Already famous for their strange customer service, Croissants de France Shanghai (or CDF as they like to be known) have tried to go one better – with a global-financial-crisis-busting ‘price promise’! 这里早已闻名于他们古怪的服务，上海的可颂坊（或他们更爱被称为CDF民防部队）又出了新花招来应对全球融危机-‘价格承诺’ ！ So what did they come up with? Well erm….not much… 那么他们到底想出了什么呢？…也没什么特别的… I promise my next blog post will be just as good [...]
Breaking news from the official French Open tennis tournament website: 来自法国网球公开赛官方网站的最新消息： Check out the caption! I’m not sure that Federer’s wife would be very happy to read this! 看标题(French kiss = 舌吻)！我觉得费德勒的老婆看到这个可能会不太高兴！
My parents don’t really understand blogging, websites, the internet or how I could possibly have retired at the age of 21*….but my Dad is pretty good at spotting potential blog material. 我爸妈不太了解博客，网站，网络还有我怎么能在21*岁就退休了 …但我的爸爸很善于发现潜在博客素材。 From a distance – an innocent clothes shop… 从远处看 – 这是一个单纯的服装店… Up close – a clandestine massage parlour? 靠近点 – 一个秘密的按摩院？
I’m pretty sure this type of picture is the reason that you’re not supposed to touch the exhibits in sculpture parks… 我敢肯定这样的照片就是不让你在雕塑公园触摸展品的原因所在了… . . .
Anyone who knows me knows that I love Doraemon. Anyone who has lived or worked with me in the past knows that I love jelly beans. Imagine my excitement when I saw in my local Kedi that these two brilliant things had been combined! 了解我的人都知道我有多爱多啦A梦。跟我一起生活或者工作过的人也都知道我有多爱果冻豆。当我在可的看到这两个辉煌的东西被合并在一起的时候，你能想象我有多激动吗！ They looked amazing…and were very cheap! Maybe 3rmb (~30p) for [...]
Today is the last day of my current job. I’ve been an English teacher in Shanghai for the last one and a half years, and it has been a fantastic experience. I will miss the school, my colleagues and, more than anything else, the brilliant students. I’ve loved every single day! 今天是我目前的工作的最后一天。我已经在上海做了一年半的英语老师，这是一段美妙的经历。我会想念我的学校，我的同事和比什么都重要的优秀的学生们。我爱在这里的每一天！ Remember you can [...]
The names of English pubs have always fascinated me, mainly because of their inappropriate nature. I spent 65% of my life before the age of 18 in my local pub, which was called ‘The Reindeer’. Looking back, this wasn’t perhaps a very relevant name (I certainyl never saw a Reindeer near my house, except around [...]
