Or… to be more specific, my city is exploding with fireworks. Today is the start of Spring Festival–the Chinese New Year. Almost everyone is setting off fireworks in celebration. Below are a couple videos taken from my balcony. The annoying background noise you hear is firecrackers. They are going off constantly. The explosions in the [...]
For those of you on Skype, feel free to add me. My username is my name. Umm… with one catch: the first name starts with a ‘B’. So… FirstnameLastname. So… if you know me, that should be easy. If you catch me at home, I can plug in the microphone and webcam and do a [...]
When I first arrived in Hong Kong, on my way to the Chinese Mainland, my recruiter made a comment that rung oddly in my ears: “The average Chinese” he said “has more freedom than the average American.” I had to wonder… had he been in Hong Kong too long? Was he blinded by the good [...]
I need a place to speak my mind. This used to be a political forum that I let die a slow and quiet death. I’ve been speaking my mind in a few non-public forums, but I feel that it’s worthwhile to speak my mind in public. So… here it is.
