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The End

Posted on December 7, 2009 by swiss james

I’m sat in the airport wearing my heaviest possible clothes with the baggage receipts for 9 (nine) suitcases weighing down the boarding pass. Leaving on a jet plane to old London town (and then Manchester). That’s right- this is the … Continue reading →

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It’s not infected, it’s just a carrier bag

Posted on December 4, 2009 by swiss james

Shanghai brought in a law a while back that shops have to charge a few pennies for plastic bags. Some of them are worth it.  

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Leaving Shoe Tuesday behind

Posted on December 1, 2009 by swiss james

Starting as a silly throwaway blog title one Tuesday back in 2007, Shoe Tuesday has grown to become a global phenomenon to rival the Bungee Disco, Skittle-Knack Karaoke or even Strawberry Buddhism. I’d like to say thanks to everyone who … Continue reading →

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A massage story with a happy ending

Posted on November 27, 2009 by swiss james

Just went for a massage with Emma, I won’t name the place*. Anyway there we are, me and Emma side by side on tables when the two massage girls start talking to each other in Chinese. These two are sweaty … Continue reading →

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Chinglish time

Posted on November 26, 2009 by swiss james

Can I just make it clear that this last week or two isn’t going to be some golden age where I pull out all of the stops? Now that there’s cleared up, here’s some Chinglish from the fortress of Carrefour- … Continue reading →

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Bargains

Posted on November 25, 2009 by swiss james

Back in the summer I wrote about some very expensive apples in the Freshmart supermarket, Jing-An. Well since then we had that whole financial apocalypse and everyone tightened their belts a little. Oh wait no, the price actually went up. … Continue reading →

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Squeaky Shoe Tuesday

Posted on November 24, 2009 by swiss james

One of the main things I’m looking forward to when I go back to the UK is reasonably priced Guinness, proper cheese, nightclubs with no french people my newest niece Eve. My brother Andrew is just a few years older … Continue reading →

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WITCHCRAFT

Posted on November 20, 2009 by swiss james

OK now this is going to be old news for most people, but I was at a hotpot restaurant last night and we cooked the broth on little individual hotplates. EXCEPT THEY WERE NOT HOT. You could put your hand … Continue reading →

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Spicy Joint

Posted on November 19, 2009 by swiss james

Spicy Joint is a chain of Sichuan (i.e. spicy- that’s how they got the name, a team of monkeys worked for a week on that) restaurants. They’re huge, busy, tasty and cheap. Dinner for 5 last night cost about 630RMB … Continue reading →

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Things you can’t do in England

Posted on November 18, 2009 by swiss james

#407 Walk out into the middle of the road during rush hour, set up a bamboo ladder, and start tinkering with the power cables.

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