A Little Sunday Evening Reading

Work has been keeping me pretty busy this week so I haven’t had the energy to post — what energy I did have left over from the week I spent at a friend’s birthday party on Friday evening. I’ve spent most of the weekend escaping with Criminal Minds DVDs and the new The Honeys album [...]

The Great China Visa Debate

On Saturday morning while I was sitting in Starbucks a group of Laowais walked in and they were talking how they were all afraid that they were going to all be kicked out of China because they can’t renew their visas. Now from their conversation I could tell that this was an area they didn’t [...]

A New Member of the Family

Today, we welcomed home a new member of our family — our new dog Roger.

More pictures and updates to follow soon.
J.

Eye Update 2: The Laser Surgery is Done!

I had the laser surgery this morning and everything went fine. I’ll be back to full steam tomorrow.
Regular posts will resume later this week.
J.

Revisit the Shanghai International Literary Festival

Reading Cityweekend yesterday, I found out that the editors had recorded many of the talks from the Shanghai International Literary Festival. Having attended the festival I think this is a great way for those who couldn’t attend to catch up on speeches by Paul French, Duncan Hewitt and Rob Gifford. You can find the podcasts [...]

Eye Update 1: Time for Laser

Well I went for another visit to the eye doctor on Thursday and it was decided that I should have some minor laser surgery. Unfortunately, this can’t be done at Huashan Hospital where I usually go. Instead I have to make the trip to Fudan University’s Eye, Ear Nose and Throat Hospital (which isn’t that [...]

Where Have You Been?

I know it’s been way too long since I last posted, but I’ve been busy. In the last three weeks, I’ve been to Beijing, swamped with work and trying to help my girlfriend get a visa for our trip to visit my parents in Canada in June. Now that I am pretty much on top [...]