http://global-gal.com/2009/12/08/winter-pet-peeves/ China - From the Outside Looking In Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:18:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://global-gal.com/2009/12/08/winter-pet-peeves/comment-page-1/#comment-6851 Summer Pet Peeve Sat, 22 May 2010 10:52:03 +0000 http://global-gal.com/?p=1911#comment-6851 [...] You’ve seen this window before. Everyday this past winter I would find this window in this position and I would dutifully shut it. Everyday. Everyday when it was -5°C. (It just didn’t seem efficient to leave all the windows open.) Leaving windows wide open in winter for the perceived “ventilation benefit” is one of my biggest winter pet peeves in China. I’ll say it again – why can’t the building be ventilated for 5 minutes instead of all day?! I discusses all my winter peeves here. [...] [...] You’ve seen this window before. Everyday this past winter I would find this window in this position and I would dutifully shut it. Everyday. Everyday when it was -5°C. (It just didn’t seem efficient to leave all the windows open.) Leaving windows wide open in winter for the perceived “ventilation benefit” is one of my biggest winter pet peeves in China. I’ll say it again – why can’t the building be ventilated for 5 minutes instead of all day?! I discusses all my winter peeves here. [...]

]]> http://global-gal.com/2009/12/08/winter-pet-peeves/comment-page-1/#comment-5208 globalgal Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:24:23 +0000 http://global-gal.com/?p=1911#comment-5208 A while ago I started reading a few expat blogs from Chile and I was really surprised to learn there were so many similarities between Chile and China - I guess that's just the expat life. Now I'll have to have a look at Peru blogs, too! A while ago I started reading a few expat blogs from Chile and I was really surprised to learn there were so many similarities between Chile and China – I guess that’s just the expat life. Now I’ll have to have a look at Peru blogs, too!

]]> http://global-gal.com/2009/12/08/winter-pet-peeves/comment-page-1/#comment-5198 Kelly Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:59:17 +0000 http://global-gal.com/?p=1911#comment-5198 This is so funny to read! I live in Lima, Peru and I swear it's exactly the same! And it never gets colder than about 55 at the most extreme! I couldn't believe it when i first came here - people were dressed in ski parkas and scarves and hats, while I was sweating in a sweater. (no pun intended) No hot water in most houses, and the cold water kills my hands when I was dishes. Funny how things can be so similar, in two such different places. .-= Kelly´s last blog ..<a href="http://kelly-whatwereeating.blogspot.com/2009/12/viva-alianza-and-other-sports-news.html" rel="nofollow">¡Viva Alianza! and Other Sports News</a> =-. This is so funny to read! I live in Lima, Peru and I swear it’s exactly the same! And it never gets colder than about 55 at the most extreme! I couldn’t believe it when i first came here – people were dressed in ski parkas and scarves and hats, while I was sweating in a sweater. (no pun intended) No hot water in most houses, and the cold water kills my hands when I was dishes. Funny how things can be so similar, in two such different places.
.-= Kelly´s last blog ..¡Viva Alianza! and Other Sports News =-.

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