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My new phone

On 31/05/2018 By MarkIn film, food, RDFZ, Students, UncategorizedLeave a comment

I have bought a new phone. A couple of weeks ago, my friend (another foreign teacher who I used to work with at RDFZ) sent me a link to a new phone that was being released on 22 May. He told me if I was planning to get a new phone, then that one was …

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Harder than it looks

On 10/05/201810/05/2018 By MarkIn Beijing, CUFE, film, Uncategorized, WeatherLeave a comment

I bought a ticket for the cinema yesterday. That’s not overly surprising, since I watch films a lot. But I bought it online and collected it from the ticket machine, which was only in Chinese. It took me a couple of tries, hitting the back and delete buttons, before I finally got it. Avengers: Infinity …

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In praise of … spoilers

On 28/04/201828/04/2018 By MarkIn CUFE, film, Students, Teaching, UncategorizedLeave a comment

Avengers: Infinity War has now been released in the US. Its release date in China is not for another couple of weeks, but it means I can, at least, find out what happens in it, before it opens here. Indeed, The Guardian today has a special spoiler column on the film, where fans (who have …

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