The Lowdown by Xing Zhao.
Xing (Kapa), male, 25. When finishing his degree in English in Hangzhou, China, Kapa moved to Edinburgh, Scotland to do a degree in Cultural Studies. Not being able to find a proper job after finishing his masters, Kapa worked as a barman, waiter and dishwasher at the Cumberland Bar, a local Edinburgh pub for a few months. In the spring of 2006, he started doing one of his dream jobs in this planet: working for Starbucks as a barista. Five months later, he is pretty tired of the green apron, but in order to make a living, he still works at the store on 106 Georget St Edinburgh, serving all the normal and crazy people of the Scottish capital coffee in the mornings and Frappccinos in the afternoons. Kapa\'s has always been working to be a proffesional writer, he has published a few travel stories in the Metropois Magazine, which is based in Shanghai. Currently, he is working on a short story about a Chinese teenage boy\'s nightmares and a young Scottish dope addict\'s self-destruction and salvation.
Meanwhile, Kapa\'s been through a discovery of his own sexuality and a facinating sexual adventure. Hopefully he can put his stories into words and hopefully his stories can be read.
You can read more of Kapa\'s stoires on www.myscotscot.blog-city.com
November 17th, 2006
Edinburgh, Food and Drink, Music and Clubs, Working Abroad
Currently, I work at a Starbucks store in the city centre of Edinburgh. Although my working life isn’t that different from my student life before, the people I hang out with are different...
February 27th, 2006
Edinburgh, Culture, Entertainment, Music and Clubs
I almost didn't go to karaoke at Bannerman’s. I'd gotten home from class around 7 and still had to make dinner. It was late, cold and raining, so I felt reluctant to go out...
November 19th, 2006
Istanbul, Before You Go, Culture, Traveling
It was stupid of us to fly to Istanbul from London instead of Edinburgh...
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