Long time no post! I got swallowed up by a storm… No, no, not Typhoon Matsa! That went just fine. I’m just buried under work this week. I was gonna post an update last weekend to reassure everybody that we ...
Read More »Pyongyang On My Mind
It’s happening again. Ever since I’ve been in China, I’ve been meaning to visit Korea. Not America-friendly, modern South Korea (which I’ve seen and love), but rather Kim Jong-Il’s isolated, mysterious North Korea. I’ve always entertained an unhealthy obsession with ...
Read More »Two Years in Shanghai
Well, here we are. Helene and I have been living 2 years in Shanghai, to the day. Even though I call Shanghai home now, I still can’t believe it. I remember back in 2002, when I was just dreaming of ...
Read More »Dinner That Stings
Here’s an awesome pic taken by my colleague, Jori, of the (in)famous scorpion dish available at 全聚德 (Quan Ju De), a very famous Beijing duck restaurant with a branch in Shanghai. The dish consists of approximately 10 deep-fried scorpions, disposed ...
Read More »The Deafening Sound of Silence
Something strange is happening these last few weeks. It dawned on me this morning, as I was getting ready to go to work. Helene had given me a bottle of B6 vitamins, so I could pass it on to a ...
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