electricity

Electricity Woes

May 20, 2006

in Daily Life, Shijiazhuang

Grrrrr…..  All I wanted was some coffee. Just some boiling hot water so I could mix up a nescafe. Boiling water is ubiquitous in China. It’s the one thing you can always count on. Not today. A few months ago the hotel distributed handy little electric kettles. I already shared my creative use of the [...]

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Sunday Update

November 13, 2005

in Daily Life, Shijiazhuang

A lovely Sunday morning, and I am taking a risk by using the computer. See, for the past month, every Saturday and Sunday afternoon, the power has gone off for about 3 hours. Usually they warn us in the morning, knocking on the door to say, “Today, power out.” This morning I went into the [...]

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