New Words … Chinese lesson ahead.

I am constantly surprised by the Chinese language. What is most fascinating and amusing to me is when I come across words, which when broken down into their component parts, just make sense.

This probably needs an example to illustrate my point. My favorite word for today is the word for “restless”. It is [...]

2011!

This New Year’s Eve was decidedly a bit more low key than last. While I did spend it again in Shanghai, I did not do so while moshing in an old German slaughterhouse turned artist lofts turned makeshift nightclub with 12 DJs and an immovable crowd until 5am.

No, this year I decided to [...]