Category Archives: Shiyan

These boots are made for walking

I noticed, as I was logging in, the Ads by Google advertising “University of Foreign Relations”. I bet they get tons of hits for the wrong reason *chuckle*. It has been said, many a time, that a man’s character will … Continue reading

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Yes sir, I can boogie

Moonlight, frost, warm glows emitting from little eateries spilling onto the Shiyan pavement, and scuff marks from roller skates on wood-laminated floors. My evening last night. I haven’t worn roller skates since the mid 80′s, but last night Lara and … Continue reading

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Sugar is sweet

… and Christmas is sugar to the power of 25. Ho ho ho. If you fancy taking off a bit of the sweet edge of Christmas, surf on over to this site at offthemark.com and induldge in a bit of … Continue reading

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I speak a little Chinese (我会说中文一点点)

If the title doesn’t show correctly, it’s only because you don’t have Chinese fonts installed, but that’s ok – I won’t use the characters anywhere else in the blog… I just had to brag a bit. I’m well chuffed with … Continue reading

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I’ve been dreaming of a white Christmas

It’s Christmas, yes, even in China. I nearly fell of my sleigh yesterday when I went shopping with T and she took me to Christmas Road. Not officially called that, but you can image that there is Christmas everywhere. I … Continue reading

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Another hard days night (It has nothing to do with the Beatles)

Where did I read recently about hypnoses and what not. I think it was in some or other Slashdot article. That article, or one of the gazillion links I followed from the original, explored the theory of us all coming … Continue reading

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A weekend of excess

That’s what it was, a weekend of excess. But relative of course. My excess is far removed from the hard core Excessers out there, but my frail system is not prone to excessness and does’t handle it too well. On … Continue reading

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Guangzhou BaiYun Airport Information

Last night I was trawling through my website’s access log, as I’ve been receiving an annoying amount of referrer spam. Of the 300 unique hits my very new site (*gloat*) recorded in November, more than half (*pout*) was from a … Continue reading

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The Gathering: Engergy

Buddist Monks believe that abstaining from sex saves a precious energy which could be applied in a great variety of other ways. All on the path of enlightenment, of course. In my present state of self-inflicted isolation following a bunny-boiler … Continue reading

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Slimy Fantasies

With a cup of not-so-hot coffee clutched between my two frozen hands to try and extract what little heat I could, I was on the third-floor balcony outside my front door, looking onto the sports field below where the kids … Continue reading

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