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7 posts Updated 2023.10.22
After work on Friday, I suddenly got a call from a friend saying, “Let's explore Beijing at night.” I figured it would be a pretty novel experience, so at ten that night, off we went. Our first stop had to be Tiananmen. Before, I'd always walked right up to it, but this time we drove past. Hahaha, a whole different feeling. Compared with the daytime, Tiananmen at night…
Looking back, I’ve spent every National Day holiday at home, mostly because traveling during the holiday just isn’t worth it: an endless sea of the backs of people’s heads, plus the mental load of buying tickets, traffic jams, finding somewhere to stay, and all the rest. Just thinking about it feels suffocating, so every year I spend the long break lounging at home and binge-watching shows. Isn’t that the good life? And of course, being back home means indulging in some great food…
Without even realizing it, once I started school, I began leaving early and getting home late. In high school, I went home once a week; at university, once every six months. Then I started working, thinking that having money would mean I could go home more often, but it turned into once a year. Sometimes it's a choice you make because you don't have much of a choice. I haven't been feeling great lately and have kept wanting to go home for a visit, so I bought a ticket for Friday…
For anyone living away from home, surely there’s nothing more comforting than being able to eat hometown food while you’re far away. As someone from Shanxi trying to make a life in Beijing, I can count my trips home each year on one hand, so chances to eat food from home are few and far between too. On a recommendation from someone from back home, I discovered the Beijing liaison office for Yuncheng, Shanxi…
This July, with temperatures hitting nearly 40 degrees every day, Xiaomi Science and Technology Park celebrated its fourth anniversary, complete with four days of food street treats that brought a little “cool relief” to the scorching weather. As a Xiaomi employee, how could I pass up this perfect chance to treat myself to a few good meals? There were lots of anniversary activities, but as a bit of a foodie, my home turf had to be…
Summer nights in Beijing this year have none of that lovely coolness they used to have, so you can imagine how hot it must be at noon, in the afternoon, and even in the morning. Seriously, I’m almost at my limit. I vaguely remember that a couple of days ago, after work, around nine at night, I think, it was still in the thirties Celsius. Wave after wave of hot wind—it really was unbearable. I just wanted to crawl into a freezer. Weather this hot makes me…
As far as I can remember, ever since I started renting after graduation, I’ve always thought finding a landlord directly was really, really hard, so I’ve always gone straight to an agent for help finding a place. Graduation season is here again, which also means the lease on our current place is about to run out, and it’s time to start looking for our next place to land. This time, we’re planning to skip the agents and walk around some nearby residential complexes to see if we can…
