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26 Aug 08
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This Site is Moving! I got tired of accessing this site through Tor so I bought a new domain and moved the site to http://oneeyedpandasjournal.com. Please switch your readers to http://oneeyedpandasjournal.com/feed/. But it’s still the same great content at a new... |
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23 Aug 08
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An Amazing Polymath Monday marked the end of the project which has been taking up much of my work and personal life for the last couple of weeks. I haven’t been blogging since them I’ve been spending a lot of time just reading other people’s blogs. On... |
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10 Aug 08
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Posting Will Be Very Light for the Next Little While I’m in the middle of a major project at work — no that’s not right. I am struggling with a major project at work at the moment. and that is seeping up all of my time and desire to blog so posting will be a bit light here for another... |
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30 Jul 08
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The Terrorists Have Disappeared I’ve kept my eye out for any more information on the Turkistan Islamic Party and so far the only piece of news that I’ve come across in the Chinese blogosphere is this post from Michael of Opposite End of China.
Michael like me doesn’t... |
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27 Jul 08
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So China has Islamic Terrorists Now? Last week I wrote a post on Lost Laowai wondering about how China defined terrorism. I wondered why China wasn’t declaring the Kuming bus bombings a terrorist act even if it was done by someone with a local grievance. When I wrote it I was just... |
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26 Jul 08
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Roger’s New Summer Hair Cut I know it’s been way too long since I posted any photos of Roger, our dog here. He got a summer hair cut and looks much bigger than the last time I posted photos of him. As you can see he’s a bit of a camera hound.
Enjoy
J. |
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26 Jul 08
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China’s Young Neo-Conservatives Anyone who wants to learn more about the young Chinese nationalists that were behind much of the anti-CNN backlash around the time of March’s T1bet riots should read Evan Osnos’ piece in this week’s New Yorker. It paints an interesting... |
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24 Jul 08
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How to Turn My Week Around WIth all the frustration I’ve been going through on the Olympic editorial I’ve been writing it’s felt like a less than successful week work wise. That changed today not cause I finally got the editorial right — we’ve switched... |
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22 Jul 08
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I Could Use A Little Escapism Well as I mentioned in my last post, I’m a little fed up with the Olympics right now. It’s not that I’ve got anything against the Olympics. I just have an Olympic-sized enormous Olympics hangover from all the coverage that it’s... |
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16 Jul 08
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A China-free Summer Reading List Recently I’ve really been enjoying two Canadian literary blogs, Seen Reading and the Quillblog. Seen Reading is about what one writers sees Canadians reading while the other is from a respected Canadian literary journal. All the books they discuss... |
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13 Jul 08
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Taking a Walk Through 60’s New York In all this heat, I’ve been watching a lot of DVDs. Tonight’s choice was the first episode of AMC’s series Mad Men.
I’ve only watched the first episode but the show seems to feature everything that I like about the 60’s:... |
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05 Jul 08
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My Story Began 29 Years Ago…. On Thursday I celebrated my 29th birthday. It didn’t feel like a momentous birthday. I know that in about 362 days I will be turning 30 but turning 29 didn’t seem like a funeral durge. Instead it just felt like a slightly more special day... |
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02 Jul 08
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Happy (Late) Canada Day Since I can’t be at home for Canada Day I pay attention to a lot of the articles that are written about Canada in Canadian newspapers. David Burwick, former CEO of Pepsi-QTG Canada was an American living in Canada for two years. And as he wrote in... |
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30 Jun 08
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Back in China and Things are Returning to Normal…for the Better Well we made it home yesterday safe and sound without any problems. Jetlag is still a little bit present — I am writing this post at 10:55pm after all, but generally we’re recovering pretty well. There are a couple things that are different... |
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27 Jun 08
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One More Quick Note For those of you who didn’t click on the links in my last post, I’ve started to write for Lost Laowai again. You can find my latest post here.
Next post will be from back home in Shanghai.
J. |
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27 Jun 08
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Last Day in Canada Well today is our last day in Canada, tomorrow we get back on a plane and return to China. This trip is just what Winnie and I need. We’ve had a lot of fun together visiting Niagara Falls, my aunt’s farm and the CN Tower.
Last night we also went out to one of China’s larger [...] |
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24 Jun 08
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Canada So Far! We’ve been here almost five full days now and things are going really really well, My brother’s wedding went perfectly. He and his wife got exactly what they wanted and everyone had a great time. Winnie also had a blast. She is loving every... |
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20 Jun 08
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The Struggle Obtaining A Canadian Visa And Other General Life Stress If you want to know where I’ve been for most of the last month, I’d say “in front of my computer”. But instead of blogging, I’ve been wrestling with some important real-life issues.
First Winnie and I have spent the last... |
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24 May 08
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We Survived the Flood I haven’t been posting much over the last two weeks because I’ve just been way too busy and way too stressed out with work. I have been preparing for a number of company events that are taking place next week and they’ve just taken up... |
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12 May 08
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Today’s Earthquake: The Day China Entered the Twitter Era I’m sure by now you’ve heard about the earthquake that hit Sichuan today. It was so big that we even felt it in Shanghai.
When it happened I was sitting at my desk working on my computer. I felt a little dizzy and I thought it was just from... |
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12 May 08
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Something To Remember When You Return to Work Tomorrow: Safety Note: I tried to post this last night, but I couldn’t because of technical glitches. After today’s earthquake the recommendations seem all that more important.
J.
I was really surprised this week when I received the latest issue of EuroBiz,... |
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06 May 08
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I Think My Dog Has a Shoe Fetish It’s been almost a month since we got Roger and things are going well. Roger is a strong healthy puppy. He’s always full of energy. And I mean full of energy. He runs everywhere.
I also think he’s developed a bit of a shoe fetish as he... |
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01 May 08
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China Visa Update This week I attended an AmCham seminar on the new regulations for Chinese visas. I thought I’d share my notes with everyone so that you can all be informed about the new rules:
There are no changes to the Z (work) visa procedure. These visas are... |
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27 Apr 08
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A Little Sunday Evening Reading Work has been keeping me pretty busy this week so I haven’t had the energy to post — what energy I did have left over from the week I spent at a friend’s birthday party on Friday evening. I’ve spent most of the weekend escaping... |
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22 Apr 08
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The Great China Visa Debate On Saturday morning while I was sitting in Starbucks a group of Laowais walked in and they were talking how they were all afraid that they were going to all be kicked out of China because they can’t renew their visas. Now from their conversation I... |
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12 Apr 08
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A New Member of the Family Today, we welcomed home a new member of our family — our new dog Roger.
More pictures and updates to follow soon.
J. |
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07 Apr 08
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Eye Update 2: The Laser Surgery is Done! I had the laser surgery this morning and everything went fine. I’ll be back to full steam tomorrow.
Regular posts will resume later this week.
J. |
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06 Apr 08
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Revisit the Shanghai International Literary Festival Reading Cityweekend yesterday, I found out that the editors had recorded many of the talks from the Shanghai International Literary Festival. Having attended the festival I think this is a great way for those who couldn’t attend to catch up on... |
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06 Apr 08
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Eye Update 1: Time for Laser Well I went for another visit to the eye doctor on Thursday and it was decided that I should have some minor laser surgery. Unfortunately, this can’t be done at Huashan Hospital where I usually go. Instead I have to make the trip to Fudan... |
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02 Apr 08
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Where Have You Been? I know it’s been way too long since I last posted, but I’ve been busy. In the last three weeks, I’ve been to Beijing, swamped with work and trying to help my girlfriend get a visa for our trip to visit my parents in Canada in June. Now... |
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16 Mar 08
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A Note on Qiu Xiaolong On Friday I made another trip down to the Shanghai International Literary Festival to see mystery writer Qiu Xiaolong in conversation with Beijing-based mystery writer Catherine Sampson.
It was a great event for me because I have been reading... |
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