December - Apartment searching in Beijing
In December, the rent on my apartment was coming to an end. As I had signed the contract on the apartment before the Olympic Games, the rent was quite high. The location was fairly good being in the CBD, but due to the economic downturn and the end of the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘2008’
July - Qingdao
In July, J came to Beijing for the summer, just in time for her birthday and mine. After spending a week in Beijing, we flew to the Chinese coastal city of Qingdao and enjoyed the strange green-plant-growth covered beaches. The city had the army working 24/7 to clear the algae before the start [...]
Retrospective: What did I do in 2007? Part One and What did I do in 2007? Part Two
Almost a year ago in the beginning of 2008, one of my students informed me that 2008 would be an unlucky year for me. Slightly taken aback, I asked him why this was so. He replied confidently [...]
Tags: 2008
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This is Ming's Musings, the thoughts of an ex-pat living in Beijing.
- Ten Things I Miss About England - #9. Milk
- Ten Things I Miss About England - #10. Ovens
- What did I do in 2009? Part Six - Winter Wonderings
- What did I do in 2009? Part Five - The Rest in Pictures
- What did I do in 2009? Part Four - H.K. and Hanami
- What did I do in 2009? Part Three - A Firework Too Far
- What did I do in 2009? Part Two - Work Developments
- What did I do in 2009? Part One - We’re Off to See…
- Retrospective: Team Bournemouth
- A Land of Opportunity
- Nicklas: Hey where did you order the Chocapic from? Do you have a webpage adress perhaps? :)
- Shaun: lol, great read. No such milk/yoghurt based espionage in Japan. I soon learnt that the unwritten rule is if there is a picture of Hokkaido on the c
- Chris: ^^ +1 Also, no lasagna? I dont know how you cope. Dan makes a mean veggie lasagna these days, it's really good! Ruth says she prefers it in