Category Archives: Shiyan

A Night with Linda

Posted on November 26, 2005 by 1Earth

I’ve been meaning to do it for a while, but somehow circumstances just didn’t permit until last night. Linda is one of maybe 10 Chinese teachers here at the school who teaches English. She is a pretty girl and the … Continue reading →

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A now for something different

Posted on November 23, 2005 by 1Earth

I think I’ve done quite enough moping and moaning and groaning, so today, for a change, I will write about something I haven’t written about in a while. The weather! Zzzz. I know. Just to say, I’m not much bugged … Continue reading →

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Emotional Rollercoaster

Posted on November 21, 2005 by 1Earth

I’m a firm believer in the male hormonal cycle. How else can you explain this emotional roller coaster I have been riding for the last few weeks (months)? Sometimes I’m riding high, tak tak tak-ing my way to the very … Continue reading →

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Foul Mood

Posted on November 19, 2005 by 1Earth

It’s been a tough week. Impatient, short tempered, rude even. All applies to me. On Thursday, in a frenzy of confusion, or desperation, or due to my inability to control my deepest desires, I wrote the xyf an email and … Continue reading →

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Not so happy now

Posted on November 17, 2005 by 1Earth

Good conversations with your ex is a bit like an extacy pill. You tremble at the anticipation, you take it, you’re nervous at the start. It starts to work. Then you feel all warm and fuzzy and everyone is your … Continue reading →

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Ex Love

Posted on November 14, 2005 by 1Earth

Two and a half hours. One hundred and fifty minutes. Pretty long for a phone call. Damn long for an international phone call. Friggen damn long for an international phone call from your ex-wife. That is the total length of … Continue reading →

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I’m having trouble

Posted on November 10, 2005 by 1Earth

I’m having about as much trouble sleeping as I do blogging. Not that I don’t have anything to blog about, I have tons. And not like I’m not dead tired and sleepy at night, I am. But my mind seems … Continue reading →

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Do it when you’re busy or bored?

Posted on November 8, 2005 by 1Earth

The double edged sword of blogging. Should you blog if you’re busy, or should you blog when you’re bored? If you do it when you’re bored, then surely you write garble, dribble, the stuff that you waft about in emails … Continue reading →

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Vetkoek success

Posted on October 31, 2005 by 1Earth

It turns out that the search for the ingredients of the vetkoek recipe that I posted yesterday, was not that difficult. I used the Chinese Language Tools from the other handy post that I made to translate English to Chinese … Continue reading →

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Jou ma se vetkoek

Posted on October 30, 2005 by 1Earth

To stop drinking coffee is like quitting smoking – you have to find alternative things to do or you will indulge again out of shear boredom. I have taken to drinking alcohol instead… I’m just joking (which I say in … Continue reading →

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