Tag: deafness
No Power!
I was working in the apartment this morning, when all the lights went out. The bathroom was a dark cavern. The kitchen as well.
Each apartment has a meter with a slot for a card - like a credit card - with a small memory chip embedded in it. One buys kilowatt-hours at a local store, [...]
Posted: November 7th, 2008 under Uncategorized.
Tags: Beijing, deafness, electricity, food, KTV
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Searching for a New Apartment
November 1, 2008
The construction behind our apartment resumed over last weekend. Most of the work was done every night between the hours of 11 PM and 3:30 AM. Even a pair of noise-canceling headphones were useless against the acoustic onslaught.
I’ve worn these with great success while sitting next to screaming babies on transcontinental flights. Not [...]
Posted: November 6th, 2008 under Uncategorized.
Tags: Beijing, Casablanca, deafness, Inferno, noise, noise-canceling headphones, Photoshop, Rosetta Stone, screaming babies
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