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Bicycling Through the Chinese Countryside

April 24, 2006

in Daily Life, Shijiazhuang

Sunday afternoons are generally pretty lazy around here. It is the DH’s day off, and usually we just watch DVDs or use the computers. But yesterday was a nice day, with high temperatures, sun and very little pollution. We felt we had to take advantage of the good weather, so we decided to take a [...]

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New Bicycle

January 8, 2006

in Daily Life, Shijiazhuang

A week has passed since our trip to Beijing and finally I have had an opportunity to update the blog.
Now I am back to blogging about the mundane daily activities of life at SJZ airport. Today I went to the village to buy a new bicycle. I bought the same model I had before, but [...]

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Home-Style Cooking

November 17, 2005

in Daily Life, Restaurants, Shijiazhuang

I seem to have a theme going here about meals, so I will tell you about the meal we had tonight at the Russians. By the way, here is a photo of the Russian Restaurant:

That is my bike in the picture, the maroon one. The yellow one has long since died. In fact, here is [...]

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Fall is Definitely in the Air and Other Random Thoughts

November 7, 2005

in Daily Life, Shijiazhuang

I’ve been watching the progress of the coming Autumn for several weeks now, hoping that the weather would continue to be nice. I think that I can safely say that Fall has arrived in Shijiazhuang! In a matter of days, wild winds began howling down the streets of the airport, whipping all the leaves off [...]

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A New Job

September 17, 2005

in Daily Life, Shijiazhuang

I have a new job! For the first time ever, I happened to be in the right place at the right time. I am now the remedial English tutor for the academy. To get started, I have spent the last two days editing and proofreading the academy’s English website, which was in “Chinglish” or very [...]

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The Village

September 8, 2005

in Daily Life, Shijiazhuang

I know the title sounds creepy – like that movie The Village. Our village is not at all like that village, thank goodness, although it does feel very alien to me. I have no idea what its name is yet, everyone just refers to it as the village.
Today the DH and I ventured to the [...]

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My Send Off – Toronto Style

August 29, 2005

in Moving, Toronto

Toronto said goodbye to me by stealing my bicycle out of my own back yard, during the one minute I left it outside unattended and unlocked. I was planning on shipping the bike to Texas, so I suppose this saved me at least $100. (Although that is what I could have sold it for… [...]

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