Ever since I switched over from summer to winter, the air-conditioner has been failing to pump out much warm air. I have had to leave it on full blast all day just to keep the place warm. So it wasn’t a big surprise when my whole flat was plunged into darkness. After consulting my neighbours,… Read More »
I cam home a few nights ago to find three of my neighbours (housemates) standing outside our front door. There was Mr Xiu, who lives under my kitchen. He’s a kind of caretaker who fixes things when they go wrong. Well, he has an arm and a leg which don’t work so shuffles around the… Read More »
For the last week or so, the whole of the French Concession has been sneezing. The air is thick with pollen and unless you stay at home, you cannot avoid goig out in it, breathing it in, filling your lungs with dirt and filling your blood stream with those nasty PM2.5 pollutants. Everywhere you can… Read More »
There is a chap who I have written about this man before. He is a legend in the FFC. There is always a queue coming from the little window from which he sells his potato cakes for 5p each. I have only ever had 3 or 4 because I am rarely prepared to queue for… Read More »
She was running along beside him, holding hands. Why oh why would you want to go on a date with a guy who insists on using his electric scooter and makes you run alongside him? Maybe it’s a macho thing – my girl loves me so much she’ll be happy running alongside me. This is… Read More »
There was a shop at the corner of Fuxing Lu and ShaanXi Nan Lu called LEACLUB which I watched going through what looked like an expensive shop-fit last year. It seemed to take forever and when it was completed I went in for a look and was very impressed with the range of expensive leather… Read More »