Recently I’ve seen some stuff about the changing place of women in Chinese society. Most interesting were the essays my students wrote. I found the quiet girls were the ones with the most ‘modern’ attitudes! They wanted to not stop w...

Maggie Ad posted on April 21st, 2006 under: Shantouer | Tag: culture | 2 Comments »

While we’re on the subject of food, I just want to say what great markets Shantou has.  Prior to this weekend I thought they were standard throughout China, or at least the south.  Oh how I was wrong. 
I was in Xiamen teaching my friend...

Maggie Ad posted on April 18th, 2006 under: Living in ST, Eating in ST | Tag: food | No Comments »

The price of chicken is only 6rmb/500g!  It has been for a few weeks.  There was a human case of bird flu in Guangzhou.  More chicken for me!
I also discovered that unshelled mussels are a mere 2rmb/500g, what a deal, I’m sure they̵...

Maggie Ad posted on April 12th, 2006 under: Living in ST | Tag: food, prices | 1 Comment »

It rained on Monday.  I woke up at 7.30 to a downpour amazingly similar to pouring a bucket of water from a great height (you couldn’t see through it), drifted off as it eased, then came to again at 9.00 to a similar downpour.  I don’t k...

Maggie Ad posted on April 12th, 2006 under: Living in ST, ST event | Tag: Weather | 1 Comment »