double happiness redux

What do I like about China? (other than low taxes, cheap beer, and the availability of fried chicken.) The stories. In a country with 5000 years of recorded history there’s a tale or two to be told. While the Europeans were living in caves, a movie character once memorably said, the Chinese were building cities…

an evil weekend

The constant rain, that had me wondering how to build an ark, has passed. The sky over Shenzhen is now a bright seasonal blue and full of fluffy clouds. There is that evil ball of flame some call the sun, it’s only purpose to burn me to a crisp, to contend with. Better that than…

Two showers

It’s not 10 am quite yet and I have had two showers. The first was a hasty wash and shave after a phone call from a colleague. There was a summer camp applicant in his office, a walk-in, could I come speak to her? No. I was working from home. Can you speak to her…