When many people think of Switzerland they may draw up images of a man clothed in Lederhosen standing high on the Alps and belching out a powerful barrage of baritone through a long wooden trumpet-like alphorn.
SHANGHAI: Many graduates find it tough to find a good job after completing university. But not Luo Jiali.
I left my office around dusk. The street was crowded, as usual. Back in the old days, the Chinese used to describe busy traffic as "cheshui malong" - chariots like flowing water and horses like dragons. Well, in modern metropolises, this can be adapted to mean "chariots like stagnant water and horses like wooden dragons".
DUSSELDORF, Germany: Confused and disoriented, an elderly woman makes her way along the corridor of a nursing home. "I have to get home. My husband will be back from work shortly and I've got to cook his supper," she says.
Until my China move, recognizing a radish (luo bo) was not a challenging thing: small, red and spherical - my mom had always grown them at home and used them raw in salads. That was that. An enlightening trip to my local green grocers when I first arrived revealed radishes in many guises and with many more culinary possibilities.
HAMBURG: Mia was born and started to cry. All babies do. But Mia did not stop. At three weeks, she cried for eight hours at a stretch, almost without interruption and apparently without cause.
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