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
It’s Children’s Day in China. I’ll pretend I forgot about it. A good reason not to be in KG. (Damn that place to hell!)
A Dallas Florida NHL final? Dallas is already in the NBA final..,
Here is a mistake I made on Duolingo:
And another:
And one more:
Thoughts? Four years of Community Service for Trump is a great slogan. What’s wrong with Robert Deniro? I say this after having listened to this:
Between taking the photo above and laying myself on the bed, I had a tumble down the stairs from which I’m still smarting. I was thinking about what I was going to put in this blog entry and didn’t pay attention to the bottom set of stairs curving,
I planned to blog about being a Laowai in JJ. As I was walking the campus and taking video for todzy’s AKIC Daily, I heard someone say ´Laowai’. I looked up and saw three male students leaning on a third floor railing looking at me. I walked on feeling a little self-conscious. I later was driving in downtown JJ. Stopped at a light, I noticed that the driver on my right was staring at me in a manner that screamed ‘there’s a Laowai driving!’ I felt self conscious for an instant.
This is the book I was currently reading:
A good read. I found it because my favorite blogger David Warren mentioned its author.
I’m listening to this podcast:
The Trump guilty verdict in NYC for misallocating campaign funds was total kangaroo. Anyone who could support the verdict is either stupid, suffering from TDS or evil.
Trump 2024!
At school, I took a couple photos of the mountain above:
Meanwhile I finished reading this book;
Today, a Friday where everyone will just want to get the day over with.
I’m still listening to the Tucker Carlson podcast interview with Jeffrey Sachs. BTW.
Played Every Breath You Take by the Police for my grade tens. One student exclaimed “yeah!” Because he knew and appreciated the song.
I just discovered a wicked version of Wanted Man done by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds,
Here’s what I’m listening to to pass the time;
A good listen.
I’m about to go to school and encounter the fresh horrors of this day.
So reader, are you a wanted man or are you wanted by everybody? I am neither. Perhaps thankfully this is so.
I took some photos:
This is a different view of the mountain that features in all my daily views from the JJ apartment.
This morning. Grade 12 CIE Math test. Seven students. Two went to sleep right away.
This morning, I’m drinking this:
We’ve run out of coffee pods for this academic year.
There are a group of grade 11s at our school that are horrible. One teacher had them for 7:20 AM classes four times in one week. Half of them would come to class and immediately go to sleep…
Here is s nice view from our school:
It hasn’t been a satisfying 24 hours. The sinful nature of mankind is getting to me. People are annoying! I don’t have a graceful and effective way to deal with it,
Today, I’ll go to the visa office. My fingers will be crossed.
Yesterday evening this:
Back in JJ, our fridge is well stocked with drinks.
Tony tells me Man U beat Man City in the FA Cup final. Which reminds me, I’ll have to check to see how the Oilers did against the Stars…..
They lost. Series tied at one.
This will be my other concern:
I haven’t won a league in a while,
I’m listening to the following podcast:
Now, I’m listening to this:
On the way back from the mall I saw this sign:
and this video:
I will listen to this podcast:
Mollie Hemingway is good. Harsanyi is a second banana.
