Easy Come, Easy Go
Don’t even think of being a foreign expert in China! Able to poop small mountains Bye-Bye kids! I’ll miss play time! Well that was quick. In less than one month, Beijing Review, or at least the publishing house behind it, exceeded my bullshit quotient and forced me to walk away…
Read MoreThe Silk Road in a Back Alley
Islam in China? Yes, if you follow the Silk Road all the way from Istambul to Beijing Mad musician at his day job They look Finnish to you? I heard the sounds of the Silk Road tonight. Yes, I know it once passed from Beijing to Istanbul, so I’m not…
Read MoreMysteries of Chinese ISP’s
Something fishy is going on with my ISP The cages protect the birds For one whole week in November, I emailed back and forth with my website host about problems I was having trying to upload new pages onto my website. I thought they’d changed login parameters on me, or…
Read MoreLearning a Language Isn’t Easy
My first Chinese word, “mayo” is still the most important! I should’ve gone here first No language skills needed here Just nod your head, fool! Yesterday I had an interesting conversation with one of my workmates. She and I were talking about traveling and she was surprised that I’d traveled…
Read MoreJust Ping-Pong the Day Away
Watch Out! We’re playing Ping Pong here! The one and only dominators The sun lazily drifted through the window, illuminating delicate puffs of dust as the focused combatants swirled around the table. Quickly, they darted from side to side in the pale light, never allowing their opponents to achieve what…
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