Archive for November, 2008
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008
Officially Wise Update
Today I discovered that another wisdom tooth is growing in and starting to poke out. This time it’s the bottom left. So far, my righties aren’t showing any signs. When I told Jeff, all he said was,
Oh, you’re so smug.
I think he’s just jealous his wisdom teeth were removed, and he’ll never get to watch [...]
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Tuesday, November 18th, 2008
Tis the season?
So winter is officially here, according to the Chinese government and my frozen toes. Right now it is 28 degrees fahrenheit according to Google, but I’d be willing to bet it’s a lot colder with added wind chill. Today we had to usual story of high winds making my place drafty and knocking things around [...]
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Saturday, November 15th, 2008
Just for Bonnie
For cat and piano lovers.
1 Comment » - Posted in Creatures, Culture! by Caitlin
Wednesday, November 12th, 2008
Officially wise
So, yesterday I felt like I had a piece of food stuck on my back gum, and I couldn’t get it off no matter how I tried — kind of like when you get a piece of popcorn kernel suction cupped onto your gum, you know? After obsessing over it for a while, I stuck [...]
No Comments » - Posted in FAIL, Life, TMI by Caitlin
Monday, November 10th, 2008
The Best Set Ever.
On Saturday when we were at the mall, Jeff and I experienced the most magical and thrilling rock set I have ever and will ever know.
The band consisted of about four scruffy, hipster Chinese guys, and one apparent chef. We came over to listen to the set because a couple of Chinese guys playing reggae [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Beijing, Culture!, FAIL by Caitlin
Monday, November 10th, 2008
Mango Mango
Tonight Jeff took me to Mango Mango, a dessert place that pretty much just serves mango. The walls of the cafe were bright orange and squishy, like some kind of 1960s B-scifi movie space station. It was deee-lish! I had mango with sweet sticky rice and a side of mango pudding. Jeff had mango in [...]
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Sunday, November 9th, 2008
The best day!
Saturday I had the best day. Someone I’m turning 21 on Thursday, and since we don’t see eachother too much, and he hates making decisions, Jeff decided we’d start celebrating my birthday on Saturday. For the day, he responded to every question with “whatever you want,” and I felt spoiled silly.
After teaching (which for the [...]
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Sunday, November 9th, 2008
Heat-llelujah!
This weekend, the building’s heat got turned on. This is amazing, especially since it’s been getting really, really cold here. In fact, I have been spending most of my time at home snuggled fully dressed in my fuzzy bathrobe, under a comforter and an open sleeping bag. Getting out of bed in the morning was [...]
No Comments » - Posted in The shack, brrrrrrrr by Caitlin
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
What my neighbors are doing 2
My upstairs neighbors have a golden retriever. This is worth noting because:
1. There is a size limit on dogs, so it’s one of the biggest dogs I’ve ever seen in Beijing.
2. Our apartments are all rather tiny.
3. It explains many of the weird noises I always hear from upstairs.
No Comments » - Posted in Creatures, The shack by Caitlin
Monday, November 3rd, 2008
I have a bun in the oven.
Today, I finally brought home my baby. I’ve been slowly preparing for weeks, getting the apartment ready. Finally, today was the day!
No, I’m not keeping a small child in the box. It’s my new oven! I had to carry the dang thing up five-and-a-half flights of stairs myself, but it wasn’t that bad. Actually, ovens [...]
