Monthly Archives: May 2011

Yellow Mountain and the Villages

I decided on the spur of the moment to go somewhere and picked Hingcun and Xidi villages and the Yellow Mountain as Huangshan, the main city there, is only 5 hours by bus from Nanjing. So I got my ticket and off I went. By the time I got to Hongcun village it was topping… Read More »

My new bike

I have decided to go on a health kick and start to eat more sensibly and to get some more exercise. So I went with Lynn to the back streets and alleys around Mochou Lu to where the second hand bike men hang out. There we found a small number of men with a couple… Read More »

The face of SSL LED light bulbs

Part of the office is sub-let to Intavision, a company owned Mr Jiang. He sits opposite me and for some time has been promising me a starring role in a commercial his company was making. So when the time came for a screen test I was quite excited. The customer seemed happy with my look… Read More »

My new friend

Annamarie and I were in Shanghai on a course at the British Council and having a nice quiet meal in the evening near the hotel where we were staying. I felt sorry for a guy eating on his own so invited him over. He was nice, very funny and chatty. As I was leaving for… Read More »