Archive for December, 2007
noodles, with schnitzel
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged favorite things, home, packages on December 15, 2007 | 2 Comments »
In my little China world, discovering a small piece of thin, crumpled paper on my desk is cause for tremendous excitement! This particular little slip of paper has been presented to me a total of six times since I’ve arrived in China. It is covered in Chinese characters and tells me that I [...]
An acute withdrawl of aggregated ice crystal precipitation that is typically hexagonally symmetrical
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged snow on December 11, 2007 | 2 Comments »
For the past several days, this Montana girl has been missing snow! How can it be so cold in December without snow?!
I’ve been told several times that while the temperatures in Beijing can be quite frigid in the winter, we very rarely (if ever) get any precipitation. So to make up for the [...]
6,000 words
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged beijing, colors, pictures on December 4, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Caroline by day…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged day, life, typical, work on December 1, 2007 | 5 Comments »
(Editor’s note: updated with photos, 12/4)
Now that I’ve been living here in Beijing for nearly seven weeks, I have settled into a little bit of a routine. While each day has its own surprises, I’m going to try and describe a typical day for Caroline.
Alarm rings at 6:00 a.m. In the wall above [...]
