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Eric in Beijing: Grammar at Sears

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Observations on life and travel. May 1, 2011. Posted by Eric at 5/01/2011 07:00:00 AM. Chinese characters favored by yokels. Dont leave mass right after communion. Shanghai food — barf! College girl conversation snippet. Article: Shunyi to Be Worlds Largest Gated Commu. Ai Weiwei is a dude, with a beard! Salon treatment or Chinese water torture? 5 Things to Know About Chinas 2nd- and 3rd-Tier .

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Eric in Beijing: Swimming in China

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Observations on life and travel. Jul 17, 2005. Chinese don't know how to push off the wall in a streamline position and glide for more than two feet. This means if you do a turn right after a Chinese swimmer has pushed off the wall, you will most likely unintentionally streamline underneath him and surface in front of him, startling both of you. Chinese don't do flip turns. Maybe because the only stroke they do is breaststroke. This means you can pass them even more easily on a turn. Everyone wears flip-...

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Eric in Beijing: Don't leave mass right after communion

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Observations on life and travel. Apr 27, 2011. Don't leave mass right after communion. Having observed the tight religious restrictions in China, you come to appreciate some of the basic things that we take for granted, or even sometimes complain about in America. This article, " China Detains Church Members at Easter Services. I've seen too many spoiled Californians and other Americans who got it so good these days with their Hummer H2s and BMWs that they don't feel like they have to kneel during mass&#...

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Eric in Beijing: Street side barbeque - 路边烤肉

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Observations on life and travel. Oct 29, 2005. Street side barbeque - 路边烤肉. A disemboweled carcass roasting on a spit at a roadside food stall in Beijing. Story contains some embellishment. Posted by Eric at 10/29/2005 07:00:00 AM. My favorite roadside bbq are the guys from out west, literally names the New West Territory in Chinese, who bbq kebobs on braziers attached to the back of their bicycles. This comment has been removed by a blog administrator. Beijing marathon (or: cough, gasp, gasp.wheeze) .

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Eric in Beijing: WSJ video: living like cooped up rats in a Hong Kong apartment

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Observations on life and travel. Jul 21, 2011. WSJ video: living like cooped up rats in a Hong Kong apartment. The Wall Street Journal has some great stories usually. However, this article. And video showing four people living like rats cooped up in 150 square food apartment in Hong Kong is a little off. My view of this lady is, hey, give it a go in Hong Kong, but if you can't hack it, suck it up and move to the New Territories, or just go back to the Mainland and get a government "iron rice bowl" type j...

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Eric in Beijing: A purse for men

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Observations on life and travel. Sep 10, 2005. A purse for men. One of the requisite men's fashion accessories in China is something that's not quite a woman's purse, but also not quite something that men should carry. The bag could be described as the European carryall seen in the Seinfeld. Episode The Reverse Peephole. To stop myself from laughing, I just remember, It's not a purse. It's European. Posted by Eric at 9/10/2005 07:00:00 AM. Bizarro driving in the Bay Area. Kit cars in Beijing.

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Eric in Beijing

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Observations on life and travel. Jun 3, 2005. The craze for ladies in Beijing these days is to wear a tinted visor, and then pull the bill of the visor down to cover most of the face like they are going to be using a metal grinder. Seeing them riding bicycles like this is amusing, but it's downright frightening to realize that a lot of them are also driving their cars like that. Posted by Eric at 6/03/2005 07:01:00 AM. Workers in Beijing using a ladder to repair some . View near the top of Taishan.

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Eric in Beijing: Lee Kai-Fu totally looks like...

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Observations on life and travel. Sep 10, 2009. Lee Kai-Fu totally looks like. I had a few yuks recently from an email forward that came from this site. About celebrities that resemble animals, cartoons, and other stuff. Here are a couple good ones:. A former exec at Google China, has been in the news this past week. I knew there was something. That Kai-Fu really reminds me of, and I just couldn't pin it down until the other day. Finally, it hit me: he's Droopy dog. Posted by Eric at 9/10/2009 07:00:00 AM.

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Eric in Beijing: Shanghai food — barf!

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Observations on life and travel. Apr 25, 2011. I could never live in Shanghai. The food is just terrible. Terrible beyond belief. Add that to the fact that they speak a strange dialect that sounds more like Japanese people imitating angry chickens, and you have a city that's very hard to tolerate. Let me give you a little overview of the food offerings of Shanghai, which I was able to learn about through Safeway, purveyor of authentic gourmet foods:. Posted by Eric at 4/25/2011 07:00:00 AM.

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Eric in Beijing: Riddle: How many people does it take to park an Audi TT?

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Observations on life and travel. Aug 7, 2005. Riddle: How many people does it take to park an Audi TT? In China, it takes 15 people (at least). Analysis of the characters in the photo:. 1 Puzzled woman who can't figure out how the heck she got her car stuck like this. I can't figure it out either. 2 Man thinking: "How inept can this chick be? 4 Unbuttons one more button of his shirt with each passing minute. 6 Helpfully performing an analysis of the front of the car, which is not stuck anyway.