19 hours ago by Katie

I don’t know how this keeps happening. But I won’t question it. The school has scheduled Grade 1 exams for next week Monday and Tuesday. This would mean, given Christmas, that the only day I have to teach next week is Thursday (because Wednesday is already my day off). John, my fellow foreign teache ...

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22 hours ago by Small Thoughts

1. Consistency. I have often returned to a restaurant for a dish I enjoyed a lot only to find the dish prepared differently the second time, and wasn’t as good. Things don’t have must be exactly the same every day, but they should be very close. 2. The pictures in the menu should look like the dish ...

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1 day ago by Susan

The Less Civilized Commuters at Zhang Jiang Hi-Tech is a post from: Shanghai Tech Writer Every day, it takes me nearly an hour to commute to work. The Google Shanghai office is located at People Square, inside the Raffles City office building. People Square is at the heart of Shanghai, the intersect ...

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1 day ago by wtdevflnt

Yeah, what she said sounded like “mama ga bee” I don’t really know how to spell it in pinyin but know what it means. What had happened was that I was taking an illegal taxi to work and the lady was the driver (these are the little moto taxis that are illegal, but as plentiful as bikers here). The la ...

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2 days ago by Katie

I also have a new post up at the Lost Laowai blog, regarding travel scarves and their myriad uses. Go check it out!

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2 days ago by Katie

Look what I found at the local bakery last week. I could not resist taking my picture with these girls. I was so happy to see Christmas decorations that I actually giggled out loud while I was looking for my bread. There were actually tons of Christmas decorations up – I want to know where they got ...

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3 days ago by wtdevflnt

This is rich. Under the auspices of closing some gap in opportunities in chinese education, the government in connection with Peking University has implemented a new master plan. It purports to start a ” a pilot program aimed at improving the country’s university entrance system.” The article from t ...

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4 days ago by Small Thoughts

Sunday. December 6, 2009. Got up feeling sluggish from the greasy duck I ate last night. Hopefully a walk in the cool air will revive me. On my way back from Starbucks this afternoon I met a Canadian man. His name is Roger and it turns out he lives in my neighborhood. We are about 8 blocks apart. I’ ...

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5 days ago by wtdevflnt

When you come here you will see that many may admire your ‘high nose’. What they mean is really the bridge of your nose. To the average Chinese, this bridge is a good thing, looks strong, and the stronger the better. They call the bridge charming, and think it accentuates our eyes. The funny thing i ...

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5 days ago by wtdevflnt

Quick rant. Ok, so the government blocks social networking sites as they don’t want people to use them to riot… sounds weak but their house their rules. But Youtube…wtf… I mean what, are a bunch of Uy*ghur people going to use YouTube to incite a rebellion (that was the party line on the reason for p ...

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