Baby Samoyed + Urban China

My new friend is a baby. 2 months old.
I have a few great friends in Edinburgh, esp Marble and Fat Cow, whenever I feel sad or tired, I'd go for a walk to visit them. That's why I have cat food in my flat.

My Friday morning has been really perfect, as I've visited my friend, it's a huge Samoyed-to-be, now still a baby. She spent a lot of time playing and sunbathing on my feet.
Recently I accidentally revealed my love for picture story books to my coworkers here, now they make me bring a new book every morning, so they get something else to read apart from window frames and concrete mix.

I'm happy also because I am reading exciting and great books everyday, not only picture story books. At the moment, I'm reading Urban China 城市中国, a famous magazine, this issue I'm reading is on Chinatown. Something I have explored during my second year Asylum Seeker project. Culture Transplant. I so wish to share all the things I have read these days with you all - I am going to scan some good articles/pic books.

回家

上班,有時坐一輛開往大興長徒站的公車,車上的人拿著一包包-毛毯,電視機,碗碟,什麼都有.回家,不知他們在往那裡的家鄉呢?

Tale of two cities - Paris and Beijing!

I always say that Paris and Beijing are similar in subtle ways, here are some examples....

1. Love of Yoghurt in Ceramic Pots
2. Crepes that are made in the same way
3. Love of Bird Fat - Beijing Roast duck vs. French Foie Gras
4. The Gates vs. Arches
5. Ring Roads
6. The Modern Arches - La Defense - CCTV Beijing
7. The Wide roads that are impossible to cross
8. The Palace in the heart of the city - Louvre and the Forbidden City

三月十四日 睛

(left: PART OF the books i've bought since coming to Beijing) 
今天我又買了三本書，很可怕。但這三本都是我很喜歡的且很便宜，買了之後很開心。
之前買建築書的原因是因為價錢太低了，但之後很少翻。說實在的，我越來越受不了身邊那些對建築充滿(激)熱情的朋友們，be it拿住剛買Zaha Hadid 雜誌興奮地炫耀着的，或仔細研究主窗框與副窗框關係的人，天，你想我給你什麼反應。

今天又去了東邊，Sanlitun, Bookworm Cafe, Caesar Salad, embassy area etc. 碰巧是Bookworm International Literary Festival,今天見到外國人比中國人多，是使館區的原故吧，想起之前雜誌對他們的形容 - 
"Where does she hang out? There's nothing I like more than a bunch of overweight, overpaid expats slagging of the place that allows them to swan around like the lower echelons of the aristocracy."
之後去了西邊的五道口，這裹鄰近北大清華，是中日韓學生的集中地，感覺有點MK 

能夠真正知道自己喜歡的是什麼，令我感到很快樂。
北京還有很多事情我想做。

Pictures from today on: Mao'er in Beijing

京城中的一天

隨便的寫:莫非我己因為適應新語言而失去思考整理的能力。我是想寫有關北京生活的瑣事，但不知從何說起。

書店. cafe. 工作

星期五下班，感覺特別疲累，到了書局看書，很多書都很吸引，但我實在不能再買書了，來北京後，已買了不下(二)十本的書,北京的書，不但價錢便宜，印刷也很好，不像以前六元一本草紙般的書。
「老爸老媽去旅行」是近來內地很紅的一本書 - 一對上海退休夫妻，不懂英語，不熟悉網絡，不參加旅遊團，自助遊歴歐洲83天。其實主要也是遊記，但書中這兩位老人自己畫的黑白畫很美，而且文筆太令人羡慕了，可能內地人的文筆始終都比我們好很多。我的同事有一次說「她從香港來的，國語都算很好，但我猜只要我們不說太多成語，她會聽得輕鬆一點！」
另一本書，名很catchy - 「建築師不是描圖機器」

上星期去了圓明園旁的MIMA cafe, 那裹除了courtyard cafe,還有一個建築師辦公窒，一間書店。都是又一個著名設計師所設計的，十分寧靜，還有很多貓和古英國牧羊狗，當然跟北京所有其他cafe一樣都有免費wireless. 這cafe最出位的地方應是它的洗手間，鏡面小立方體，映射園林四周，進內後，頂上是魚池，抬頭可看到天空和小魚游動，腳下透明地板則可以看到貓咪在石子路面上行走。
至於今個星期，我要到朝陽區的dog cafe.

工作以外的生活﹣很悠閒，而工作時也是十分新奇的。近日參與在一大型住宅項目中，要與邪惡豬合作，但他究竟有多邪惡，還要給我多點時間觀察。工作雖然新奇，每天試着，學着，和經歴着新旳事情，但也不是所有體會都是正面的。除了邪惡豬之外，近日常要跟發展商開會。過了三個星期，還未選好戶型，這麼多research其實也是希望architect自己結論一個最賺到錢的方法。
昨天我們一班年輕人去吃午飯，boss也說要來，他比邪惡豬好得多，不會盲目在辦公室在亂叫，很會關心我們，又叫我們每人推介京城好吃的家鄉菜（我們很多都從不同地方來）下次午餐開車去。我歸納到一個不幸的結論，同樣的年齡，這是一個爸爸(boss)和未婚男(邪惡豬)的分別。
雖然我說得邪惡豬很懷，但我猜他只是yet to be enlightened,希望日後我會發現他好的一面。

今天午餐吃東北菜，量不可思議的大，我是說真的，beyond imagination, at least 21:18, I am still full to the throat now.. from lunch.

Overheard in the city
「看來京城的春天不遠了」﹣Beijing News
「從鄧麗君到李宇春，中國的確走了很遠」

饞貓

I'm sure you all know how much I adore Japanese food!! I am so craving for good, authentic, high quality jap food again!!! Not those horrible one, and the desire is so immense that I'll satisfy it very soon!!! Didn't thought that I would start missing Japanese food so much so soon! And no matter where I am, I would have this same crave! (Oh, recent example include, leaving my classmates while we were in Paris, to go get some reli hip jap food; and all the expensive Jap food take away in edinburgh -_-" no good Jap food in Edin; oh and also the 7 pounds sea urchin sushi in Regent Street London)



So I have did thorough researches during working hours, I am gonna explore it for you guys, so next time you come, you can go get it too!
Wow I filled two Moleskin pages so quickly this week, what have been stimulating me?
"Talking about food, I had really local Beijing food today, it's not something that we would usually eat when we travel, I guess cuz some of them tastes reli weird, so no good to promote, there's this white sour soup thingy! they say 「你吃慣了便是地道北京人了」apart from that, there's this brown sticky soup thing with pig organs or stuff like that, plus other normal stuff like - 驢打滾，焦圈(donut ?? ) ，碗豆糕，窩窩頭和一些有很多醬料的「冷麵」，真是千奇百怪！好得意。"
P.S. went sing k yesterday, was soooooo fun!!!

The deadline has passed....

Well my question is - why so last minute? If you knew you can't blow water in a foreign language well! 

PIG says: (23:06:32)仲有50分钟CITY 的NONJUP就会CLOSE, 我而家要报一科语言学与语言科技. TRACY帮我写了,但她不会写如何对我将来职业有关系,因为规定要写~ 你就帮我看一眼
Maoshan* says: (23:09:04)why all of u are doing things last minute?
PIG says: (23:09:27):|人地都系GUM?
Maoshan* says: (23:09:27) I am helping two other friends at the moment
PIG says: (23:17:28)快啊快啊~~~CONNIE~~~~

PIG says: (23:17:33)12点DEADLINE
PIG says: (23:19:45)点解要读,希望读到D咩  将来要做什么, 读这一科和将来的工作有什么关系Maoshan* says: (23:19:52)you want me to add things to it?

PIG says: (23:20:25)求其,最紧要正常D同快


Niki*❤ANTM* says: (22:05:05)
yea but everyone is doing
so it juz make it kinda important
: S
i hv asked pooh ytd
she said she didnt knoww whether it is important or noe
haha
she juz ask me to write


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Niki*❤ANTM* says: (00:03:37)shit
Niki*❤ANTM* says: (00:03:44)the deadline has passed
Niki*❤ANTM* says: (00:03:49)my fd told me the wrong time