In honor of the opening of Pirates of the Caribbean III today, I’d just like to say that one of the silly things I like about living in Oslo is that I’ll get to see all 165 minutes of the movie. We won’t see it today, partly because we have to pack for a brutally [...]
After living in Beijing for over a year, Oslo almost feels like we’ve moved back to the US: Frozen pizza Weekly TV shows (Criminal Minds! Grey’s Anatomy!) Potato chips that don’t taste like kimchee or cucumbers Lots of people are taller than me Everyone can speak English But there are some things that really feel [...]
Beijing Drivers Even the best city planning would be put to the test by the current auto market in Beijing. One statistic claims that an average of 1,000 new cars hit the city streets each day! As automobile companies lower their prices, more and more Beijing-ren can afford to forgo public transportation and drive themselves. [...]
A Whole New Perspective on Fireworks This past weekend was Chinese New Year’s, and the festivities began on Friday night. Most of the ex-pats still in Beijing (a lot of people took the opportunity to travel) got together to celebrate with a dinner of, oddly enough, primarily Indian food, a lot of alcohol, and in [...]