Chinese Dragon Awakens

Jun
27
05

Awe crap…
China is building its military forces faster than U.S. intelligence and military analysts expected, prompting fears that Beijing will attack Taiwan in the next two years, according to Pentagon officials. [Read whole article]
Yeah, I know… American politics and media are full of paranoia, but still, this just makes me think back to a few [...]

A Box Of Goodbyes

Jun
27
05

So, Thursday night was the big farewell party at The Box for all the peeps that work(ed) as English teachers at Neusoft (a Dalian university). The term has ended there, and some of the key players in the Dalian social scene have left. Most significantly are Dean (Canadian), Dan (British) and Derrick (Canadian). Next term [...]

Peanut Gallery: Online

Jun
20
05

Right, so after a couple e-mailed comments from readers of the site, I got it through my rather thickset head that I should look into there possibly being a problem with my comments section - as I never get any.
I’m happy to report that it’s fixed and you are all cordially invited to leave all [...]

Halfing The Count

Jun
20
05

So, in recent months I’ve really only had four foreign friends in Dalian that I hang out with. Lorna, Justin, Alan and Vanessa. Well, never have I had the population of my friends in a given demographic split so swiftly in half.
Under the cover of darkness, in a veil of secrecy that still has Future [...]

Drunk Monkey

Jun
17
05

As promised, here is a bit of a lighter entry. Though I’m not sure how easy it’s going to be to write… as I’m currently in the process of arguing with Mandy on MSN. If ever there was a reason to never use MSN for communications, this would be it. Not sure how things are [...]