Tag Archives: china life

Tan

Posted on 29/08/2010 by haonowshaokao

It’s been a long, generally hot summer in Beijing, and I’ve been riding around on my bike, hatless, for much of it. As a result I’ve picked up a highly unfashionable tan. Chinese people usually want their skin to be … Continue reading →

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Moving, again.

Posted on 27/08/2010 by haonowshaokao

Moving house is supposed to be one of the most stressful experiences in your life. I don’t really agree. This week my lifetime total of house moves reached 27, and I barely noticed, especially as this time I didn’t have … Continue reading →

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Adult Life

Posted on 23/08/2010 by haonowshaokao

This time last year I must have known that coming back to China was a big life move, even compared to all my previous travels, but I seem to have been too busy with writing my thesis, organizing my journey, … Continue reading →

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What I do for a living

Posted on 12/08/2010 by haonowshaokao

After five years of on-and-off English teaching in the Czech Republic, the UK and China I came back to the UK in search of something to study. A year-and-a-half later (the year-and-a-half when I didn’t write anything here) I had … Continue reading →

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Xiaobei vs The Alleykitten

Posted on 21/07/2010 by haonowshaokao

I was at work a few days ago when I got a strange call from V. She’d been having lunch at home when she heard a strange noise from outside. Xiaobei rushed out of the back door and started barking. … Continue reading →

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Xiaobei

Posted on 15/07/2010 by haonowshaokao

I’ve never been much of a ‘dog person’. It’s probably got a lot to do with the alsatian which hid behind a fence and barked at me every time I walked home from school, the duck-murdering rage-syndrome springer spaniel which … Continue reading →

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HOT

Posted on 06/07/2010 by haonowshaokao

It was 46°C yesterday. 115 degrees Fahrenheit. Cycling to work was like having a hairdryer blown in my face. I’m not complaining though. This is MUCH better than the winter.

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Visit #1

Posted on 03/07/2010 by haonowshaokao

I haven’t written much on here over the past couple of weeks because my mother, sister and her fiancee have been visiting. Now they are all safely back in the UK it’s time to put up the photos, describe briefly … Continue reading →

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Dragon Boat

Posted on 11/06/2010 by haonowshaokao

It’s the Dragon Boat festival this Monday. A few years in China and I still don’t really know what this means, besides eating zongzi (which V has spent the last week or so making). I suppose Easter just amounts to … Continue reading →

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No why

Posted on 08/06/2010 by haonowshaokao

One of the responsibilities I have in my new job is to interview applicants for our TEFL course. The point is mainly to test their English proficiency, but I also want to find out if they are motivated enough to … Continue reading →

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