Archive for October, 2008
Thursday, October 30th, 2008
Colder temps
Last night my dad threatened to make me go to an American hospital in Beijing since my visit to the Chinese clinic wasn’t satisfactory. I guess my germs took note and got scared! This morning my temperature is a balmy 98.5 — my normal temp. Woot!
No Comments » - Posted in brrrrrrrr by Caitlin
Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
Chinese TV
Since I’ve been sick, I’ve had a lot more time to spend at home watching TV. Usually I don’t watch much, but since I’m loathe to get out of bed, I only have a few movies, and books tend to put me prematurely to sleep, I’ve been watching the Chinese tube a lot.
What makes Chinese [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Culture! by Caitlin
Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
Officially SARS-free
Those in my inner posse already know that I’ve been sick for the past few days, but I thought I’d give everyone the 411.
Since Sunday I’ve had a fever ranging from 99.7 to 102.5, and I’ve been sniffling and coughing up all kinds of gross-colored loogies.
Monday I opted to stay home from school, thinking that [...]
No Comments » - Posted in TMI, n00b by Caitlin
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
What my neighbors are doing
In the greatest mystery since the appearance of a dead cockroach on my bathroom floor, my neighbors have been making all variety of strange noises lately.
Right now, I believe my upstairs neighbors are doing the bunny hop. Or possibly playing “whack a cockroach” very, very rhythmically. Yesterday I also heard what sounded like vigorous floor [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Beijing, Mysteriousness, The shack by Caitlin
Monday, October 27th, 2008
Seriously?
Oh, come on China!
No Comments » - Posted in BS, Beijing, Food by Caitlin
Thursday, October 23rd, 2008
A Familiar Feeling
When I was growing up, the house of lived in was in a desperate state of disrepair. It leaked in the rain, and windows didn’t seal, so it was quite cold almost all the time. Accordingly, when I was home I was almost always tucked under my blankets with a warm kitten on my lap.
Lately, [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Beijing, The shack, brrrrrrrr by Caitlin
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008
A lapse in contentment
This week I’ve been in a rather sour mood.
I’m tired from work. I’m tired from school. I have insomnia born from boredom and apathy, which contributes more to my discontent with work and school.
I have a starving feeling, and I just realized what it is.
I haven’t done much intellectual for a few months now.
It’s weird [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Jeerorb, Life, Skool by Caitlin
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
Old folks need not read on
I recently changed the language on my Facebook page to English-Pirate. It’s fun, but I’m not always certain when I click buttons what they mean. Sometimes I’m afraid I’ll defriend someone or accidentally change my gender to male. It took me several days to realize that “abandon ship” meant “log out.” It also changed “in [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Engrish, humor, n00b by Caitlin
Monday, October 20th, 2008
Caitlinpedia Brown and the case of…
In this installment, Caitlinpedia Brown investigates the mystery of the apparating bugs.
Caitlinpedia Brown sat on her toilet, sleepily musing about the rest of her day. Her hot water had been fixed and she felt quite content with her apartment. As she stared absently at the tiles in front of her feet, she noticed a small [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Creatures, Mysteriousness, The shack by Caitlin
Sunday, October 19th, 2008
And the guessing games begin…
This morning, after a relaxing breakfast and browse on the Internet, I decided to take a shower. I turned on the gas, turned the handle that directs hot water to the shower, and went to start running the water in the bathroom so it would heat up. I turned on the faucet and immediately knew [...]
