It has rained today. Heavily. That's good for two reasons. One - it rarely rains in Beijing and so it's always nice to see it. And two - it often clears the skies of pollution. It also cooled things down a lot compared with previous days, which was nice, as it's been a little too …
Category: Weather
Epic ending to volleyball competition
'Epic' may be a slight exaggeration, haha. But Wednesday was the final volleyball match of the competition. The organiser said she would appreciate it if I went, even just for a minute. Well, I went and watched them as they warmed up and started playing. I had an EDP class immediately before the match, and …
Playing volleyball
Now mid-terms have finished, I thought I'd take a few photos of the volleyball games still being played. Yesterday, it was a two player game (two players in each team). But one student didn't turn up, so, because I have no class in the afternoon, I was roped in to play. Actually, my teammate was …
Seoul – Part 1
On stepping off the plane at Incheon International Airport, I realised that perhaps I had made a mistake. It was freezing. It seemed far colder than in Beijing, and all I had on was a thin jacket (luckily I had packed my hat and gloves). I arrived early evening, and had booked a hotel in …
The end of term…. or is it?
This was originally going to be a post about coming to the end of term. After all, in our classes, the students are doing their final exams. However, we have a problem. The air in the city is bad until Wednesday, and so, until then, school has provisionally been cancelled (if it improves then school …
Clear skies
Whilst the air quality has been varied over the past few days, on a clear day, at sunset, the campus looks great. These were taken in front of my accommodation building. Looking out of my bedroom window, however, you can see the university campus, and in the distance, the TV tower. I usually use this …
Winter is here
Winter is here. Recently the temperature dropped to about -1oc during the day, and a little colder at night! The air, over the past few days, has been very clear, mostly, I think, because of the cold wind which has been blowing. This is the view from my bedroom window one evening. Clear skies, but …
