April 2011
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#765
achoiceinthematter:
Someone who always offers a hand to help me out of a cab.
Bam, babyboy! I submitted this for you<3
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'The Economist' to Halt Production to Allow... →
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Now every girl is expected to have:
- Caucasian blue eyes
- full Spanish lips...
– Tina Fey, Bossypants (via emilyisobsessed)
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wall post from jlofrese
How is it in your part of that world? Are you living off the bare necessities or do you have everything you need? I mean I know we were in China for 6 months but living there is a whole new world. It will definitely make a man out of you. Once upon a dream, I wanted to go back to China but it’s not likes its just around the riverbend,… right? I’ll get there one day, its the...
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I’m so happy to hear about your new boy! And does “excellent...
– WYPoon-(tang) via Facebook Messages
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boss: now i have a chain on you.
blackberry is now going to be connected to the internets; maybe they’ll install the vpn on it too so i can have a real working connection again?
on the other hand, i am dreading the afterhours calls. everytime i see my boss’s name on my phone i get clammy. xP
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this is one expat post you will definitely rarely...
Palm Sunday yesterday. I finally found that church that Jerome, the GM of the tapas boutique La Finca, told me about two weeks ago.
I knew church in a foreign country was supposed to be different; I don’t know what I was expecting when we stepped out of the taxi in front of St. Peters. Little children of all different nationalities. Not different ethnicities and all speaking English, like...
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Protocol states that whoever’s late to breakfast treats the other to lunch...
– Jay via text message
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Energy Security In The Age Of Middle Eastern... →
An absolute monarch of the world’s most gas-rich country has given the West the best advice in the era of Middle East revolutions. The Emir of Qatar warned Europe not to stand with ‘hydrocarbon dictatorships’ for their economic interests.
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Is China's Architectural Ambition Leaving Its Own... →
shanghaitransforming:
The National Grand Theater celebrates its first anniversary on December 22, 2008 in Beijing, China
(Photo by Getty Images)
These days, fanfare and trumpets typically accompany architects when they begin new projects in China — and with good reason. In recent years, China, along with a smattering of other regions including the Middle East and Russia, has become a global...
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World's First Stand Alone 'Moleskin' Store Opens... →
Interesting that of all their fanbases around the world, they chose Shanghai. (I would have chosen France, but hey, that’s just me).
So…suck it, Audrey. <3
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nehru jackets: the poetry of bushra rehman →
nehrujackets:
Corona, Queens
Fitzgerald called Corona the valley of ashes when the Great Gatsby drove past it, but we didn’t know about any valley of ashes because by then it had been topped off by our houses, the kind made from brick this tan color, no self-respecting brick would be at all. We knew Corona, home of World’s Fair relics where it felt as if some ancient tribe of white people had...
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Tales of a Phototrotter: Between the Lines →
kantankerous:
Whilst getting caught up amongst all the university work that’s already beginning to pile up and stacking up work shifts, I seem to have trouble in finding little else to do. And when I do, my preference is to stay at home and do absolutely nothing.
I’ve come to the realisation that sometimes you…
Move to Shanghai! And if you need help to get into the hotel industry...
Doing business without advertising is like winking at a girl in the dark. You...
– Steuart Henderson Britt (via pocketgraphics)
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With Aid and Migrants, China Expands Its Presence... →
fuckyeahlatinamericanhistory:
Simon Romero
The New York Times
PARAMARIBO, Suriname — The Foreign Ministry’s elegant new headquarters here is a gift from the Chinese government. Chinese signs on hundreds of businesses, from casinos to grocery shops and furniture stores, beckon the residents of this capital. Chinese work crews are paving roads cutting through the jungle.
Anchored by a surge...
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10 THINGS THAT HAPPY COUPLES DO. →
roarimacarnivore:
aliceintherough:
Go to bed at the same time. Remember the beginning of your relationship, when you couldn’t wait to go to bed with each other? Happy couples resist the temptation to go to bed at different times. They go to bed at the same time, even if one partner wakes up later to do things while their partner sleeps.
Cultivate common interests. After the passion settles...
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on dating the australian
AMR: It’s like a lazy British person.
AMR: I can’t understand him on the phone.
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#163
achoiceinthematter:
Someone who will randomly break out in a Disney song with me.
!!! <3
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#45
achoiceinthematter:
Someone who can love me even through my insanity.
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