A Week of Sunrises, Sunsets and lots of 白酒

Visited 张家口 (Zhangjiakou) last month on a photography excursion with the China Photographers Association. Temperatures were below zero and we woke up for sunrises every day and took photos of sunsets every evening. There will be a Seasons of Zhangjiaokou

Spring Festival

Is it raining outside? Afraid not. It’s just endless fireworks day and night since the eve and it’s still going on. We went to Chaoyang Park Temple Fair (庙会) to rub off some of the festive atmosphere. Entrance was 15rmb

Touch my Toes

This is my kitchen. My new IKEA chopping block and knife. That’s me, standing on a wobbly stool that the tenant left behind. The door of my front-load washing machine left ajar with fresh dirty laundry in the queue. This

Pre-Christmas in Fukuoka

Stuck in Qingdao for two days due to technical problems with the plane to Fukuoka. The airline put us up at the four-star Queens Hotel for a night then took us for a 15 minutes spin in the air early

X: Goodbye, Europe

Realised I left out a lot of information about my Europe trip after going through the digital footprints on my laptop. Particularly fish and chips from North Sea Fish near Passfield Hall, with vinegar instead of mayonnaise. My last couple

IX: I Love London

Hopped onto the Eurostar from Paris to London in 2 hours! The train traveled so fast it made my ears pop! Finally, people who speak English! I was putting up at the London School of Economics, Passfield Hall. Very, very

VIII: The Lourve and Dirty Old Men

I figured I’d better finish writing about my Europe trip now even though I’m really keen to write about my adventures in China. Here goes! Lucky me, I had the cabin all to myself on my way back to Paris!