Category Archives: diary

Strawberry Music Festival 2011

Posted on 04/05/2011 by haonowshaokao

Last weekend I found out that there was going to be a music festival in Tongzhou. A festival! Even the idea that there would be a gig in Tongzhou seemed fairly unlikely. I remember being quite excited when a western-style … Continue reading →

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Where we live

Posted on 29/04/2011 by haonowshaokao

A couple of months ago I had a walk around our estate and took some photos. It’s spring now, and they’re already out of date insomuch as everything looks grey, and there’s no blossom on the trees, but here they … Continue reading →

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Things I’ve seen on the internet this week

Posted on 25/04/2011 by haonowshaokao

50 Unexplainable Black & White Photos None of them actually “unexplainable,” but worth a look anyway. Amazon.com Mr Men reviews by Hamilton Richardson On Mr Uppity; “In a thinly-veiled reference to the oppression of the workers by the ruling class, … Continue reading →

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Speeches and donkey burgers

Posted on 22/04/2011 by haonowshaokao

It’s hard to teach a TEFL course in China when no Chinese know or care what a TEFL course is, and anyone with white skin and a native-ish accent is considered qualified enough to be a university teacher, so our … Continue reading →

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General housekeeping, etc

Posted on 19/04/2011 by haonowshaokao

It’s been a while since I’ve had enough time to just sit down and write something. This week, though, we seem to have no students, so I’ve given myself the task of updating the course handouts – not a particularly … Continue reading →

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Raising mixed race kids in China

Posted on 09/03/2011 by haonowshaokao

It’s twelve days now since the baby was born and things are settling down into a manageable routine. He sleeps for three hours, wants to be fed, is fed, wants to be changed, is changed, goes back to sleep again. … Continue reading →

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Welcome 梅亚雷

Posted on 03/03/2011 by haonowshaokao

I guess it’s finally time that I got round to writing something about the last week, but, well, where to start? I’ll take it one day at a time, I suppose. This time last week V went into hospital to … Continue reading →

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More Waiting

Posted on 23/02/2011 by haonowshaokao

The baby is six days late now, and we’re seriously considering going to the hospital tomorrow and asking for it to be induced before it’s too big. Two days after the due date, on V’s birthday, we went into the … Continue reading →

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Waiting.

Posted on 16/02/2011 by haonowshaokao

V’s back from hospital, but the baby’s still inside. False alarms are pretty common, but the due date is tomorrow, so next time will most likely be it. I had planned to come and stay with her in the hospital, … Continue reading →

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Snow

Posted on 12/02/2011 by haonowshaokao

108 days without any form of precipitation and it finally snows on the morning I have to go back to work. Thanks, Beijing! No classes this week, so I’m spending my time doing office work and phoning potential students. Mostly … Continue reading →

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