Chris
星期五, 十一月 11, 2005
Chris looking contemplative at the Summer Palace
This is Chris Chhim. That's not a typo. His last name really is spelled with a double "h". He is language whiz extraordinaire with a biting sense of humour, who is taking his junior year off from University of Chicago to be in Beijing. He likes to eat and try new foods - his favourite Beijing ice cream flavour is corn - and, like me, enjoys watching the Food Network back home. We bonded over our mutual dislike of Emeril and admiration for Jamie Oliver and Alton Brown. We also enjoy correcting Craig's tones and watching foreign and indie films.
(At this point, feel free to remark, as my mother has, that all my friends here are male. Actually, she wrote "Do you feel weird that your friends are all are boys, where have the girls gone?" In my defense, my friends in class are mostly female.)
Anyway, since I spend masses of time with this funny guy, his journal is a nice complement to my own and full of pithy commentary on Beijing's weird and wonderful. Check it out here.
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ps. To follow-up yesterday's post, this was received in my inbox this morning:
Further to a message sent to registered Canadians in China on 10-11-2005 concerning threats to four and five-star hotels in China, Foreign Affairs Canada would like to advise you that, according to the Chinese Ministry of Public Security, Chinese security authorities have determined that the source of the reported threat is not credible.
This was sent within 10 hours of the last email... way to issue a warning then retract it Canadian Embassy!
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