My God I have a lot of photos from China. Let’s put them up!
Category: Life in China
A last minute letter to my father from China.
(So here is an out of time note. I am now writing from the USA. Hurray! However, the difference in time has made things weird for me and how the blog is scheduled. In China it was published on Friday and Monday, but now in the US that translates to Thursday and Sunday. Meh. Things…
It’s not all bad in China: Odd conversations, odd opinions
China has a bad reputation. I would like to gripe and say that this bad reputation is warranted, but in some respects it is not. When you have a government famous for its censorship, there is an assumption that said censorship is effective. That of course isn’t the case, and you can see this clearly…
My brief (failed) trip to Beijing [Photo Dump]
I hurriedly went up to Beijing for two days, mostly in an attempt to say that I did and see those few things everyone says you should. How did it go? It rained so hard I never left the hostel on one day, and I got horrid food poisoning the other. Did get these pictures…
Update: Shitty Chinese Flatmate… the bread incident.
I guess an apology of sorts is in order. I mentioned that god damn savage that is my flat mate in the last post. Well, I assumed, falsely, that he was typical in his savagery. You cannot begin to imagine my utter chagrin when I discovered that my shitty Chinese flatmate is considered a savage…
It isn’t all bad in China: Marz the generally competent barista and otherwise excellent human being.
I know I am scrapping together whatever last few silver linings I can possibly find out of this two year China excursion, which increasingly seems like little more than a waste of my god damned time. But here and there within the experience there were situation in which, if no lesson was outright learned, one…
[Photo Dump!] Fake Paris
Oh Dear God, More Chinese fake cities.
Shitty Chinese Flatmate… round 2!
(For those of you confused, in that you are wondering why I am talking about China even though I mentioned last post that I was finished, please note that these posts are written months in advanced. Also, I am very likely still in China working my way out) As I sit here and write, I…
And I’m out!
Peace China! Been good knowing you but I got places to be. First stop, Japan Second Stop, Seattle Third Stop, Portland Fourth Stop, Chicago Fifth Stop, Washington DC Total travel time: about two weeks.
The Holiday Ponzi Scheme
I take pretty great umbrage at people who are wrong about things. I don’t think this makes me unique. There are many ways in which Chinese people like to brag about what a great place China is. The one I remembered the most is how they love to talk about how many national holidays…
It’s time to leave
It’s becoming increasingly clear that it is well and truly time to leave China. Why is that you may ask? Well, I’ve gotten to the point where I am well and truly exhausted by the place on pretty much every conceivable level. How bad is it? It’s gotten to the point where the well of…
Locus Horribilis 