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Posted in Blog, China on September 14, 2008

Mooncakes and the Mid-Autumn Day Festival

I have to confess, I’m a big fan of mooncakes! For those of you who don’t know what’s a mooncake – Mooncake (濿饼; pinyin: yuè bĭng) is a traditional Chinese pastry eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival and it comes in all kinds of shapes, sizes and fillings. I ... Continue Reading

Posted in China on August 6, 2008

Meet the Beijing Olympic Mascots – FuWa̵ ...

It’s for the first time when instead of the usual one character for the Olympic mascot we’ve got a bunch of them. It seems that the Chinese want to impress with everything at these Olympic Games and they designed 5 cute characters to represent the 2008 Olympics. The designer o ... Continue Reading

Posted in China on August 4, 2008

Plan and seats of the Olympic Stadium in Beijing

I wrote a review about the Olympic Stadium in Beijing some time ago and noticed that people also find this article when looking for the Beijing Olympic Stadium plan or trying to get a look at the Olympic Stadium seats. Since there’s no actual plan of the stadium presented in my previ ... Continue Reading

Posted in China on July 24, 2008

National Grand Theater of China, Beijing

National Grand Theater of China which is sometimes referred to as Beijing Opera House, but is nicknamed “The Egg” is actually officially called – National Centre for Performing Arts (国家大剧院). It is one of the new landmarks of the city which is located in the ver ... Continue Reading

Posted in China, Personal on July 9, 2008

My neighborhood getting ready for the Olympics!

Beijing is getting ready for the 2008 Olympics and the atmosphere of the Olympic Games approaching is everywhere. Even in my quiet neighborhood now you can see the red banners welcoming the games. It is quite funny actually, because they also translated the banners into English in an atte ... Continue Reading

Posted in China, Personal on June 11, 2008

The new Wanshang Hotel in Beijing

Everyone who’s been in Beijing with the Carnival remembers the “Wanshang Garden Hotel” we stayed in 2004 and 2005. I was just happened to pass by around Babaoshan area in Beijing and that is the hotel I discovered. It is no longer the Wanshang we used to know and it is e ... Continue Reading

Posted in China on June 6, 2008

Beijing National Olympic Stadium (Bird’s Nes ...

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Posted in China, Personal on April 8, 2008

Spring in Beijing

For other a month now, even more actually, since the end of the Chinese New Year I’ve been wasting my time in Beijing. Yeah, back in China! This post is not about me and what I am doing here, but about the spring time. After the month of March with weather changing from warm to cold ... Continue Reading

Posted in China, Funny Bits on October 9, 2007

You Know You’ve Lived in China Too Long When ...

I found a group on facebook recently with this topic and it is so funny! Well it probably would be funny for the ones who lived in China. I’ve selected just a few very best ones in my opinion here: 5. You smoke in crowded elevators. 6. All white people look the same to you. 8. You ... Continue Reading

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