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
Monday, July 31, 2023
Sunday, July 30, 2023
Saturday, July 29, 2023
Why the Green Matting?
All throughout the lanes of the California Villa Apartments in the Hui Shan District of Wuxishire, China, the above-pictured matting can be seen.
What is it covering? A month or so ago, the pipes under the cobblestones were repaired. The pipes were covered with gravel.
Residents are annoyed that the lanes have not been properly resurfaced and they want the property managers to be fired.
Friday, July 28, 2023
Trouble Comes in Threes
This morning, as I was driving, I passed two accident scenes. First, I saw that a van had sideswiped another van. Then, I saw that a car had hit an e-bike while turning.
After passing the second accident, I thought oh-oh, trouble comes in threes; and I wondered if I would pass a third accident scene. I didn’t .
Instead, I saw a middle aged man, wearing nothing but speedo style trunks, standing at the side of the road. Perhaps he washed up with a basin full of rain water.
Thursday, July 27, 2023
Wednesday, July 26, 2023
Tuesday, July 25, 2023
E-Biker killed near the Hui Shan Wanda Plaza
The traffic police had the body covered.
This was bound to happen. E-bikes and cars share the roads. Their drivers operate like the other mode of transportation doesn’t exist.
Wacky Wednesday Photos
From China where, from a westerner’s eyes, things seem wacky or Wacked Out!
Stopped at a light on Xiu Xiake Road.
A view from Castillo Kaulins.
A view of the Wuxi Jiangyin metro line.
Another view from the Castle Kaulins living room.
Wordle 767 2/6
My 12th eagle of 2023!
Taco Tuesday Photos
Somewhere in the world it is Tuesday.
And somewhere in the world, where it is Tuesday, it’s Taco Tuesday like at the Wuxishire Taco Bell.
Here are some photographs I took on Tuesday:
Wanda Plaza underground parking.
Ivy Garden Estates.
Apartment blocks looming so I tried to capture the loomingness with my camera phone.
The first metro station in Jiangyin — or the last. It all depends on how you look at it.
Monday, July 24, 2023
The Ruins of a Mall Clock Tower
The wall in front is the new snazzy style of temporary wall that hides construction and renovation or abandonment.
Saturday, July 22, 2023
I am not a neocon anymore!
There was a time when I labelled myself a wannabe neocon. Why? Because they were against communism and for liberal democracy. I thought their goal to spread the latter around the world was worthy.
Well now, I regret having thought such a thing. How did this come about? Trump’s candidacy and reading Pat Buchanan’s columns. In the latter, Buchanan took the Christian position that we should have showed magnanimity to Russia after beating them in the Cold War. That wasn’t done. As well, there was the clownish and ineffectual behavior of neocons like Jonah Goldberg, John Bolton and John Podhoretz. The latter was dead wrong about Trump’s election and even supported Trudeau during the Truckers protest.
I make this entry as a marker in case anyone cares to look at my past blogging.
How do I classify myself now? A wannabe Reactionary in the mode of Nicolás Gómez Dávila: the Nietzsche of the Andes.
Friday, July 21, 2023
Dueling Rules for the Wuxishire Man WeChat Group
If you feel your honor has been besmirched by another member of this group, you can publicly challenge them to a duel here. The rules for the duel are muskets at forty paces. (Leon has kindly provided the muskets. )There is a nice secluded field on the shores of Li lake that is recommended as the site for the duel.
Wednesday, July 19, 2023
Glad I’m not an atheist
It’s hard to be a stalwart supporter anything in this world. America? Nah. It’s filled with Democrats. And Republicans? Losers. Trump? He’s served his purpose. He has exposed how totally corrupt the GAE is, but he’s not ruthless enough and too ego-driven. The EU? A joke. China? I need Western culture to be able to live in it. Latvia? The Nazis and Communists didn’t destroy Latvians, they are now destroying themselves.
We are living in a world of mutual self-inflicted destruction.
Thank God, I’m not an atheist. I don’t have to feel compelled to back any human organization, even the current pope.
AKIC’s Ten Greatest and Why
- Nicolás Gómez Dávila: I love his aphorisms. He is the proper combination of suspicion of leftism combined with suspicion of modernism. He is the ideal escape.
- David Warren: My favorite blogger: Catholic and Contrarian.
- Steve McQueen: My favorite cool icon. He became a serious Christian before his premature death.
- Evelyn Waugh: My favorite writer. He was reactionary, was Catholic, had great style, and was very humorous,”
- Tony Esposito: The coolest looking ice hockey goaltender of all time. Thank God, he didn’t play in the cage mask era.
- Arnis Kaulins: My father.
- Fred Astaire: His dancing was great. His on-screen aristocratic manner I wish I could emulate.
- TS Eliot: My favorite 20th century poet.
- Frank Sinatra: The best singer.
- Don Rickles: The greatest comedian.
