When we talk about China to people back home in Canada, and when they can be bothered to ask questions about the subject, they usually want to know about all the Chinese things we get to do, see or eat ...

Friday night, after a tough week of hard work and being sick, I took the taxi home, wondering what I was gonna do. Inspiration struck, and I stopped the taxi two blocks from my home. My destination: Game Life, a ...

You know you’re blogging too much when, sick and doubled over the toilet, you think, “Uugh, I just thought of a cool title for my next blog entry…” Friday night, June the 24th, I went out to Moon River Diner, ...

As any long-term expat in China will tell you, the stares and impassive curiosity of our Chinese hosts can sometimes get on our nerves. It’s not that it’s irritating, in itself, when an old lady stares you down as if ...

It finally happened. Yesterday, after a hard day’s work, I got home and fixed myself a martini. As I sat down to sip it, it struck me. I have made the perfect martini. My quest is at an end. In ...