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
So Joe pardoned Hunter? What to make of it? Proof beyond a doubt that Joe Biden is/was corrupt. His defense of it saying it would avoid political prosecutions is head-shaking because it is another example of Liberal prosecution. Let’s hope he goes to the grave soon.
Horrible President.
One kid brought a special sleeping device to the 7:20 AM class. He always sleeps in my class and I’m just content to leave it at that because otherwise the kid will be more annoying. But is this a bridge too far?
What bugs me about soccer is how there is only one little ball on a big field with so many players. Why not give each player a ball? That will stop the ugly conflicts that happen as the game is currently played.
Device problems. My MacBook is getting slow. This morning, it was freezing as I was trying to do a presentation. As well, my bedroom air con was giving me heat this morning even though it had given me heat just last night.
Hoping to meet Weiming Zhao but he’ll be in Xinjiang till January 3.
Operation I’ll be back in Canada is slowly startling. I’m giving out feelers.
Today: two classes and then nothing. I may go for a drive this morning.
This afternoon, not much to do so I didn’t do much. Watched the kids rehearse for the Winter Show.
Someone sent some information that A.I. collected about him on the Internet which included stuff I had written about him, in jest, years ago. AI. told him he was a male model, philanthropist, tech innovator and three time winner of the Shanghai Expat of the Year award. I then asked A.I. what it knew about the Wuxi China Expatdom.
I took this photo at school.
Lots of birds cooing outside the window means birdshit on the car. I’m parked below the buzzards.
I’ll miss some aspects of my current school. I won’t miss a lot of the students, I’m sad to say. All the prepping I do for them is wasted.
Growing up in The 70s, I said. Before I could finish what I was saying, they laughed. I found it curious. Not offended. Still, it was an omen. Next day: too old they told me.
At the gate, a stern looking Boguan guy at the school gate. He’s looking for knife wielding maniacs. A needle in the haystack operation.
I was in Eastern Canada in the 70s and the start of the 80s. Gagetown, Oromocto and Fredericton. There was a Saint John’s and a Saint Johns? Saint John is and Saint John. One is New Brunswick and another in Newfoundland. Which was which?
I’m a victim of World War 2. It changed my parents’ destiny. They were DPs thrown into a foreign land. I was born into this morass and I thought I could escape it by going abroad from where my parents settled. I was an exile by birth who became an expatriate but was really a gypsy, a modern nomad. I was doomed never to find another person at all like me.
They either thinking about you or they’re not or very little.
You shouldn’t have bothered.
You should not bother.
Listening to Billy Joe Shaver, the Crow soundtrack, Duran Duran, AC DC’s Heatseeker, The Clash’s Janie Jones, Foreigner’s Dirty White Boy, and New Order.
Reading James Joyce. Neil Oliver says Joyce’s Ulysses is a masterpiece.
Reading Czeslaw Milosz. I hope I spelt his name properly. Good read he is.
How well are my Greetings from Andis Kaulins videos doing? Not much viewership on YouTube. Maybe one has garnered any traffic. On WeChat, it depends upon to which Channel they are uploaded. On my Chateaubriand channel, they usually get at least 300 views; on my wuxiandis channel, not so much. This seems strange because I have 160 followers on wuxiandis, and only 16 on Chateaubriand. Maybe I should legally change my name to Chateaubriand; or more practically I should become the writer Chateaubriand, and the vlogger Chateaubriand as well.
They look to be girlfriend and boyfriend. But the more I observe them, they seem more like nurse and gobbering patient. The boy looks dull and timid.
Is there a Lake Normal? There is a Lake Erie.
Avoidant Personality disorder.
I heard Christmas music at the 85 degree bakery. Feliz Navidad! Looking forward to 2024 Christmas, am I? No. I won’t be celebrating it except by doing things to honor the birth of our savior. Otherwise, I’m hoping not to get any gifts. Because I’m not feeling attached enough to anyone, outside of my Jenny and my Tony, to exchange gifts with them. No gift giving in the K family. Christ is King! That’s the important thing.
