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Tag Archives: Beijing

Wondering

21-Nov-09

What’s the real needs of life?
How much money do we need to have to be happy?
How much do we need to give to not feeling guilty about being previledged?
Am I like this because I work hard or am I just simply lucky?
Is it true that some people are just simply lucky?
Is it true that less [...]

Oh Capital, Clayton’s Capital

24-Aug-09

—-To my friend Clayton who left Beijing for San Francisco in summer 2009, and to those who live on and off in Beijing…..

Fall in here three years ago destined you were going to be contaminated for ever;
The puppy in Zaoying Beili tried to tell you the grass you liked to lie on was his favorite [...]

The old lady who changed my life

30-May-09

The dark brown, soft bits seem to be very vulnerable. It is the rotten part of a peach. Any peach in the street thrown away, not wanted, because it’s rotten and people might get sick from eating it.
However, an old pair of hands were washing it, quickly, carelessly, because the old lady who is [...]

“Peking Duck” in Chinatown is not “Peking” (or “Beijing”)

23-Apr-09

When you go to the Chinese restaurants in Leicester Square in London, one of your must-order dish might be Beijing Duck. And you will happily see something like the picture on the left. Then when the duck is served, you will see a few pieces roughly sliced, nothing else, and very delicious. But actually, that [...]

Chinese Hip-hop

01-Apr-09

I have been doing research on Chinese Hip-hop and just gather some report here:
By courtesy of New York Times
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In Beijing by Beijingers
If you can see this, then you [...]

Oh Capital, My Capital

30-Jun-08

Thought of this title when I just got my crappy convenient noodles and tasteless crackers in Xining airport, I think it was around mid-night, when I knew that after the plane was delayed for 4 hours, we had to wait for another 2 hours.
Met a guy from Inner Mongolia who lives in Beijing, saying no [...]