life in Beijing

This evening is one of those evenings I’m glad it was my wife who made

Dec 4, 2009 wangbo

That was quick. After my unfortunate discovery on Tuesday afternoon, I got up this morning,

Yes, I have been rather silent of late. I’ve been busy and distracted. I have

It’s nice to be told straight up I’ll never get a mortgage because I’m a

And so today is 立冬, the start of winter. After a week of obssessively bleeding

All Saints’ Day. I wake up a bit after 7, properly awake, no way to

Oct 30, 2009 wangbo

新京报/The Beijing News reports on an interesting little development in Beijing’s central heating: Contracts. TBN’s

So as midday approached and my stomach grew insistent I started thinking, well, I haven’t

Oct 20, 2009 wangbo

‘Twasn’t much of a weekend, at least not for me. For me, it could’ve been

Big bundles of beans, piled high on the bengbengche, that was the result of my