May 18th, 2007 at 4:53PM:
I really don't enjoy karaoke. I'm sure it comes from the fact that it had a peak of popularity in North America during my high school years – a time that I don't often enjoy recollecting! I started to perform live when I was ten and so all of my classmates knew that I had a "nice voice" and I was often cajoled and dragged and/or berated into singing at various parties and school events. ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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A Canadian in Beijing: The Inevitability of Karaoke
May 18th, 2007 at 4:53PM:
I really don't enjoy karaoke. I'm sure it comes from the fact that it had a peak of popularity in North America during my high school years – a time that I don't often enjoy recollecting! I started to perform live when I was ten and so all of my classmates knew that I had a "nice voice" and I was often cajoled and dragged and/or berated into singing at various parties and school events. ...A Canadian in Beijing: Hot Shots, Hot Pots & Distant Thoughts
May 16th, 2007 at 2:28AM:
On Sunday night, I had the great pleasure of having dinner with my cousin. Well, actually, he's the son of my Mother's cousin and so I suppose that means that we're second cousins, to be precise! He and his partner are on vacation and this was their last night in Beijing. We made plans for dinner and I solicited my friend Rui to come with me. Remember when I fell in love with the moped? Well, ...Building or Chinese Menu Item?
Sep 20th, 2006 at 3:00PM: Seeing pictures of the proposed new biomedical research center in Chengdu, China (Szechuan province) reminded me of some menu items I tried in that city last year. One reporter called the proposed building "the blob."
The Szechuan province, of course, is home to that terrific spicy food that is ubiquitous in Chinese restaurants everywhere, usually on the menu right next to an asterisk or a nearby ...
