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                    <title>May 2013 in Beijing</title>
                    <description>NAOMI ARRIVES. First official visitor  Naomi  arrived safe and sound after a direct flight from London. She was completely shattered by the long journey and so I had to shelve the 39walk and bike39 orientation plans in favour of tucking her in for an extended nap.</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Wangfujing/blog-780140.html</link>
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                    <title>February 2013 in Beijing</title>
                    <description>SANYA HAINAN ISLAND. So it happened. I finally went on a welldeserved holiday with my Italian friend Marina. She was hoping for Thailand. But the prices were extravagantly high. I think around 900 pp. But the south of China which enjoys a tropical climate was the winner weighing in at about 350 pp. Very reasonable. And we didn39t have to struggle with the language. Well I didn39t</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Wangfujing/blog-780135.html</link>
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                    <title>March 2013 in Beijing</title>
                    <description>SPRING IN BEIJING. The weather in Beijing is very predictable. Dry humid uncomfortable and cyclical. Like clockwork. Ish. Basically the winter is pretty much set between the months of November and March as this is when the heating is official turned on and off by the local authorities. It is almost always turned on too late in midNovember when the temperatures have dramatically plummeted </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Wangfujing/blog-780136.html</link>
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                    <title>April 2013 in Beijing</title>
                    <description>SPRING UPDATE. In a desperate attempt to get back on track with my blogs I am doing what I should have done ages ago which is to stop worrying about sorting out the old monthly blogs and just start writing my blog from now So hence why I have suddenly appeared again out of nowhereAs usual there are lots of things on my mind. But before I get cerebral on you I will enlighten you my latest goo</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Wangfujing/blog-780137.html</link>
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                    <title>November 2010 in Beijing</title>
                    <description>Another month rolls onCiro's Pomodoro. Obviously pay day would not be pay day 6th of the month without a blow out at a nonChinese restaurant So I arranged an evening at Ciro's Pomodoro. In fact it is a chain and apparently there is one in Knightsbridge London. Maybe someone can confirmdeny whether said restaurant actually exists On the wall of the Beijing branch there are pics of the o</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Wangfujing/blog-765541.html</link>
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                    <title>May 2012 in Beijing</title>
                    <description>Maker Carnival. The warm month of May started with a trip with friends to an exhibition called Marker Carnival at the succintly named China Millenium Monument Museum of Digital Arts CMoDA. Some of the fun things on display included the Sketch Chair program. It allows anybody to take part in the process of designing and building their own digitallyfabricated chairs. My friend Jessica tried Runni</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Wangfujing/blog-761587.html</link>
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                    <title>April 2012 in Beijing</title>
                    <description>Zero emails myth. Ever since I arrived in Beijing back in June 2010 top of my To Do list has to been to reduce my email inbox to zero. Sounds simple enough. But still to this day I have only managed to get them down to around 30. No matter how hard I try no matter how many I delete I always end up with 30ish emails swimming around my inbox. Now I can39t help but thinking is it me Or </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Wangfujing/blog-740328.html</link>
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                    <title>March 2012 in Beijing</title>
                    <description>August 2012. It39s August and I am writing my March blog. What happened K Life my dear readers life Oh and I accidently deleted all of my March pictures from my camera. Which means I was in a sulk about it up until now. I did have two pictures donated from uni mate Sabrina though. Thank goodness for that Bald Girls Exhibition. March was a culturallyrich month starting with a trip wi</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Wangfujing/blog-713839.html</link>
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                    <title>February 2012 in Beijing</title>
                    <description>L310. Advanced French. This month was all about work and study. My final French module started in February and it looks gruelling yet interesting at the same time. The first Unit covers French history and I really enjoyed learning about the bloody quite literally IndoChina and Algerian Wars. Indeed naming the latter as I have gives cause to controversy because Algeria was actually conside</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Wangfujing/blog-697292.html</link>
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                    <title>January 2012 in Beijing</title>
                    <description>ltspangtltspangtltspangtltspangtltspangtltspangtltspangtltspangtltspangtltspangtltspangtltspangtltspangt Happy New Year Welcome to 2012. It sounds so futuristic. It39s finally the year of London 2012 that is to say the Olympics in my home town of London. And I can39t wait ltspangt01.01.2012. January 1st 2012 was pretty </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Wangfujing/blog-678853.html</link>
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                    <title>December 2011 in Beijing</title>
                    <description>ltpre classwestern stylebackground none repeat scroll 0 0 f5f5f5 border 1px solid c0c0c0 padding 0.11cmgt ltpregtSnow. First snow in Beijing. Friday 2nd Dec 2011. Lucikly for me it did not settle. Does this mean we will endure a bitterly cold winter Only time will tell. But these first snowflakes were enough to scare me into investing in a proper winter coat. But about la</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Wangfujing/blog-678222.html</link>
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                    <title>November 2011 in Beijing</title>
                    <description>Adpoted family. As I said this time round I have really fallen on my feet. From moving a whopping five times before I have settled into a really nice apartment and an even nicer landlady to boot. Said landlady has basically adpoted me into her family and never relents with her quips about the English accent from England being the far superior of all English accents. And who am I to argue On </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Wangfujing/blog-668964.html</link>
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                    <title>October 2011 in Beijing</title>
                    <description>Big Project  teaching myself Chinese. What Are you mad I hear you scream. No not mad  just broke. Oh and as you remember I am also totally fed up with the lack of originality or fun or excitement inside the typical Chinese school classroom. So I am just going to create the excitement myself YayI started off by buying an Elementary text book  workbook with the help of my language part</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Wangfujing/blog-661688.html</link>
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                    <title>September 2011 in LondonBeijing</title>
                    <description>The month of September was packed full of ups and downs and endless dramaramas. It is painful for me to say that because I try to avoid drama like the plague. I like to think that I am wellorganised and plan ahead just so that I can avoid any possible dramas. And yet these dramas seem to seek me out and knock me down when I least expect it. What did I do to deserve this Only time will tell I</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Croydon/blog-659622.html</link>
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                    <title>August 2011 in London</title>
                    <description>Lo and behold the day arrived. That dreadful day. That day of sadness. That moment when I realised I was marooned on that island those British Isles. And I surveyed all around me. And all I saw was not good. Alas what I saw was grey and cold. And I prayed for something more.From my last episode you will remember that I was embroiled in a facefacts moment. Like I39m stuck in Engerland fo</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Croydon/blog-656990.html</link>
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                    <title>July 2011 in London</title>
                    <description>The wedding. The very reason for being in the sud de la France was to see my good friend Lizzie J tie the knot. Could this quiet and unassuming young girl in my class wearing a brown and green uniform really be getting married Weren39t we talking about Phil and Grant arriving in Albert Square in Eastenders the other night Wasn39t I comforting her over the split of Take That the other </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Croydon/blog-634559.html</link>
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                    <title>June 2011 in London</title>
                    <description>Sound bath. Sounds weird huh Well it is a bit I suppose. Lying on the ground with a group of strangers with your eyes closed listening to Tibetan and crystal singing bowls being played in the background. Bit it is also very effective. I don39t know if I was supposed to fall asleep but I was so relaxed by the good vibrations floating around the room Amber was more than pleased to confirm </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Croydon/blog-624881.html</link>
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                    <title>May 2011 in Beijing</title>
                    <description>Chendge. Last month39s blog ended with my first trip outside of the big city. I did not go far. Just to another city in the neigbouring province of Hebei. Chengde is famous for its location to the northeast of Beijing up in the hills where the breeze is strong. This particular place attracted Emporers in the past who preferred to spend the hot dry Beijing summers in a cooler more relaxing</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Wangfujing/blog-617801.html</link>
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                    <title>April 2011 in Beijing</title>
                    <description>Friday blues. I don39t want to start off on a bad note but it seems like every Friday in April Friday being the first day of my working week I felt this incredibly strog sense of foreboding. I think it is the fact that I know I am going to be leaving soon and that I accept the fact that I will probably not be working at Language Link next semester. It39s a mixture of sadness and wishing </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Wangfujing/blog-609320.html</link>
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                    <title>March 2011 in Beijing</title>
                    <description>Chinese Movie Night. A new location I have taken to frequent is Culture Yard. It is an international cultural centre located in a traditional Chinese courtyard near to my apartment. Their mission is to promote language and cultural exchange among the local and expat community through workshops language lessons and cultural activities. Last month I enjoyed Survival Chinese and Mahjong. Now I am </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Wangfujing/blog-593077.html</link>
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