Category Archives: diary

The Male Nurse

Posted on 02/08/2010 by haonowshaokao

This is the first in an intended intermittent series of posts about bands I loved in the 1990s who have little or no internet presence. In an era where every passing whim of band have a professional website and a … Continue reading →

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Xiaobei vs The Alleykitten

Posted on 21/07/2010 by haonowshaokao

I was at work a few days ago when I got a strange call from V. She’d been having lunch at home when she heard a strange noise from outside. Xiaobei rushed out of the back door and started barking. … Continue reading →

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Xiaobei

Posted on 15/07/2010 by haonowshaokao

I’ve never been much of a ‘dog person’. It’s probably got a lot to do with the alsatian which hid behind a fence and barked at me every time I walked home from school, the duck-murdering rage-syndrome springer spaniel which … Continue reading →

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Hello….

Posted on 12/07/2010 by haonowshaokao

…is it meat you’re looking for?

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Rude English

Posted on 07/07/2010 by haonowshaokao

I’ve always been perhaps too entertained by foreign language words and products name which are rude in English, but the joke is getting a bit weak now. What I really want to hear are some English words which are unintentionally … Continue reading →

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HOT

Posted on 06/07/2010 by haonowshaokao

It was 46°C yesterday. 115 degrees Fahrenheit. Cycling to work was like having a hairdryer blown in my face. I’m not complaining though. This is MUCH better than the winter.

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Visit #1

Posted on 03/07/2010 by haonowshaokao

I haven’t written much on here over the past couple of weeks because my mother, sister and her fiancee have been visiting. Now they are all safely back in the UK it’s time to put up the photos, describe briefly … Continue reading →

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RIP Alan Plater

Posted on 30/06/2010 by haonowshaokao

Alan Plater died last weekend. Not an incredibly well-known name, or a fashionable one, but one that had been somewhere near the top of my TV heroes list since I first saw The Beiderbecke Affair in the mid 1990s. Writing … Continue reading →

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Dragon Boat

Posted on 11/06/2010 by haonowshaokao

It’s the Dragon Boat festival this Monday. A few years in China and I still don’t really know what this means, besides eating zongzi (which V has spent the last week or so making). I suppose Easter just amounts to … Continue reading →

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No why

Posted on 08/06/2010 by haonowshaokao

One of the responsibilities I have in my new job is to interview applicants for our TEFL course. The point is mainly to test their English proficiency, but I also want to find out if they are motivated enough to … Continue reading →

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