'How are you Mr Greene?', asked the old man as Daniel pushed open the old wooden apartment door. Read more…
Daniel Greene felt nervous as he stepped inside the elevator in the lobby of the old building at the far end of Park Rd. As the doors closed, the strong smell of urine became as apparent as the used condoms on the elevator floor, only just visible in the dim light afforded by the dust-covered light bulb. Read more…
When I first came to my QLV to take up my job as an English teacher, I was given the task of teaching a subject called 'Civics'. 'What the hell is civics?' I thought, yet dare not speak the words aloud for fear of making myself look 'ignorant' in the eyes of my Chinese boss. Read more…
It’s been a long time since I have written blogs here about ‘love and romance’ - hardly surprising really because these days the only ‘dates’ in my life are either the dried fruit variety or numbers at the top of the pages of my diary. Read more…
~~Thomas Crapper was the man who invented the ballcock toilet. It was a pretty unfortunate name since the word ‘crap’ had been a ‘polite’ word for ‘taking a shit’ long before he was a teenager. Read more…
‘I hate western countries’ Read more…
"We've got 5000 years of culture and history" tends to be the stock answer when the question including 'why' is asked in China . 'So what ? Australian aboriginals have 40,000 years of history, does that make them better than anyone else?"... Read more…
At 3pm on Christmas Day most Britons turn on their TV set. The reason is quite simply to watch the Queen make her traditional Christmas Day speech to the nation. Queen Elizabeth II is Britain’s longest serving monarch with more than 67 years on the throne and although she’s only really a ‘figure-head’ she remains well-respected especially among the older generation of ‘Brits’ Read more…
~~Before I start, I want to tell you something I have just been reading on MSN... A professor in Illinois has been suspended from her position for stating on Facebook that ‘Muslims and Christians worship the same God’ During the days prior to Christmas (Advent), the professor (a Christian) wanted to wear a Hijab (the muslim female head-scarf) as a sign of solidarity with her Muslim neighbours. Read more…
~~Before I get into ‘moaning mode’, just a few words about the PoC series of blogs..... I have long mused over the title of the PoC blogs and have often been reminded that my good friend Gareth would probably have not minded one iota if I ‘stole’ his blog title ‘Perils of China’. As more of these get published it’s becoming clearer and clearer that many members may not understand the ‘PoC’ connection and what PoC actually means. Read more…
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