Posted in People and Places on Sep 22nd, 2008
“Quai Diar!” that was what I told the taxi driver who was smart enough to understand what my broken Chinese meant. I left our flat at 11:30 am even though I know that the conference will not be starting until 1:30 pm. I didn’t want to be late. Wordcamp China 2008 is the [...]
Posted in People and Places, Society and Culture on Sep 3rd, 2008
I feel utterly disregarded and taken advantage of.
I “HAD” a friend. I used a “past tense” because there’s no more friendship between us. She’s nothing to me now but a LEECH. Yes, that’s how I see her and she cannot change it anymore.
Now that I think of the past, I realize that she chose me. [...]
Posted in Home and Family, People and Places on Aug 16th, 2008
I found an old video of us making music at home. My father-in-law, Hans, is a hobbyist musician. Hans is a nice and funny guy. He’s always making jokes and funny faces. He plays the accordion but he can also play other musical instruments like keyboards, guitar, and drums. He has a regular job and [...]
Posted in People and Places, Society and Culture on Jul 26th, 2008
I am not a big sports fan but surprisingly I did enjoy following the recent European Masters Football Tournament. It was not the game that lured me into watching almost all of the matches but it was the people who are passionate about football and their team.
I was amazed by how the people showed their [...]
Posted in People and Places on Mar 17th, 2008
I am back from Beijing and a few days of not being able to blog left me tremendous amount of work. Updating nine blogs is not exactly a walk in the park so I probably will skip some of them. I got sick for a few days too so that made it more difficult. It [...]