Chinese cultural society has evolved very quickly over the past twenty years, and people are now being forced to deal with issues that perhaps 20 years ago were not issues. 在过去的20年里，中国文化社会发展得非常迅速，然而人们也在被迫要面对一些20年前没有的问题。 People are much more liberal than they were in times before, and it shows – on the street, in cafés, in bars…but this also [...]
I’ve seen a few lookalikes in my time in China, but this one has to be the closest to ‘separated at birth’ I’ve seen so far: 在中国我见过很多长得很相像的人了，可是这个是我至今看到得最像的非双胞胎： Can you guess? 你能分辨出来吗？ Could this be the Colonel’s long lost brother – the General?! 这会不会是上校失散多年的兄弟——将军？！
I noticed that one of my favourite eateries, Mike’s, has had its trademark infringed by a soulless multinational from the USA! I’m not going to mention where I saw the other company…but here is Mike and his super-shop! 我发现了我最喜欢的餐厅之一Mike’s被一个美国的跨国公司侵权了商标！我不想说我是在哪里看到的…但这里是Mike和他的超级商店！ I hope Mike takes McDonald’s Shanghai to court and sues them for every penny they’ve got. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
We went out for teppanyaki the other night to celebrate…errr…I mean…commiserate the departure of BRO-nur to Turkey. It was a great meal, made even better by the variety of nations and languages represented at the table. France, China, Belgium, HK, Turkey – and of course UK! Even our chef (the guy who stands at the [...]
I can’t believe it’s been so long since I wrote here – so many people have called me ‘lazy’…and it’s sort of true! My head’s been under the radar, but I have been: 难以置信我那么久才到这里来写东西-超多人说我‘懒’…讨厌的是被他们说中了！我最近很低调,可是我仍然： – Recovering after going to my friend’s wedding in Hong Kong (Congratulations Fiona and Tom!)… – 已经从我香港朋友的婚礼中恢复过来了（恭喜Fiona和Tom!）… – Working on so [...]
