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/2008/11/06/history/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/11/06/history/#comments Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:35:01 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=630 Finding a newspaper headlining President Obama’s history-making election was a bit easier in China than in the U.S., where my emissaries failed to track down copies of the New York Times, Washington Post, etc. because they all sold out repeatedly.  People wanted a piece of history, and I’m no different — my version just ended [...]]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/11/06/history/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/09/13/dinner-with-my-host/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/09/13/dinner-with-my-host/#comments Sat, 13 Sep 2008 11:09:59 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=133 Fly Wang, one of my colleagues at Kaplan China in Chengdu, took me to a hotpot restaurant and Jingli Street.  Here she is at dinner. On the table next to her, you can see the ordering sheet for the hotpot, which is a big bowl that cooks at the center of the table.  It’s divided [...]]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/09/13/dinner-with-my-host/feed/ 0