Galette des Rois

The last day of January 2013 was spent with my French and European classmates eating delicious homemade Galette de Rois. I was crowned queen for the night because I found the tiny figure hidden in the cake! Looking back at

Goodbye Beijing, Hello London

Beijing is home and I was gutted to leave. Some highlights during the last couple of months in Beijing had been me being a part of my best friends’ wedding, riding every Thursday night with Big Dirty, conceiving the Whee!

Another Milestone

I’d spent the past year in this little 30m^2 gem of a duplex in a hutong right across from Yonghegong Lama Temple. It became somewhat like a hostel and bicycle garage, always lively at the weekends. Photos of what it

Honesty

A few days ago, I paid 17RMB for two bottles of iced tea and a sandwich from a bakery. I thought it didn’t seem quite right when I was leaving but the place was packed with lunchtime crowd and left

Fixed Gear Revolution 3

Two months ago I came in last for the BikeBoy alleycat race, a few weeks ago I finished fourth in the women’s category! I had no training or practice this time, haven’t even been going to yoga classes for some

LiNing Bike Boy Alleycat

Last month, I joined my first ever alleycat since I got my fixie from Natooke some time last summer and got DFL (dead fuckin’ last), well not really because I came back after the cut-off time. 4 hours and 40

Goodbye, Chongwenmen!

And here’s a picture of my 31.5m² of goodness that was my studio apartment in Chongwenmen. My bathroom was behind the kitchen and came with a shower head with strength of a leaking hose but made it up with a