I did go out of my way to flamethe China-bashingcrap on the local expat, so I end upmaking enemies again.But Ive made up my mind to continue my fight. All Im saying is, Im determined to be the ultimat...
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This time Itraveledto and from Shanghai by train. I tookthe last bullet train D652 yesterday, which left Hangzhou at 5:30pm. I paid75 yuan for aseatin thefirst-class compartment. The train looks great...
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I dont have wings and those tiny feet of a multiped, but Im just as busy as a bee!Worse yet, I dont harvest. Im all but bleeding myself to please all kinds of people. The winter lull very much created...
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The qing ming holiday is over! Drove back to Hangzhouin theafternoon.I wasnt in any rush, so Ilet the car ride around60 mile per hour, a speed leisurely enough toenjoythebeautiful views on both sides ...
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I let my son call her grandma, telling her we are coming home tomorrow for qing ming, the Bright and Clear Day. Somewhere in their heated grandson-to-grandma conversation, my son suddenly bursted out ...
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Its always true perfectionists suffer a lot more than conformists and opportunists. Today marks the 5th anniversary of Lesile Cheungs passing. I wish I could go to the Shang Tian Zhu Temple sometime d...
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Over the recent years there have been too many sightings of wild hogs straying into the busy streets of Hangzhou. This couldnt have happened in cities like Shanghai where people are dying for the pres...
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Yeah, Icouldve been perfectlyokay with killing the wild hog with one clean shot. They are a plague now anyway.As for gun rights in China, Im all for people owning guns for hunting, though I know hunti...
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hangzhouvian, I havent read that book you mentioned, so there is no way for me to compare my writing with the authors description of a similar scene. But since its a well-received published book, I wo...
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Over the recent years there have been too many sightings of wild hogs straying into the busy streets of Hangzhou. This couldnt have happened in cities like Shanghai where people are dying for the pres...
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Last wintersice and snow storm actually delayed the budding of tea trees in the Dragon Well Village. But the other day, when I went there with my friend tosavor the new tea, we were told by our farmer...
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Suddenly I feel like Ive been caught in a mesh, the mesh of my expanding social lifeYet, I keep remembering and forgetting names and faces all the timeGuess none of them can be as IMPRESSIVE as the fo...
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Iorganize a lot of formal functions at the Narada Grand Hotel, or the World Trade Center Grang Hotel before this recent change of name. Every timeI loiter around at the lobby waiting for the city lead...
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Its bright, clear and windy today.My parents in law are staying with us in HZ, and cooking for the family is now an important part of their retired life. Regular meals aside, they often go to the trou...
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Went to CBRs birthday party tonight and met a bunch of expats I know from the expat forum. Turnedout I might be more popular than I thought, since everyone I got introduced to cried out "The Prot...
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The horrible car accident on the Wen Tao Road left the young couple dead and orphaned their only child. Almost one week after the tragedy, it still finds its way into our peoples small talk. A lot of ...
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Went with a couple ofcolleagues to the Farmers Yard onLian HuaRoad and had a hell of meal! The restaurant isrun bya family from Jiangshan, a county in Qu Zhou City, which is well known for its spicy f...
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This years Bright and Clear Day falls on April 4 Friday. The adjusted national holdiay schedule effective from this year has made it a one-day public holiday.So this year, comebined with the Saturday ...
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I arranged a meeting and dinner tonight. Before the meeting started, the guy from local TV showed me some horrible stuff stored on his machine. Its the video clip of a fatal car accident that took pla...
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After Ipostedmy previous post, Richard Gere, the Monk Lover, on hangzhouexpat forum, I was asked to give my own take on the Tibet issue. So here is my response tomiscs question:misc, its not the first...
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