The silly season is here again when owners dress their dogs up in their winter outfits; boots, coats, leggings, hat, gloves and scarf and parade them on the streets to their admiring public. Then the obligatory dying of the poodles ears amd tails will begin. Actually I saw one today on Guangzhou Lu. A poodle… Read More »
Last year I got quite excited about the cricket fighting and this year I was keen to get back to the flower and bird market at the rear of the Confucius Temple. I was not disappointed. There I found hundreds of little tins containing little fighting crickets. Some crickets were very large and kept in… Read More »
I have decided to undertake a course on journalism and travel writing from the London School of Journalism. They have a lot of interesting courses which can be done via distance learning. So I have gone for the Freelance Travel Writing course and have completed the first module. It is interesting so far and I… Read More »
Apparently the streets of Nanjing were quiet over the Mid-Autumn festival. I wasn’t there, I was in Shanghai but I think they’s all came there, the place was heaving especially in the financial district across the river. The crowds made it difficult to walk in parts (just like in Ikea the day before!). I never… Read More »
Every Monday and Wednesday I go to a textile company and teach the son of the owner. Jimmy wants to study in the USA. Actually I think his father wants him to study in the USA. I think Jimmy wants to stay in Shanghai, eat hamburgers and surf the web in his bedroom but such… Read More »