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Welcome, David
Work has been, quite figuratively, insane these past few weeks. On Sunday I worked a shift from 10am until past midnight, with just occasional break for crying and thumping the desk. It’s not all weeping and wishing we were dead at the office however, another colleague just arrived from the UK this morning bearing gifts [...]
Opening a bank account
Due to a combination of my shirty landlord and having my pocket picked at the weekend, it was finally time to get a Chinese bank account this week. Basically it’s easy- all you need is 1 x Passport 1 x Guy what speaks Chinese 1 x The patience of a saint. The patience is for [...]
The Nerve Centre
Here in a rare “behind the curtain” glance is a look at the top-secret operations control room from which I oversee ISpyShanghai.com: This is my personal computer monitor on which I Gimp up images of fake bank notes, or airbrush out any minor imperfections from my otherwise immaculate face. (And yes, fellow geeks, that whole [...]
Paris Hilton Exclusive!
If you book 3 nights Bed & Breakfast, you’ll receive quadruple Delta Airways Air Miles and a complimentary fruit basket. (Valid until February 29th 2008) Source: ISpyShanghai
KFC
Top 3 things you’ll find in a Chinese KFC, but not its UK equivalent Toothpicks Mashed potato Egg tartlets The middle class Source: ISpyShanghai
Rapscallions! Jackanapes!
Brace yourselves for some rather unpleasant news, I was pickpocketed at the weekend. Now I enjoyed “Oliver Twist” as much as the next man, but in real life the whole thing isn’t half as much fun. Picture the scene, you’re a handsome gentleman in his mid to late 20s (alright then, 29) and you’re having [...]
Amusement Park II – (the amusement this time, coming at their expense)
During that whole Cultural revolution / “Isn’t being Communist the best!” phase that China went through in the olden times, I bet they had statues of Mao everywhere. I’ll bet it was a statue-fest, a totem carnival, an icon-if-u-likem, a Mao-a-rama. These days though, no-one cares much for plaster busts of slightly dubious historical figures, [...]
What do you eat for your tea James?
Family and friends back home often axe me what I eat for dinner now that I’m living in foreign climes. “Is it all pigs snouts and dumplings full of ants and that?” they ask, like fools. Well, no. It seems difficult to me to order Chinese food for one, and I’m such a busy young [...]
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