So yesterday's snow melted pretty quickly, but then last night the wind picked up and it's still blowing. According to last nights weather forecast on CCTV 1 (not the world's most accurate, I know, but still the best I've come across in China) we're in...
I'm sure you all think I'm a total arsehole for forgetting my wife's birthday. Well, you're all wrong. I may be an arsehole, in fact, some people think so, but I didn't forget. I got it wrong, yes, I fucked up, this is true, but you lot don't even know...
So I started blogging about three years ago. It's strange, because in that time I've gotten to know a few people online through their blogs and yet, until last night, I'd never met them. I'm sure that we'd passed on the street or in a bar, probably several...
So a friend sent me a link to a post on China Travel Guide forums by one griz326 entitled Is the Chinese language dead? She asked for my help in setting this Griz character straight. I don't know why, she's a professional linguist, has been studying Chinese,...
Alright, so we're back. In fact, we've been back for three nights and two days now. I just haven't had a decent night's sleep since the 29th. Quick note: All dates in this post are by the lunar calendar unless the word solar appears in brackets after...
So Ba put the illegal cable back in and for a few hours last night we actually got to choose what we could watch on tv. lzh made him take the cable out again because she's scared somebody will check and fine us 200 kuai. Then, having seen how clear her...
So it's New Year's Eve again. It seems everybody else in the village stocked up enough explosives to supply the army of a small nation. Or perhaps the New Zealand Army, in which case they'd still have enough left overs to celebrate the New Year having...
hmmmm Well, I fully approve of treating foreigners the same as Chinese, but this also strikes me as being a little creepy. Well, it's about law enforcement, and, judging by what's in the article (yes, I know, don't bother telling me) it's all good. I...
A short note for the "Fuck that's weird" department: lzh decided to inform me that when I speak English I have a Chinese accent. And, 我说汉语的时候，我有“外地”的口音。By that she means she can hear that I'm not a Beijinger born and bred, but it sounds like I'm from...
So we found ourselves walking the length of Gui Jie twice in search of a restaurant. It would've been fine if we'd just been looking for a restaurant, in 'any restaurant will do' mode, but no, lzh wanted to try 西门考鸡翅, or whatever it's called. It's supposed...
