Wei Qi, written 4 days ago, When I arrived in China I flipped through the TV channels and came across the only 2 that I would even think of watching: CCTV9 - the English language channel and CCTV5 - the national sports channel. On CCTV5 on Saturday afternoon I would see this board game that ...

I don't know where the time goes, written 3 days ago, I honestly don’t. I’ve been meaning to update the blog with holiday stuff from Hong Kong, Shanghai et al, but suddenly it’s almost 3weeks since I got back and not a sausage. Sigh!! To be honest I was very busy doing not an awful lot the f...

Japanese Toilet Break, written 2 weeks ago, Before I continue with my Yoga Adventure, let's stop for a Japanese commercial break. I've always been shocked how Japanese children (and their parents!) will scream out "I HAVE TO PISS!!!" when they have to go to the toilet. Strangely in a coun...

… dialemma, written 1 month ago, in greek means a break… having a maintenance work…. se ligo soon My friend who came to visit me from Holland asked; "Don't the Greeks ever work? They seem to spend their time at cafeineion"

What Are Sidewalks For? Answer #8, written 3 days ago, Displaying Your Industrial Marine Hardware

Unclosed chapters in Spanish history, written 1 month ago, >>Yesterday Frederico's remaining family (two nieces) were on CNN. So far, the body of their uncle has never been found.<<

'Dutch positive on immigration despite linking it to crime', written 3 days ago, The Dutch see a stronger link than most other Europeans between immigration and crime. At the same time, the number of people saying immigration in general is a problem is relatively low in the Netherlands, according to...

Sorry, did you say semen?, written 3 days ago, Some random things. 1. It snowed this morning. It was the first snow of the season. A teeny teeny bit. Not enough to stick, and not nearly enough to even take a picture of. The snowflakes were tiny. The only reason I’m mentioning the snow is because ...

Hair it is, written 1 day ago, This sign tries hard. "Kami" カミ (髪) refers to "hair", "katto" カット means "cut" (though the Japanese would use the character 切 in this context, not the Chinese 剪), and "ya" ヤ (屋) denotes a shop. But in...

ECON STUFF: Brazil Finds More Oil, written 1 day ago, Just today, more pre-salt oil (maybe as much as 2 billion barrels) was discovered off the coast of the State of Espírito Santo. Pior to this discovery, estimates ran as high as 100 billion barrels total reserves, which would put Brazil among t...

Life. In China. Captured through the eyes of a nomad named Jen.

Jinotega, written 5 days ago, This past weekend, we traveled north to Los Robles, a tiny town on the outskirts of Jinotega.  Jinotega rests in a small valley, encircled by mountains of cloud forests.  Because of its altitude, the climate is vastly different than San Juan del Sur and the south of t...

The Multitude Speaks but Must Keep Fighting, written 2 weeks ago, I am rather pleased this morning. To be anything less would be to give one's self over to pure cynicism and frankly to indicate that one has no hope in people to make political change. People in the US have resoundingly rejected the B...

Running again with Trail Guru, written 3 weeks ago, The doctor cleared me to start running again and started back with a short 3km run today to stretch out my legs, and try out the Trail Guru application for the iPhone. I researched a lot of different iPhone running applications that could replace t...

This Blog Is Dying, written 3 days ago, It's true. The blog is slowly dying. I just don't have anything to say. Nothing new, anyway. I'm trying to keep away from the full-on Mommy Blogger thing, not that there's anything wrong with that. It's just that there's plenty of that going on in the world al...

Where is your passport?, written 1 day ago, One of the rules here is that you travel with your passport at all times. Locally I do not, but I do have a photocopy of the important pages in the that I take when I am leaving the campus. So far I have not forgotten to take the "real" passpor...

drive-thru office, written 1 week ago, Anyone who works in an office knows only too well about the annoyances that come with being in such an environment - eyestrain, backache, petty rules, pointless meetings, smelly food, photocopier fumes, colleagues.... All of the above, however, pale into insig...

An Appliqué Bag, written 3 days ago, {little bits of felt, fabric remnants, thread} + {a vintage kitchen linen dish towel, linen trim for a tie} = a bag to hold stocking stuffers until Christmas eve The Santa pattern is from L'Atelier des ABCDaires. A bientôt !

Susie's Day in America, written 5 days ago, Every once and a while, a girl needs to have her Taco Bell. She needs to spot Ohio State ball caps, see dollar signs on price tags, walk past mailboxes painted blue and eat cookies no one would dare call biscuits. When this girl gets to feeling that way, ...

November begins. It seems better., written 2 weeks ago, November begins again. No holidays, so I created one for myself and have booked off the 28th of Nov. We are going to FINALLY go to the evasive mysterious location that is Wuling mountain farm in Nantou. We have wanted to go for a few years, bu...