http://superfreakymemories.com Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:11:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://superfreakymemories.com/2009/01/16/the-entertainment/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2009/01/16/the-entertainment/#comments Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:51:54 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=1077 Some of the female staff of Kaplan China Chengdu gave a dance performance at the annual meeting, held at Chengdu’s Intercontinental Hotel.]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2009/01/16/the-entertainment/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/12/05/aki-jenny/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/12/05/aki-jenny/#comments Fri, 05 Dec 2008 05:19:17 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=769 At the Chengdu airport on the way to Hong Kong for the SAT subject tests.]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/12/05/aki-jenny/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/11/01/nostrils/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/11/01/nostrils/#comments Sat, 01 Nov 2008 09:55:53 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=548 This must be the view most people, those shorter than me, normally see. Aki took this photo in the “Ocean Theatre” of Ocean Park as we waited for the Sea World-esque dolphins show to begin.  I wanted a photo of me awash in the Chinese multitude, but you can see what is probably an Indian [...]]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/11/01/nostrils/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/11/01/before-the-test/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/11/01/before-the-test/#comments Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:45:00 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=614 With Aki & our students before the SAT in Hong Kong. Sue/Sushi is holding up her admissions ticket, which, um, didn’t exist half an hour before the test.  She is a fortunate girl, that Sushi…]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/11/01/before-the-test/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/31/cantonese-food/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/31/cantonese-food/#comments Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:54:07 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=572 Most American “Chinese” food comes from the Cantonese branch of Chinese cooking, indigenous to the south of China and not easy to find elsewhere.  In Chengdu, I’ve been craving “Chinese food” because Sichuan cooking is very, very different (and proudly über-spicy).  My first trip to Shanghai offered a glimpse of more familiar fare — Shanghai’s [...]]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/31/cantonese-food/feed/ 0