A daily phrase for us. ” Look, look! two foreigners!” “Look, look! say Hello!” “Hallo!” Quick quick, take a picture! Those are the nice ones. The hardest thing to live when you are a waiguoren living in China is the staring. The insisting, persistent staring that leaves you wondering… “are they going to attack me? […]
外国人- Two foreigners in China
A good day in China
How does that happen? you might ask. I’ve been writing and saying so many negative things about China that I forgot that I could look on the bright side and say: I live in China! So yes, some days I just wake up with a smile on my face and I remember how unhappy I […]
Xian bicycle
China is one of those countries that words can hardly describe. It’s almost impossible to depict Chinese daily life, the odd balance between the developing country and the traditional one. It’s also almost impossible to explain in writing how and why we, foreigners living here, love and hate China. Living and working is China is […]
Why I haven’t written in so long
Since our arrival in Xi’An, China, I have been desperately looking for something to write about. As you probably know by now, I want to show you places where tourists don’t go, places that only locals know of. Not that there is nothing to say about Xi’an, but lately I’ve been feeling… confused about what […]