Spring, where art thou?

大家好！

Doing my thing once again giving you all the "hot" updates from Beijing. The weather still refuses to do us a favor and make everything nice, warm and flowery as good old fashioned spring tradition dictates. I still walk out of the house with the usual shirt-sweater-jacket combo, which I'm kind of sick of these days. Seems like the weekend will bring us temperatures around 20 C but I'm not going to hold my breath just yet. Hope always fades last though right?

I've got a few updates for all you faithful readers so click the jump!



Finding an apartment has proven to be trickier than I thought. Kim and I work on sort of opposite sides of the city so attempting to balance that is a real feat. We've settled with sticking to an area that is located on Line 10 of the Beijing metro as it is the most convenient one. I have set the end of this month as the target moving period. Let's hope something good turns up by then.

In other news, my boss announced that I will begin a kindergarten teaching placement in May. He wants me to work there for 3 months so I can get a "feel" for the business. I was hoping I could actually skip that as I like the office work I'm doing so far but I guess nothing can be done. So pretty soon I'll be working with "little people" that aside from a few things won't be understanding what I say. Body language is king though!

I've been working on a couple of projects lately mainly dealing with blogging and web development. I want to move this blog into a more personal space that can be accessed throughout the world. Currently Blogspot is being blocked in China and other places. So I'm diving into the world of Cascading Style Sheets (or CSS for short) and other web development tools. The process will be slow though given that my time is limited due to work. I also have another blog in the works that will be related to the magical world of games. I know that for most this isn't a topic of interest but for me it's an opportunity to get involved in that industry even if it's not significant at all.

Finally I would like to thank all of my readers whether you're big fans or just occasional readers. I know you are out there but I would also like to see you and hear what you have to say. If you have any questions, ideas, requests or just want to say "hi" then all you need to do is leave a comment. I am always checking the site and I would be more than happy to discuss anything you have in mind regarding China and my life here. So don't be shy!