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Communist joke

Posted on 07/02/2007 by haonowshaokao

Q – Why did the chicken cross the road? A – Attempting to ascribe motives to chickens is a bourgeois act of intellectual elitism.

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Hopefully this year’s sole introspective entry – “I’m an Arsehole.”

Posted on 05/02/2007 by haonowshaokao

A couple of weeks back I was walking from my house to the internet café when I saw an Australian girl I vaguely know heading toward me. As she got within a few yards she waved and said “Hi. How … Continue reading →

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Posted on 01/02/2007 by haonowshaokao

Today marks the end of my year-long contract with the school, though technically speaking I’ve only been here for about eleven months and three weeks. Let’s call it time off for good behaviour. The last few weeks have been pretty … Continue reading →

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Posted on 18/01/2007 by haonowshaokao

I turned up yesterday to what I thought would be my final lesson. Waiting for me at reception was a note telling me I’d be teaching “winter camp” starting every weekday morning at 8.30, a bus ride away from my … Continue reading →

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Posted on 16/01/2007 by haonowshaokao

I’ve finished teaching kids, possibly forever. On Sunday I “taught” six last classes, each one involving a couple of games and a protracted awards ceremony. For the last half hour of each class the parents were allowed into the classroom. … Continue reading →

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Guangzhou

Posted on 12/01/2007 by haonowshaokao

Tuesday I went up to Guangzhou (Canton), with John and also Zack, a friend of his from the UK. With about 12 million people it’s an immensely huge city, bigger than Shenzhen, twice the size of little London and ten … Continue reading →

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Posted on 11/01/2007 by haonowshaokao

New year, new influenza. The first week of the new year has seen the greater part of the foreign teaching staff bed-ridden with assorted Chinese variations of the winter flu. My turn came in the middle of last week, though … Continue reading →

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2006

Posted on 31/12/2006 by haonowshaokao

There was an earthquake in Taiwan on Tuesday, which severed undersea fiber-optic cables, cutting China off from the internet. Only East-Asian web pages were available, not a huge problem if you can read Chinese, but a major annoyance for anyone … Continue reading →

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Christmas in China.

Posted on 25/12/2006 by haonowshaokao

Everyone knows there is no Christmas in China, but walking around my neighbourhood would give everyone and anyone a completely different impression. Here, for example, is a street just round the corner: This isn’t some freak anomaly either. The city … Continue reading →

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Living fungus milk

Posted on 21/12/2006 by haonowshaokao

Product name – Living Fungus Milk Real contents – Unknown Found at – Supermarket

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