Posted on February 6th, 2009 by james
A friend and I decided to hell with the fact that Chinese Spring Festival is the worst time of year to travel, we passed around the lube, bent over and with big bearing grins prepared for the exorbitant pain prices that we would pay for airfare and to stay in hotels at this time of […]
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Posted on September 4th, 2008 by james
Back here in China I miss a lot of things. I miss being able to go mountain biking without necessitating the use of a machete and dynamite. I miss being able to eat real hamburgers and not having to deal with the soilent green squeezed out of tubes at McDucks. I miss having my laundry […]
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Posted on March 12th, 2008 by james
Well, it’s 20 degrees out. So I guess that’s not so bad.
Funny thing that smog. Around these parts people call it 雾气 (wùqì), meaning fog or mist. The correct word for smog is 烟雾 (yānwù) but I haven’t heard it used. I’m certain that most people know the difference, and aren’t so ignorant to actually […]
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Posted on July 3rd, 2007 by james
I haven’t seen the Sun for the past 2 weeks. It’s either blocked out by rain clouds, or on the days when it’s supposed to be sunny, all I see is yellow haze with a marginally bright spot where I assume the Sun is. Naturally the weather is tiring me out like a naked swim […]
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Posted on March 2nd, 2007 by james
Well I made it to Beijing alright, and it’s exactly how I remember it. Current forecast is smoke with a high of 9 degrees centigrade.
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