Walked around the city’s People’s Square (Ren Ming Square) for the first time ever last night. I usually hang around Linbaixin Square, the one opposite Walmart, because it’s near my house and anyway it’s got grass, but last ni...

Maggie Ad posted on January 27th, 2006 under: Fun place | Tag: Haibin Road | 4 Comments »

I am amazed at how some street vendors keep a straight face when stating a price. It’s New Year’s Eve tomorrow and so there are pots of flowers and inedible-orange (my name, not theirs) trees all over the place to be bought. The big red ...

Maggie Ad posted on January 27th, 2006 under: Living in ST | Tag: culture, festival | No Comments »

Oh had the Shantou taekwondo tournament, it wasn’t as big as the Guangzhou one of course but it was still good. What to say? People fought taekwondo in the morning, and in the afternoon as well. Some people won and some people didn’t. I lo...

Maggie Ad posted on January 27th, 2006 under: ST event | Tag: sport, tkd | 1 Comment »

My friend Bill is moving to Australia with his family after New Year so last night he took me out for dinner to say goodbye and we went to a Japanese restaurant. That makes five that I know of in Shantou and there still isn’t a single Korean res...

Maggie Ad posted on January 27th, 2006 under: Eating in ST | Tag: changping road, Japanese, Restaurant | 10 Comments »