one sad EPL junkie ....

One thing that I miss badly in Beijing is watching live EPL (English Premier League) "footy" on the box ..... in order to watch live EPL games, one must go to one of the few gweilo-serviced sports bars, which are sparingling scattered around town .....  though that being said, the live coverage of the Euro Champions League games on cable BTV6 (Beijing TV Sports Channel) has been pretty damn excellent ......  they have shown nearly all games concerning the big four English clubs since the last 16.

Cutest  and dandiest...Read more

Wangjing 798 Art Village ...

Been catching up on everyone's AnD blogs last couple of days and having a great time ..... but, before i start feeling rather too guilty at being such a lazy blog-ass .... guess it's my turn to twiddle my thumbs and tap a few nudges on the keyboard ....

Like to share some pics from my afternoon excursion today to Wangjing ...Read more

Back in BJ .... miss the HK ...

Well, back in Beijing after a quick 10 days back in the SAR. Have just been in Beijing for two months, I didn't realize in fact how much I missed HK and our creature comforts, until I stepped foot again at Chek Lap Kok.

Didn't get time to spend much time to hook up with mates this time round, except for a fun fun K sess...Read more

stocked up for the weekend ...

All set for the weekend .... stocked up from my visit to the nearby Carrefour  hyperstore (the only real outlet for Western brand creature comforts) in Shuang Jing yesterday ...

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Beijing realizations ...

1. Beijing is frigging cold ... i've been here nearly four weeks and the average daily temperature has generally been below 0 degreesC (ranging from 1C to -12C at nights) .... thing is, u seldom see any ice ... coz there is hardly any humidity in the air ... it's a dry freeze - sort of like a reverse sauna .... plenty of lip balm and moisturizers required ....

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Cold in Chaoyang (daily temp. -1 to -10C)

Well, everything is all going to plan, once I had decided to take six months off working to come to Beijing to improve my Putonghua and to "beautify" myself  ...... the daily schedule routine of Putonghua lessons and gym (cardio exercise) for the next 150 days or so is now in place .....

Arrived on Jan 3, and now 3 weeks later - have sorted myself out with the kind assistance of my ex-Turner best pal Ken (who is now based in Beijing) in terms of finding a nice 27/F apartment (overlooking Pan Jia Yua...Read more