I saved notes for this post back in Sept 2010! Wow, I am so behind. Here’s a quick recap and a few thoughts: Beijing may not have bike sharing, but they sure sell bikes at very reasonable prices. At the beginning of the typical school year, September, I added 500RMB to my phone card at […]
Finally testing out the WP app…
三月底的时候我用英文写了一个博客文章，让我想多了。现在我想试试用中文写一张。首先，不好意思，我非常长的时间没写（打）中文了！还有，这个主题自是过去年的印象，印象也对自己的想发，等等。好了，我试试开始！ 很有意思啊，我写了英文张博客的时候是刚从青海省西宁市回香港的。我现在写这张，也在西宁了！太重合了！:)
**The following is a bit of self-reflection, ranting, sentimental thinking, and whatever else is in my train of thought. You’ve been warned.** A year has passed. I’m a year older. And I’ve moved to another city. A lot happens in one year. A friend passed. Old friendships continue to grow, other friends have drifted, and […]
Watch this 20 minute TEDtalk by Martin Jacques, which gives some wonderful insight into China and how Westerners can better understand China and its growth. Jacques identifies some key points of Easterners being more knowledgable of the West because they have been forced to learn from these powerful, developed countries. In the time that I’ve been in […]
NanLuoGuXiang Chess：南锣鼓巷象棋 It’s been a while since I posted! Apologies! And this one is going to be short… just a few photos that I’ve taken in the past couple months that I quite like :) 抱歉我最近没写。。这个post也很短，只让你看看我这几个月拍的几张照片儿。我相当喜欢！ Tianjin Snacks：天津小吃 Hutong Bikes near Lama Temple：胡同自行车在雍和宫附近
When I first arrived here in China, people would ask “where are you from?” or “你是哪国人?” And I’d respond, I’m from the States, 是美国的. Sometimes they were confused, how could an Asian-looking person be from the States? Other times they asked again, “Are you an overseas Chinese?” “华侨啊?” Sometimes they would use “huaqiao” and sometimes […]
Design friend @ssshaona posted a link to information about the new “Happy Magic Water Park” in Beijing. The Water Cube of the Beijing Olympic park has undergone renovations to be transformed into an indoor water park. After reading the blurb, more than 1 friend here in Beijing has mentioned of hearing the same! Looks like it […]
I got back to Beijing about two weeks ago and it’s been a slew of things to take care of… First things first, did you know that there are two types of internet here in Beijing? No, it’s not dial-up versus DSL. Internet service here is provided by China Unicom, 中国联通, and there are 2 types […]
大山, DaShan, (Big Mountain) aka Mark Rowswell is a Canadian who started studying Mandarin in the mid-1980s and has about 40 episodes of a CCTV series titled ‘Communicate in Chinese.’ DaShan is quite well known by all Chinese as a caucasian who speaks Mandarin like a local. I’ve just started to listen to the episodes in the […]
Starting tomorrow is GreenFest at Boston City Hall Plaza, running from August 19-21. Some key take aways from the website are simple: Drink tap water and use reusable containers, recycle, compost, and bike. Boston GreenFest celebrates the many ways we can create a better world by greening our lives and our communities. Among speakers, performers, […]
I recently received an email (honestly, I didn’t know anyone was actually reading my babble…!) encouraging me to continue my explorations and lifestyle. I hadn’t realized the interpretation of lifestyle through my blog. I see this as a place to record thoughts, images, products, and adventures that inspire or excite me and make me wonder, ponder, […]
This digital eyedropper sucks up information from one screen and injects it wirelessly to another. Have a look at 40 seconds of amazingness: In this video I demonstrate how slurp can be used to move digital files between machines over the network. Rather than plug a USB drive into the port that corresponds with a […]
This week I’ve been helping a very good friend with some details for her wedding tomorrow. For the table seating, we put together these lovely name cards (idea from Martha Stewart)! Sorry they’re only 1/2 finished in the photos below, but you can imagine how adorable they would be once they’re finished off with the […]
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The other day I was by South Station in Boston and saw a fairly young, caucasian man spit on the street. You’d think I’d be used to seeing the spitting and peeing on the street by now, having just spent four months in China, but really it partially grossed me out, partially offended me, and […]
Last night DesignMuseumBoston hosted an event in collaboration with Office Environments of New England to not only eat, drink, and meet some wonderful people, but to also give some background and insight into what the Design Museum is trying to accomplish. In addition to opening nomadic and ever-changing ‘pop-up museums’ in empty store fronts, DesignMuseumBoston […]
With few things in China being black and white, it’s no wonder there’s more than 1 way to address the Chinese Currency: “Renminbi” is the official name of the currency introduced by the Communist People’s Republic of China at the time of its foundation in 1949. It means “the people’s currency”. “Yuan” is the name […]
I’ve just moved to a new apartment in Beijing and am super excited to be out of the dorms and having my own kitchen! Perfect for the occasion are these 2 recipe sites: Yummly and Supercook, where you add ingredients or flavors you want (or have at hand) and the site will pull up recipes to fit […]
Summer’s here and its family travel season! Spending time together is part of it, the other part is having and taking the time to see and explore a new place. How about a view from one of these places?? Looks incredible. Willis Tower Skydeck, Chicago, IL, USA Iguazu waterfall in Brazil Aurland, Norway See the […]