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Monthly Archives: November 2009
A massage story with a happy ending
Just went for a massage with Emma, I won’t name the place*. Anyway there we are, me and Emma side by side on tables when the two massage girls start talking to each other in Chinese. These two are sweaty … Continue reading
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Chinglish time
Can I just make it clear that this last week or two isn’t going to be some golden age where I pull out all of the stops? Now that there’s cleared up, here’s some Chinglish from the fortress of Carrefour- … Continue reading
Bargains
Back in the summer I wrote about some very expensive apples in the Freshmart supermarket, Jing-An. Well since then we had that whole financial apocalypse and everyone tightened their belts a little. Oh wait no, the price actually went up. … Continue reading
Squeaky Shoe Tuesday
One of the main things I’m looking forward to when I go back to the UK is reasonably priced Guinness, proper cheese, nightclubs with no french people my newest niece Eve. My brother Andrew is just a few years older … Continue reading
WITCHCRAFT
OK now this is going to be old news for most people, but I was at a hotpot restaurant last night and we cooked the broth on little individual hotplates. EXCEPT THEY WERE NOT HOT. You could put your hand … Continue reading
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Spicy Joint
Spicy Joint is a chain of Sichuan (i.e. spicy- that’s how they got the name, a team of monkeys worked for a week on that) restaurants. They’re huge, busy, tasty and cheap. Dinner for 5 last night cost about 630RMB … Continue reading
Things you can’t do in England
#407 Walk out into the middle of the road during rush hour, set up a bamboo ladder, and start tinkering with the power cables.
Kung-Fu Air
Nike have made a few shekels from a minor baseball player called Michael Jordan. They got him to jump up fancy, took a photo, stuck it on a few pairs of shoes and boom! Mazooma in the bank. Air Jordan … Continue reading
And on that bombshell
I’m leaving Shanghai, and leaving China. Me and Emma are going to live in Manchester, we leave on December 7th*. It’s been a great three years, and just feels like the right time to leave for me. *So that means … Continue reading
How to have a meeting
I was in a meeting this morning, my only contribution was to stand up and nod my head slightly when somebody said my name. It was a productive 3 hours. If you find yourself in a similar situation (common for … Continue reading