Life’s a continuing work in progress, full of challenges. Communicating appropriately with ladies, especially ones from another culture, is exactly the same. A learning process, a bit of a minefield, in fact.

For those of you who are familiar with the hit UK TV comedy show called 'Little Britain', you'll already know the character in the main picture.

Part 1 of this blog was published early. By that I mean I hadn't finished writing it at the time John published it. Therefore it's become a 'two-parter'. At the end of part 1 I said that the answer to finding love in the 'right place' is a matter of 'frequency'. So, I guess I should start part 2 by clarifying what I mean by that.

Fish wouldn't ever be caught on a hook if only they'd keep their mouths shut! In similar vein, some Chinese women would be best advised to do the same and shut their big gobs!

Mike Royko, the classic curmudgeon and commentator of human foibles writing for the Chicago Sun Times, was one of my favorite columnists. In response to a famous survey that found women would rather snuggle than have sex with their partners, Royko commissioned one of his own studies, polling his readers about whether they would rather go bowling with their buddies or have sex with their wives. Sex won, but Royko was on to a larger point that would later be validated by John Gray in his classic, Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus: Men and women communicate affection in different ways. In particular, men bond by doing and women by talking.

After a long hiatus, due to some personal issues, I offer this article about some of my memorable Christmas experiences in Shanghai. Next time I will post the article I originally planned to publish.

Barry and I converse with each other most days, and the one thing that comes up time and time again is the fact that people are essentially 'asleep'.

~~It seems like a lifetime since I wrote my series of blogs on the different types of women that you are likely to meet on CLM.

STOP PRESS:  Stunning news was released on 26 November 2018 by the Lawyer's Committee for 9/11. The New York Attorney-General has agreed to allow evidence from both the Lawyer's Committee as well as certain victim family members to be submitted to a special Grand Jury on 9/11 of yet to be prosecuted Federal crimes appertaining to the deliberate destruction of three World Trade Center Towers on 09 November, 2001. Hallelujah!

The first Greek word is 'Eros'. 'Eros' is the name of the Greek God of 'erotic love', and it's easy to see that the English word 'erotic' comes from this name. So, for this type of 'love' we are looking at 'instant attraction' that leads to the ripping off of each others' clothes, followed by mad, rampant sex... luvverlie !