After yesterday's brilliance, opening the curtains this morning was a bit of a let-down, to say the least. Grey. Then, because the local central heating plants are still running (although ... -
more country calendar
(13/03/2008
publié dans : rambling
)
Just watched the second disk of that Country Calendar DVD I rambled on about this morning. I was disappointed to see it had only two programmes and an interview with the Country Calendar reporter, ... -
blue
(13/03/2008
publié dans : rambling
)
Well, that breeze that blew up last night worked wonders, and this morning has dawned brilliantly clear and blue. Looking out the window at seven this morning, the apartment blocks over on the ... -
families
(11/03/2008
publié dans : rambling
)
I still haven't taken lzh to New Zealand- I know, I know, I'm long overdue for a trip home, and she needs to see my homeland and meet my family- and so the only other Waughs she has met are ... -
open your eyes
(11/03/2008
publié dans : rambling
)
Uh, actually, some of the trees around here are blossoming... I looked out the classroom window today, out over the quad at the centre of the university's original buildings, and saw, way out in ... -
热
(10/03/2008
publié dans : rambling
)
It's getting warm here in Beijing. Has been for a while now. I think we're in for a long, hot summer. It's much warmer now than I was expecting for this time of year. We've had some of the spring ... -
clean, green my arse
(08/03/2008
publié dans : rambling
)
Alright, despite the sheep-loving stereotype, New Zealand's biggest industry is actually dairy. And dairy could well be its most destructive industry, too, especially in terms of water resources, ... -
sanba
(08/03/2008
publié dans : rambling
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So just in time for International Women's Day, we get some middle-aged woman who seems to be roughly half a dozen cans short of a six-pack banging on our door looking for someone we've never ... -
odd inflation
(06/03/2008
publié dans : rambling
)
Why, in this time of stupid inflation, are big, brand-name companies able to cut the price of fruit juice drink? And a related question: Why is it so damn near impossible to buy actual fruit ... -
wanderings, subway ramblings and a dangerous market
(02/03/2008
publié dans : rambling
)
So yesterday afternoon, while lzh was still out somewhere, probably feeding her brother before making sure he could find his way to Deshengmen and get the right bus back to Yanqing, I suddenly ... -
more recommended reading
(28/02/2008
publié dans : rambling
)
If only the China Beat had its own address and not some silly blogspot one.... Anyway, more recommended reading, nameless rodented for your mainland viewing pleasure. But reading that piece, I ... -
first week done
(28/02/2008
publié dans : rambling
)
It feels kinda odd, considering I've actually only worked three days (not counting prep done last week and Monday), but there you go, the first week back is over and done with. Three days, ... -
random thots
(21/02/2008
publié dans : rambling
)
1: lzh bought, and I watched, 《我叫刘跃进》/I am Liu Yuejin over the holiday. It was good, yeah, certainly better than 《苹果》/Lost in Beijing, but... Well, I found it a bit 乱七八糟 (chaotic). It's certainly ... -
happy birthday
(19/02/2008
publié dans : chrislzh
)
Happy birthday, lzh! -
[exasperated sigh]
(18/02/2008
publié dans : rambling
)
Well, I was going to go into the office this afternoon, but lunch with T. dragged on a bit longer than usual- and mostly not in a bad way. In fact, lunch was a cool hanging out with one of my ... -
集结号
(16/02/2008
publié dans : rambling
)
This is way overdue. I actually watched Feng Xiaogang/冯小刚's new film Assembly/《集结号》for the first time at least a week ago, and the second time just after we got back from the village on, ummm, ... -
gah
(13/02/2008
publié dans : chrislzh
)
It's a pity that today has to end on such a sour note. I mean, a day in which this cold Ma passed on to me is taking hold, and when lzh presses the buzzer and I let her in the main door ... -
return, re-exile
(13/02/2008
publié dans : rambling
)
Found via an unusually relevant post at Public Address' Hard News, The Opinionated Diner returns to Auckland and is left with a rather sour taste in his mouth. First up, he's shocked by the ... -
back
(12/02/2008
publié dans : rambling
)
We're back in Beijing. We were delayed a day. Yesterday was windy and cold, and lzh didn't want to venture out into that kind of weather- never mind that we would've spent most of the journey ...
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