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 […]
January 12th, 2008 | by chris | published in learning Chinese, personal
I’ve been reflecting a bit on this topic for the past few days. Before I moved to China in May 2007, I had vague ideas about why learning Chinese would be important for my future. I knew generally that China was a place of growth and opportunity. Moreover, I knew that with […]
December 25th, 2007 | by chris | published in personal
Yesterday we had a small Christmas party for the staff at GuavaTalk, which includes all of the teachers at our offline language school in Beijing, 1on1Mandarin. We ended up going to a local hotel in Wudaokou called the Wenjin hotel to have Korean food. Afterwards, we went downstairs for a few hours of […]