January 13th, 2008 | by brian | published in life in China, personal
This afternoon, I decided to make a trip out to IKEA here in Beijing. From the WuDaoKou area that we live and work in, it’s at least a 20-minute/40 RMB cab ride to IKEA. Since I was going by myself, I decided to save money and take the bus. I used my public transportation card […]
December 26th, 2007 | by chris | published in chinese language, life in China, learning Chinese
Steve, our CFO, and I had lunch at Lush today, which is just around the corner from our offline school 1on1 Mandarin. It’s a cozy upstairs cafe that is open 24/7 and serves convincing American brunch, burgers, salads and sandwiches. I happened to overhear an older gentlemen asking about what I thought sounded like bao1 zi1. If you […]