The never ending adventures of a Canadian who lives in Wuxi and Jiangyin, China with his Chinese wife Jenny and their son Anthony aka Tony
This is the area behind the grandstand. Beside the grandstand, I recorded an inspirational quotation observation video. I quoted NGD’s great aphorism about operational and poetic notions of objects.
I walked below the 27th floor apartment and took these two photos.
Too stern, I looked, so I thought to take two more with facial improvements.
Who needs a search engine now that you have A.I.
I went to the place in the photo below. Luckily, I took a photo of the place below to locate it. It wasn’t easy to find.
Today, I went after 11:00. I was told the guy there didn’t get there before 11:00. He wasn’t there the first time, so I decided to go to the Hot Maxx outlet in the Hui Shan Wanda Mall.
I parked across from the Mall in the parking garage that is below the public square that can be seen from the elevator lobby of my wife’s office building. It beats parking under the Mall because fewer people, that be Chinese drivers, use it. It is worth the five minutes extra walking
At the Maxx, I bought drinks and mouth wash and chips. The chips would later placate my son who is annoyed at me for yesterday’s Minecraft Movie debacle. (See previous entry with Minecraft in the title.)
Walking in the Mall, I’ll walk pass locals, and hear them exclaim “Laowai “ from behind me. Sometimes, it is disconcerting like those teenage baboons that ruined the movie for me. Today, my dander was provoked after a pair of girls did that.
But I carried on to the car and returned to the car wash place. I had to wait a bit, but not for long.
As I waited, I read Finnegan’s Wake, Mark Carney’s Values, and Peter Heathers’s Empire and Barbarians. I was listening to the lastest Z-man podcast and he mentioned James Joyce. I was interested to know that Z-man has read Ulysses twice and thinks Finnegan’s Wake is unreadable. He recommended highly James Joyce’s short story The Dead. Mark Carney’s book is a slog. It seems the book is padded and made boring to make Carney seem smart and knowledgeable and well read. Heck, he mentions Frederick Hayek. He even seems to know of the problems that lead to Trump’s election and the rise of populism. But he uses verbal diarrhea words like inclusive and social to name a few. And he stuffs in references to Climte Change and Covid that are off putting to those who know that that iid all bull shit. I’ll have to finish the book and think of what he didn’t mention…I’m still too early into Heather’s book to have much to say about it.
Carwash done, I went back to Ivy Park Casa Kaulins where I took these photos.
Watch this video please!
Look at the pad below for clues about what my upcoming videos will have me say:
I am merely repeating what people, wiser than me, have said. I hope what is said is a slap in the face for me, a admonition for me and the people watching the videos.
I drove my wife to work and then went to the this park.
雨人岛公园.
**Pinyin:** Yǔrén Dǎo Gōngyuán
**Translation:** "Rain Man Island Park" or "Yu Ren Island Park"
I made a video there.
I must have no readers. I canvassed for comments and got none. I sometimes get responses by commenting on others’ postings on other platforms.
What about Trump’s tariffs? The best analysis I have come access talked of trade offs. One has to try and ascertain what they will be. There will certainly be readjustments. Some will suffer; some will benefit. The American consumer will pay more, more than likely. Some would argue that America is too much of a consumer society and that so many social ills have come as a result of it being more consumer than manufacturer. Some American workers would benefit if manufacturing jobs could come back. But jobs could come back if a lot of regulations were removed. Trump is trying to do this but the bureaucrats are fighting back and stifling Trump’s efforts. And then there is the increased bureaucracy that tariffs need in order to be enforced…. It’s a complex situation: these tariffs. Economists commenting on it are discredited however. While most economists will say tariffs are bad, their analysis never explains adequately why in real life, so many governments are compelled to put restrictions on trade. Economic analysis always seems to miss something. Did the utopia that NAFTA was supposed to bring actually happen? It had trade offs as the economic analyst, I was listening to, said. Those who think the trade offs weren’t worth it are now in power in the USA. We’ll just have to see what happens, and be level-headed and cool.
Which reminds me, no reader makes comments. Damm you! Make goddamn comments if you’re reading this blog!
We walked there.
We walked past the recently opened and popular playground.
Past that, I saw this.
Ain’t it cute?
Anyway, the Minecraft movie. I wasn’t expecting much. But that wasn’t the problem. A bunch of teenage boys sat behind and talked the whole time. I swore and fumed and then we left after 40 minutes. I wanted to ask for a refund. Jenny said we should have caused a scene but put in a bad mood, there was no way I was going to enjoy the movie.
Following news of this world can get to you if you let it. Best to have hope in things beyond politicians, bureaucrats and men.
I went for a walk and contemplated and took photos.
A concrete jungle I live within.
Reflecting, I took selfie photos and reflections.
I also took photos of trains.
Do you recognize the buildings in this photo?
If not, go to the top of this entry, to the standard view photo.
So am I fluent in Chinese, French & Spanish? Ha. My Chinese is terrible. I can’t speak it a lick and the Chinese I learn in Duo is not the same as the locals use.
