Archive for October, 2005

Living in Shanghai | Pictures of Daily Life

Tuesday, October 18th, 2005

I read about the photo exposition of Hu Yang before in many media but it wasn’t until today that I thought of writing about it.
I guess the fact that his pages have been spammed into the Delicious Social Bookmarks actually pays of.
The photo’s are worth it though as they give you the […]

A Story | The Chinese Hair Salon Girl

Sunday, October 16th, 2005

Just finished reading the story of Gou Li, a working girl at a Lanzhou Hair salon.
It reminded me of the abundance of red/pink hair salons here in Shanghai. The numbers seem to increase, as I see former real estate agencies vacate their small office and being replaced by a fictional hair dressers […]

Learn Chinese Podcast | Teach Yourself

Tuesday, October 11th, 2005

I contemplated some time ago to start a “Learn Chinese” podcast. Basically as this would force me to actually study harder myself.
Well, my idea never materialized, at least not by me. Too busy doing unimportant things I guess:)
Yesterday I visited Chinesepod and these guys, actually a woman and a man to be exact, […]

Kunming | Overview of the Best Places

Sunday, October 9th, 2005

Back now in Shanghai for a couple of days but still intended to give an overview of the best places in Kunming concerning Food & Drinks and Miscll. It’s vey subjective (some info based on the experiences of Kunming long stayers ) so feel free to contact me if you disagree:)
All locations are […]

Chinese Spit

Sunday, October 9th, 2005

Just a short inbetween. I know Chinese spit. It’s a medical thing according to them. Spit, once created by the “AHHRGGGGGG” scraping has only one way to go..OUT.
I also noticed that in general the amount of spitters decreased and honestly I don’t care so much if people spit as long as they do […]

A Day in a Life | Kunming

Wednesday, October 5th, 2005

One more day to go in Kunming. The city I started my life in China and which I left last year.
I’m typing on a keyboard that’ s so sticky most letters have to be re-typed but it works.
Has Kunming changed since last year. No, not at all. Everything is still happening in the […]

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