Run boy run! I managed to hide behind a car, the kids ran into the nearby shops and the protagonists stood round smoking and laughing. So starts another death-defying journey to work. It’s a public holiday and the Chinese use this as an excuse to blow each other up! There is a very relaxed approached… Read More »
Email received from Patric the Irish guy on Friday. Hi ****, hope u are well. I have a quick question for u… Are u working tomorrow? My friend (chinese businessman) needs a girl to go to a businese dinner(in jiangdu) tomorrow.hotel & transport supplied.500RMB.leave Sat 3pm & return Sun 10am. If interested I can tell… Read More »
I have arrived home with a bucket of popcorn for Jenny as she has been helping me out a bit lately and I hadn’t seen her for a few days. It’s 8 o’clock and as I enter the house it’s in darkness; I am home alone again. I turn on the light and give a… Read More »
I am often home alone and this was the case on Tuesday evening. Jenny was stopping over at the boyfriend’s house, Boss was still at work and Yi Feng was still in her shop. I was reading quietly in my room and at around 8:30pm I decided to go the fridge to get a drink.… Read More »
Bank of China, central Nanjing, you take your ticket and wait in turn. On your ticket it shows you how many people are in front of you in the queue. Sometimes I cannot bear the thought of waiting in the queue in the bank and go out for a walk. Whenever I do this I… Read More »
Sam emailed “Do you want to be a judge at a kids English competition? They are looking for a female judge to go with me. They will pay you.” “Ok, where is it?” “In Nanjing, in a kids school” So I met Sam at the allotted time and place and was picked up by the… Read More »
I am always being warned by my friends about the hazards of approaching strangers in public (especially men) but although there are some weirdoes most people are interesting, interested and welcoming. This was indeed the case in the Bank of China in XinJieKou at the beginning of March. I spotted a Sikh gentleman queuing up… Read More »
I had never eaten Sichuan food so was looking forward to meeting up with some other ex-pats at a Sichuan restaurant. In fact I had worked out the route and it involved a change of bus, number 82 and then 31. I don’t mind long bus journeys if I have my iPod and the music… Read More »
Now don’t get me wrong, I think cartoons have their place; Walt Disney entertained us all in our childhood and others are entertaining today’s children but I do believe that cartoons are not made for adults – in fact cartoons should be kept on children’s TV channels and not be allowed to escape. Here in… Read More »