June 2008
49 posts
Quietly, the half-way mark slides by...
“…or making it experience “social defeat,” by putting a mean mouse in its...”
– Judith Warner, Of Mice and Women, 26 June 2008
Done with my morning workout – i.e. taking the subway. I have to change train twice to get to my current workplace, and the platforms are like 800 metres from each other. So lots of meandering in the underground tunnels, going up stairs and down slopes. I think this is part of an attempt to prevent too many people from getting on the already full trains…if you can’t endure the 800 metres hike,...
Saturday in a nutshell...
Nice: Went shopping and had dinner with Bryna and her family.
Not nice: Molested by middle-aged man in the train. Curses.
Unexpected upside: Observed Bryna’s mum position herself to bash the pervert with her hand-bag.
Not nice: Threw up in public from indigestion.
Good fortune: Bryna and her family were there to hold my bags and pass me tissues.
Unexpected upside: Experienced feeling...
…last night, as I curled on the bed, isolated from the world…
No internet. I am going to die.
No, I am not talking about ‘slow’ internet. It’s NO internet. I’ve tried jiggling the internet cable and and leeching on CECT-CHINACOMM and English Zone – but nope, nothing, zero, zilch. Can’t Google, MSN, Twitter, Disqus or Tumblr. Now what?
Remember life before internet? Me neither. I can...
what I give for a decent cup of piping hot...
Last day in this department. Trite, but, how time...
With my finger in the wind
I have a sense of direction. Shocking, I know. I was beside myself with surprise when I discovered this. It seems the lack of easy public transportation and friends I can depend on to hold my hand and lead me to safety has driven my lazy free-loading sense-of-direction side of brain to emerge from the shadows and holla “Go there! Now, there! 东-南-西-北!”
I must be a very attentive friend :P Without...
bon appetit
Ate a snail - shell and all. I thought it was a black bean. It certainly was bean-shaped and dark as sin. It tasted crunchy and sea-salty so I exclaimed in surprise that it was fried cockle. Then, I was advised to try it without the shell.
“You do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapour that...”
– James 4:14, NASB
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered.
《女人何苦为难女人》
What has 6 days of China done to me? Totally entralled by this show. These women in 旗袍 are so cool, cruel and tragic. Can’t wait for Monday so I can see what happens next. 1 hour per episode per day is really too little.
Other shows that I am watching which are less drama and attitude but which are also quite addictive are 《当爱离别时》 and 《八兄弟》. I feel so totally aunty when I am watching...
7.57 am: Updates:P
Have not been posting because I have been a little pre-occupied…but now I’m back:P
Just a quick update, I’ve since discovered that my tolerating that ugly uniform has its perks. 如果在南洋读书十年的我中文程度还是那么差，没上南洋的我一定跟差劲。我想让你们知道，虽然在北京大家都多多少少会英语，不过他们工作语言还是中文。昨天我花了8个小时读一些中文质料。如果文件是英文质料应该能在四分之一的时间爽快的把它读完，但因它们都是中文的我只好埋头苦干模模糊糊的慢慢阅读。很满意，我既然成功的把那些质料读完。开心。
In Singapore, only hard core fans of Chinese romance...
6.26 am: In 北京
早安！ Sunlight hits pretty early here. 4 am is as bright as 9 am in Singapore. Got up early to iron work shirt and warm-up Chinese speaking part of brain and vocal muscles. Have a bunch of silly scribbles from yesterday I have not had the time to put up yet. Later. Thus far, I love 北京. It’s gorgeous. I live in the middle of some major business district where the abundance of wide open spaces lets...
May 2008
22 posts
