A beijinger (well officially) living in Britain: quite amusing stuff to read (despite some of the content was actually quite derogative and may be considered offensive to local people, but I've been watching Frankie Boyle so what do I care?). You have included many interesting facts about the life in Beijing, some of which I never casted atttention on when I was there. It is always good to look from outside the box I guess. I've finished reading all your posts involving your life in Beijing in a reversed-chronological order and I identified a decreasing pattern in your life satifaction in beijing in general. I guess following the passage of time, we all end up being frustrated by the same cause that made us exciting in the first place.