We went to see Orff’s Carmina Burana at the Forbidden City Concert Hall on Saturday night. I think the melody of O Fortuna is going to be stuck in everyone’s head for a week. I think I want to learn the Latin lyrics, so that I don’t have to just sing, “Duh-duh-DUH-DUN, duh-duh-DUH-DUN…”
We took the [...]
I was glancing through the headlines on my MyYahoo! page, and this one from BBC sparked my interest:
‘Grave’ bird flu threat to ChinaChinese Vice-Premier Hui Liangyu warns of a dire threat from bird flu, as China takes new steps against the virus.
But when I clicked on it? …Nothing.Apparently, this is some news that the [...]
It’s cold here! …at least compared to Austin.
According to my Yahoo! forecast, the high in Beijing today is below the predicted low in Austin:
Austin, TX
18…33 C
Beijing
5…17 C
Apparently there’s an outstanding balance on my Sprint account. They sent me an Ebill with only the last few digits of an account number that’s not my phone number. It says that for details, I should log on to the website. Okay. Well, it won’t let me, since my number has been disconnected and my [...]
Jintian shi wode shengri!
Today is my birthday!
I’m determined to have a good day today! Normally I don’t do anything special for my birthday, so I decided that I’m going to tell everyone and make a big deal out of it this year!
Now, somebody give me some cake!
Dear random Beijing commuters outside Xizhimen Station,
I know that the nice publicity guy on the street corner gave you a big newsprint advertisement to look at, but could you please wait until you’re on the train, or at least on the platform to read it? When you slow down to read small text as you’re [...]
Okay, Mom. You’ve been warned. Remember that skydiving experience you really wish you hadn’t heard about? Well, this is one of those. So now you’ve been really warned! I’m telling you, you’re better off not knowing!
Now that I’ve taken care of that…
A few Beijing firsts! On Saturday night, bolstered partly by Lucas’s confidence and three [...]
Art and Japanese Become My Most Useful School Subjects
I still don’t know what it is about my Chinese pronunciation, but sometimes I can say something to a Chinese person, and they just can’t (or won’t) understand me. Then a Chinese speaker repeats what I wanted to say, and even though it sounds exactly the same, [...]
What?! Papa John’s has pan pizza now?! I love pan pizza, and they start selling it less than a week after I leave the States? How unjust!
Someone has to try it for me. But I can’t decide whether I want a real opinion, or I just want someone to say it’s horrible, so I don’t [...]
Yesterday we could barely see the building next to ours through the smog, but this morning the wind picked up, and when we got to work, I glanced out the window and saw the mountains! They really are there! Go figure.