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Making tea, the creepy way
Hands up who likes drinking tea? Me too, it refreshes your tired mind, slakes your thirst, and stains your teeth. Sometimes, if my butler is sick, I even like to make my own tea and previously thought that I was doing a reasonable job. The good people at Lipton however, suggest that I’m missing some [...]
Fog
Man alive it’s foggy, I SAY MAN ALIVE! My boss went out for his normal post-prandial stroll a few hours ago and still hasn’t got back, I’m pretty sure he stumbled into quicksand and will never be seen again. This is the normal view from my balcony: This was the view this morning: It’s days [...]
For your viewing pleasure
This is the most random photo you’re likely to see today. Ah the joy of a new life! Source: ISpyShanghai
Huangputangjiawan lu
This made me laugh although I’m not really sure why. HuangPuTangJiaWan Lu (South) is the longest street name I’ve ever seen, beating out Urumuqi Lu with embarassing ease. And yet the street itself was just a tiny little back alley down near the Lupu bridge. As far as I know, the street names in Shanghai [...]
Chengdu Investment News: January 7, 2008
Agricultural Trade Office at US Consulate General Chengdu opened On December 14, the Agricultural Trade Office at US Consulate General Chengdu was formally opened in Chengdu, which is the fourth set up by US Department of Agriculture (USDA) in China, following those of Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, and which is also USDA’s 102nd among overseas [...]
Taikang Lu
Well this is both frustrating and fantastic. There’s a street called Taikang Lu which I’d heard mentioned a few times in passing and thought I’d actually been to once or twice. In fact I hadn’t, and I would remember, because it’s the nicest area I’ve seen in Shanghai. The reason I went in the first [...]
Beijing
I almost went to Beijing this weekend, almost in the sense that Emma said “Let’s go to Beijing” and I said “OK!“, but then my boss said “Let’s work on Saturday” and I said “OK!“. So now I’m not going. Forgive me father, it has been 11 months since I came to Shanghai and I [...]
Looking Out Airplane Windows In China Is For Grizzled Old China Hands ONLY
I did a post the other day, entitled, “Planes, Trains And Automobiles: The China Way,” extolling a James Fallows piece comparing “the Chinese way” with “the Japanese way.” Yesterday, I got a call from my friend and fellow Grinnell College alum, Paul Midler, who wanted to let me know he would be doing a post [...]
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