Tag Archives: china life

Last week the company decided that renting an apartment in the centre for no particular reason wasn’t a great business move, so I’ve been forced to move my few things out of there and resume the daily commute from Tongzhou. … Continue reading →

I spent a couple of weeks commuting into the centre from Tongzhou, and it’s proved to be completely impractical. Getting up at 6.50, eating my breakfast on the bus and not getting home until 7.40pm is at best an occasional … Continue reading →

On Saturday I went with V to the “Army Hospital” in Tongzhou. We’re scouting round the different maternity hospitals in the local area and right now it seems like the best bet. All the same, it’s a Chinese hospital, and … Continue reading →

A week off is a pretty rare thing for me, and 10 days off is almost unheard of, even if I did have a little left-over work (one-on-one students and the like) to take up some of that time. I … Continue reading →

It’s the holiday season in China now, with the three-day mid-autumn festival and the week-long national day festivities this year occurring within a week of each-other. Such are the joys of operating on a lunar and a western calendar at … Continue reading →

The traffic situation in Beijing seems to be at breaking point. If this sounds at all melodramatic, then have a look at this report which says that last Friday 140 roads were at a standstill. Roads here are big – … Continue reading →

I seem to be living in Tongzhou now. It’s still Beijing, just about, and the house we’re sharing with V’s family is simply amazing. There’s room for the five of us (plus the dog) to all have our own space … Continue reading →