You may have read about my glee a few days ago, upon discovery of Wikipedia being accessible… however it looks like the Great Firewall of China is able to “filter” certain Wikipedia’s pages about topics, that perhaps the government doesn’t like so much. For the listing compiled by the Washington Post, […]
Decided today I wanted to make a Cake/Pie/Some sort of Dessert - “Western” desserts just aren’t the same here…at least I haven’t really found a place that makes em’ just like back at home…However having no oven, makes this somewhat of a difficulty…
I really wanted to make a cheesecake, and found a recipe that uses […]
Well today is the last day before the May Day Holiday. In years previous, for this holiday, people over here got 7 *cough* days off. However with all the mass migrations that happen during long holidays (ie. National Day, Spring Festival, May Day) where most people travel back home or visit relatives on […]
China is a bit of a weird place when it comes to national vacations/days off…
Besides me totally not expecting they celebrate the solar calendar new year (January 1st) - and scheduling several days of exams during this time (including Christmas day). It really threw me off that they take 5 days off for this […]