I have learnt not to expect much privacy living in a lane house. Everyone sees my washing hanging out, they know what time I come and go and they see everyone arriving. This week however, I was surprised to see that someone with very little consideration of her own privacy, moved downstairs into the room… Read More »
Nature just isn’t beuatiful enough according to the Chinese. Not only do they dye the ears and tails of their dogs, and sometimes, in the year of the tiger, paint stripes on puppies to sell them, but they paint flowers too. Often you will see beautiful tight rose buds dipped in glitter. What could be… Read More »
Last weekend I went along the West Bund cycle path and I was very impressed. This Sunday was glorious – the first day without a coat this year – so I took my old Chinese bicycle down through Yu Yuan Gardens on FangBang Lu, down to the Fuxing Road wharf and across the river on… Read More »
What a beautiful day it ws on Sunday. I had been sittig at my desk until 2:30pm and then, when I had completed the audio edited which I had been putting off, I headed out on the metro to West Bund. It seemed everyone else was there too, enjoying the first sunny day of spring.… Read More »