One day in early December 2012 I invite Y and two friends to come to my place and eat homemade potato soup. It is the first weekend after I have started working in a Chinese advertising agency in Shenzhen and Y has accompanied me the whole day to buy things for making handicrafts. In the […]
Monthly Archives: February 2013
It was at the time of the change of seasons, the end of fall and the beginning of winter, when everyone at the office had a cold or came down with some kind of flu. I had had a cold for a few days and stomach ache on and off, so on a sunny morning […]
At the exit of the subway stop near my place there are usually half a dozen people with motorcycles waiting for passengers. I’m passing by this place every time I get off the subway on my way back home from work. While most of the drivers shout things like “Hello, sit on my bike” or […]
It was in the last days of fall and at the beginning of winter. I had just started working in an advertising company in Shenzhen and was seated next to Y. From the first day, I loved working in that company. It was not only because of the relaxed atmosphere and the fact that often […]
A four-year old girl is sitting right next to me on the subway. She looks at me and asks her mother: “Mum, are foreigners and Chinese the same?” I answer her instead: “Almost.” She looks at me surprised, and asks her mother again: “Mum, why can she speak Chinese?” I tell her: “I’ve studied it […]
China elevator stories 