On another great post from SRI
Beijing Sounds serves up detail by the bucketful not just out of sheer geekdom (which there’s plenty of) but also based on the belief that the web has raised the bar on analysis of all sorts, that unlimited storage and linking capacity should allow the armchair enthusiast to click through [...]
On puddle control
For sensory overload, try Shàngdì (上地), Beijing after a summer downpour:
eyes: cotton-ball white cumulus against shockingly blue sky [hope someone can offer some good pics to link to!]
toes: warm rain and wet sand
mouth: gulps of cleansed air as if you could make up for the lost days
nose: a disconcerting shortage of allergens and [...]
On cultivating a lose-lose personality
With the exception of a few savants, Zhonglish speakers the world round find certain aspects of their non-native language to be exceedingly difficult, at least to the point of exasperation and sometimes to the point of bitter resentment that threatens to boil over into full Monty second-language rage. Maybe you ran [...]
On the dispensability of disposable paper products
Beijing Sounds management comes from a strong anti-paper tradition, having grown up with cloth napkins (non-matching, mostly) rolled into individually labeled napkin rings. There was also the spasm of late 70s anti-paper-product activism that accompanied the arrival of First American Uncle Beijing Sounds, when Grandmother Beijing Sounds threw in [...]
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