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I’ve seen the penguin out and about have you? It seems the Penquin and I have similar musical tastes, or maybe I’m stalking the penguin, or maybe the penguin is stalking me. He just got back from China but I never saw him here. I guess I’m not on the A-List.

…at Tsinghua for me to gain a reputation as a good presenter. My insistance on using my Mac, combined with the fact I used desktop spanning and a remote control, two things not seen often by the masses aided my cause. Desktop spanning particularly confused my International Marketing professor who kept insisting it was not [...]

Today is Canadian Thanksgiving in China. Well actually the official celebration seems to be Saturday at the St. Regis hotel. Danna and I have talked about going, but it is pretty formal and priced accordingly… Last year I had a pretty Chinese Thanksgiving. I wonder if anyone will invite Anni Cao for Thanksgiving dinner this [...]

I’ve been in China a while and I’m getting a feel for the local beverages. I drink a lot of fluids but especially in hot and humid weather. Beijing is actually starting to cool off, so maybe I’ll find a use for the non-iced coffee drinks at cafes soon. One of my best discoveries is [...]

After literally three days of not doing it, I finally forced myself to do my International Marketing assignment. It was assigned over the National Day/Golden Week holiday but I waited until the last day, ie the day it was due to actually work on it. In my defence, I have problems, and I was sick [...]