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For some reason, I have always thought of myself as a lazy person. When I have a day off, it’s easy for me to do nothing instead of going out, and I seem to always be the first one to ...
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Pillar-That-Holds-the-Sky
There are some anecdotes that make me feel both very close and incredibly distant from my Chinese co...
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The Last Hours
As the E3 Producer, it’s been my task to carefully plan the E3 demo, so that we would finish w...
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So Long, Maozilla!
You may not know this, but I’m a big Godzilla fan. I used to own a reproduction of the origina...
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Homebound
As you probably inferred from a recent post of mine, Montreal has been on my mind a lot lately. It&#...
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On Chinese Character Tattoos
(Photo: “Dai Zi,” meaning ‘idiot’.) Thinking of getting a Chinese character ...
Can’t. Talk. Must. Work.
Posting just a quick update at the end of a 14h workday. My project’s about to end (we’re submitting the game code to Nintendo tomorrow) so I am now knee-deep in what is romantically known in the videogame industry as ...
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Kobe Beef Sunday
After feeling throughly overworked and tired Saturday, I decided to take Sunday really easy. And hey, Hélène is out there spending money and enjoying herself, so why shouldn’t I? So, I went to a fancy massage parlor called Dragonfly. Hélène ...
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Chinese New Year is Coming!
Spring Festival, known as ‘Chinese New Year’ in the West, will happen on February 9th, this year. Shanghai is dressing up for the event, all clad in golds and reds. It feels like being a child on Christmas again, because ...
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Drums on the Basketball Court
As you’re probably aware, basketball is a big thing in Shanghai because of NBA superstar Yao Ming. Because of this, the city has built basketball courts in many of the city’s parks, and they are packed during daytime with kids ...
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