Posts Tagged ‘Life’

This is another post I wrote a little while ago and haven’t posted until now.

China’s Dragon Boat Festival (Duanwu) occurs on 5th May on the Lunar calendar. This year, that equates to 8th June.

As the name of the Festival indicates, it’s famous for Dragon Boat racing! People also eat zongzi (glutinous rice dumplings wrapped in bamboo leaves) and drink baijiu (Chinese wine) during this holiday. (more…)

myuibe posted a photo:

This photo of a street scene has a lot in it:

• The volleyball advertisment: I've always thought that this advertisement is cool. Looks great.
• The KTV Hotel: which you can find throughout in China - although I'm not into Karaoke myself, KTV is an important part of everyday life in China.
• Bicycles on top of a hut: which seems to be UPS hut, providing bicycle couriers I guess. Modern China.

But the real value in this photo comes from the couple sitting on the bench. Their positioning is great: leaning against each other, while the mother nurses the baby, her leg up against the plant holder. Its a classic!

The other stuff in the photo is interesting, but without the couple, it would not add up to a photo I'd pick to highlight on JobsInChina. In fact, the photo would probably benefit from cropping the rest out and making the couple the focus of the photo.

Click on the photo to see the bigger image at the Flickr site. You'll be able to see the details much more clearly.

Disclaimer: This photo was not taken by me. It was shared by a third-party on Flickr, under a Creative Commons license. For details on the license, see the photo's home page on the Flickr website.

Darren On The Road posted a photo (DSC_4845):

Darren On The Road said:

Nearby, in front of a Korean resturant, the waitstaff stood in formation while what I could only assume was the manager drilled them. He would yell something then his partner would yell "ee, ar, san" (1,2,3) and then the whole group would repeat was the first instructor said. I also saw them marching in formation.

This seems to happen a lot in China (and not just at the Korean restaurants). I've seen it many times. It's just like they are in the military and are on parade.

It's quite amusing to watch. It's the little things like this that make living in China great. You just never know what you're going to see when you go for a walk.

Of course, this would never happen in the West. The restaurant staff would be paid a pittance - maybe 800 yuan a month. No one I know would stand on 'parade' while the manager yelled at - not for minimum wage anyway.

Disclaimer: This photo was not taken by me. It was shared by a third-party on Flickr, under a Creative Commons license. For details on the license, see the photo's home page on the Flickr website.

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Following my recent post on Beijing’s new airport terminal being the biggest building in the world, Beijing has claimed another record: Having more public toilets than any other city in the world. (more…)

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I’ve never been a big fan of Valentine’s Day and not just because I couldn’t find anyone to share it with! I’ve always seen it as a fabricated ‘commercial’ celebration - more about making money than about lovers.

Living here in China, I should be able to escape such Western customs, right? Wrong! Valentine’s Day is big here in China, especially amongst the youngsters, who seem to soak up anything Western. (more…)

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This is follow up to my previous post on smoking in China. I just want to highlight a related experience we just had.

Two days after my previous post, a stranger visited our house to look at something we were selling. No sooner than he’d walked in, did he produce a cigarette packet and offer me one. I refused automatically, using wo bu chou this time. He nodded and said something like “oh, bu chou, bu chou, okay” and proceeded to light up. (more…)

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There have been lots of news stories about smoking in China lately. That’s not surprising because smoking plays a very large part in Chinese life. (more…)