It's been raining a lot lately. It's also been very hot and sunny a lot. What's a girl to think? It's like the aliens in charge of controlling the weather have gone on holiday.

This month's issue has the same dark blue background you've come to accept and eventually love, with more of the articles that we make and publish in HTML format. You will enjoy them. There's news on happenings around Beijing, features on smells, TV and heckling. All issues that are crucial to modern life in Beijing. Speaking of crucial issues, I was discussing with some female friends and colleagues the issue of children recently. We all agreed that if we had children and they turned out to be ugly, we'd just die of embarrassment.

Anyway, I'm off to investigate the possibility of buying some turtles to liven up the office.

TTFN!

Arabella Green, gou-rou.com chief editor