In Chinese there was a myth about Solar Eclipse, they used to believe that the sun was eaten by the sky-dog (天狗食日). Of course that was long long time ago when mankind hasn’t even set foot on the moon yet. […]
Partial Solar Eclipse in Tianjin (天狗食日)
Beijing Shopping Cart 101 – H&M Beijing
For those who have been wondering why this shopaholic has been laying low lately ever since she came to Tianjin/Beijing, well actually she has not forgotten about shopping at all, just that she has no time to upload the stuff […]
Streets of Tianjin – Wu Da Dao (天津五大道)
Wu Da Dao (天津五大道), is a section of Tianjin city center, previously the center of the British Concession. This area has a variety of old western bungalow buildings built with bricks, most of them are quite well preserved and it […]
Tianjin Food For Thought 101 – Yang Shang Shu (羊上树)
This is by far one of my favourite Chinese restaurant in Tianjin. It is a pork free restaurant which is famous for its barbecue lamb. I absolutely love the barbecue lamb leg (RMB98), although it needs at least 4 person […]
Tianjin Eye (天津之眼)
According to Wikipedia, Tianjin Eye is a 120m-tall (110m-diameter) Ferris wheel built on the Chihai Bridge over the Hai River in Tianjin, China. It is claimed to be the only such wheel to have been constructed over a bridge. Construction […]
The Great Firewall of China
Apart from the Great Wall of China, China is also famous for its Great Firewall, which blocked most of the western linked websites such as Youtube, Blogger and yesterday onwards, Facebook! However, the more they block the more people find […]
Another Scary Day in Tianjin
I started wonder why bad things keep happening to me lately… On last friday as I went to the this restaurant that my boss & I usually have lunch at, we both ordered the set lunch menu which came with […]
One Scary Day in Tianjin
I was almost robbed of my mobile phone when I went for cycling along the Hai river in Tianjin just now in the evening. A guy was trying to grab my pocket when I slowed down at the traffic light. […]