Topics
- 2011 tracks
- 2014 tracks
- 2015 tracks
- animals
- austria
- baozi
- Beijing restaurants
- berlin
- books
- brighton
- britpop
- britpop nuggets
- cambodia
- china life
- china questions
- china travel
- chinese food
- chinese language
- chinese literature
- compilation
- croatia
- czech republic
- estonia
- film
- finland
- forgotten 90s bands
- france
- hong kong
- hungary
- internet
- italy
- laos
- latvia
- les rougon-macquart
- linguistics
- lithuania
- london
- ltsb
- macau
- manila
- meat in popular music
- mind your language
- mongolia
- music
- Netherlands
- photography
- photos
- photoshoppery
- podcast
- podcasts
- poland
- politics
- portugal
- prague
- pulp
- religion
- rip
- russia
- scumhampton
- slovakia
- spain
- sport
- swimming
- tefl
- thailand
- the cabin fever
- things in china
- TV
- uk life
- video
- videos
- vietnam
- wales
- weird food
- worcester
-
Recent Posts
- Texture and Artefact 14/02/2023
- Wet Markets 21/04/2020
- What are the Seven Wolves? 11/04/2020
- In a Pickle 21/03/2020
- Centuries of Sound 23/10/2017
- I probably have to write something about the bizarre Princess Diana statue garden in Nansha 31/01/2017
- 75 Tracks From 2015 16/01/2016
- The Floor 10/12/2015
- Chinese Condom Brands 08/11/2015
- Britpop Nuggets Part Three: Long Live The UK Music Scene 22/10/2015
Archive
Popular Today
Recent Comments
Anonymous on Does dubbing TV harm language… Delia on Forgotten 90s bands – Ph… Jaka on Equally Divided Europe haonowshaokao on Britpop Nuggets Part One: Some… vicdiesel on Britpop Nuggets Part One: Some… Blogroll
Bonus
China
Music
People
Categories
- diary (783)
- food tube (27)
- journalism (4)
- language (1)
- literature (9)
- music (97)
- podcast (23)
- things in china (15)
- video (1)
-
RSS feed
Last.fm weekly chart
Author Archives: haonowshaokao
Am going around breaking the news that I’m going to everyone. Only one person left who doesn’t know now. Been feeling vaguely down about it somehow, too. Life was very exciting here once. Or even a few times. Now I … Continue reading
Pretty broke today, and rent is due. Still, momentary problems pale in insignificance compared to the prospect of “going home,” even if it is only for six or seven months. In the meantime, a lot of reading left today. This … Continue reading
Against all my better judgement I have been getting heavily into boxing this week. What’s up with that?
Having finished my full course of prescription medicine I went out with Hamish / Lucie / Wendy last night to celebrate, and drank a whole two beers. Which is more than in the previous two weeks. God am I boring … Continue reading
After I was typing here last night I strolled over to Jiriho Z Podebrad to get the metro home. As I arrived it was already 10pm. I slunk to the deserted half of the platform, fortunately only 2 minutes remained … Continue reading
Decision time
A bland truism heard around the world states that there is a time for action. Well, if there ever was such a time, this is it. I have told everyone for a good year now that I would leave Prague … Continue reading
There is no going out for me tonight, not if I can’t drink. I am also now desperately short of money. These and other reasons have led to me going round in a bit of a general grump today, despising … Continue reading
Feeling a little better today in terms of general wellness, though frustrated after half an hour of failing to get my user info section to work. There is no explanation for it except the supernatural. (update: or a spelling error. … Continue reading
Today I’ve been looking at those little circular scars that everyone has on their arms, caused by the vaccination given to you when you’re 15 or so. I don’t have one because I lied and told them I’d had it … Continue reading
I read the instructional leaflet inside my medicine. It said “Take one 500mg tablet every 8 hours. For extreme cases take one 1000mg tablet every 12 hours.” I have been prescribed one 1000mg tablet every 8 hours, some mistake maybe? … Continue reading
