Month: October 2011
The giant mango
I bought a giant mango. How giant? How about 1.5 kilograms of giant? That’s, like, 3 pounds. It cost me, though. I paid 30 freakin kuai ($4.71) for it. But it was good. I treat myself so well.
I just ordered the Steve Jobs bio!
From Chinese Amazon. Like in the U.S., the book (Chinese edition) has already become the No. 1 seller on Amazon here, with the English version at No. 3, ahead of the Oct. 24 release. For those who can’t wait that long, I saw a street vendor selling a bootleg copy (or maybe a leaked real […]
The evolution of a street at lunch time
If I ever had any doubts about the reality of a rapidly developing China, they may be tempered by the explosion of lunch time choices available to me right in front of my office. When I first started working here food carts parked on the sidewalk carried little more than unappetizing pre-prepared he fan, a […]