Today I went around Beijing to do a number of things, among them:
buy pillow slips
buy table runners
heal a nation
check out micro SD cards
I managed to complete only two of the above, thus rendering my excursion relatively futile. For those interested, I managed to buy the pillow slips and discover that I couldn’t find the micro [...]
Today I made a fascinating discovery, that being that I am presently living in the greatest country in the world. I know this because it falls into one of the three catagories which I’ve determined deduce which country is indeed the greatest. These are:
The country you’re from.
The country you’re living in.
The United States of America.
It [...]
Having worked in China for over a year now I would say that during this time I have become significantly desensitised to practices which, back in Sydney, we could classify as being ‘wrong’. Now you could say, ‘it’s a different culture and things work differently here’, but I’m not one of those people who think [...]
Despite being in Beijing for nearly a month now, I have not come across anything that has inspired me to raise it on here. During this time however, I have been following the Colbert Report very closely, that is to say, I’ve been watching all I have of it including many back episodes prior to [...]
I have few memories of my youth, much of what I know of my very early years I have been told by my parents, but in this fog which I am told is my history, a handful of profound events or themes remain. One of these themes I remember from when I was in either [...]
In Taipei over the course of, well, for all I know, it’s entire history; there have been protests and mass demonstrations. Not over the opening of brothels near schools, or over government indifference towards racism or sexism, or over the closure or destruction of symbols valued by the public, but rather over who occupies the [...]
Though I live in Shenzhen, I make an effort to follow the news from my home city in the Sydney Morning Herald. In truth, I don’t follow SZ news at all as I don’t really have an option to do so. Granted there is the Shenzhen Daily, but it’s rare that any of the shops [...]
Today has been an intriguing day for me. Both very little and a great deal has happened. For me personally, I have, effectively, done nothing, however my otiosity has not rendered my mind redundant. I spent most of today playing and finally finishing Half-Life 2; a fascinating, immersive game acting as a window to [...]
