Apparently our central heating is on. The pipes are a little warmer than they were two days ago. We were warned that the heating in this apartment is kinda pathetic, but even so... Silly thing is that neither of us feel cold and we have the windows open...
When we visited Gege and his family last weekend, one of the many things he insisted we take with us when we left was a box containing two small jars of chilli sauce. No big deal, right? I spent my first year in China in Hunan, home of the hottest, and...
So how much did he get paid? Oh well, who cares.... If Tony Blair were speaking anywhere within a 500 km radius of me I'd be demanding he pay me a minimum 500,000 pounds sterling (cash: used, non-consecutive, unmarked bills in clear plastic bags with...
According to the CCTV-1 weather forecast, most of northern and western China has entered winter weather "from a meteorological point of view" [really loose paraphrase of what the announcer actually said]. The rest of the country is still in autumn. Thing...
Here's a breath of fresh air: It's going to be a painful 12 months' wait for the Olympics. Well, it's less than 12 months, now, and it's already painful enough.... But wait, is that blogspot open again? That opened unproxified for me! And on the subject...
Right from the first reports, I suspected this would happen, but still it comes as a shock- a pleasant shock, but still a shock: Police drop all terror-related charges The police are not charging any of the so-called Urewera 16 under the Terrorism Suppression...
For some reason I've never managed to make decent good edible fried rice straight from fresh rice. I mean, cook the rice then fry it. Never. I've been trying since my university days, and the best I've ever managed has been reasonably tasty glue. I can...
I've made a new voicethread, stringing together eight photos I took one incredible day in the summer of 06, on a walk I took from Xinjiekou around Houhai to Gulou then down to, and up Jingshan. As before, the photos don't seem to come out anywhere near...
Third straight day of fog. And yes, there's a lot more than fog mixed into that soup outside. Still, I'm taking it relatively easy this week, not too much strenuous work. I suddenly realised that one of the characters in The Gods Must be Crazy 2 conveniently...
One thing that never ceases to amaze me is the sheer childishness displayed by so many of my fellow Kiwis. The two things of the title of this post? Two examples: Take a look at this description of the recent protests outside the Labour Party conference....
