Monthly Archives: October 2009

What more could you want?

Posted on October 31, 2009 by Ian

Its about to turn cold here in Beijing.  In fact it might even snow tomorrow.  So today was time to take advantage of what might be one of the last days of nice autumn weather in my time here, by … Continue reading →

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Really inspires you with confidence

Posted on October 27, 2009 by Ian

I’ve been doing and still have quite a bit of flying to do this year.  So reading about the 2 pilots on the Northwest Airlines flight who missed their destination is not exactly inspiring me with confidence.  There were suspicions … Continue reading →

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Great Wall

Posted on October 26, 2009 by Ian

Went to the Great Wall at Mutianyu today.  It was spectacular – not only the wall but all the autumn foliage on the trees. A bonus was the toboggan ride back down from the wall.  And yes, fast food in … Continue reading →

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I don’t think I’ll be trying this

Posted on October 24, 2009 by Ian

So far in my first week in Beijing, I’ve eaten plenty of good and cheap food.  Beijing duck (and a whole lot of other food) one night, all for just over $20 a person.  A team dinner last night at … Continue reading →

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In Beijing

Posted on October 20, 2009 by Ian

I’m now in Beijing, for a few weeks for work.  Beside the work, I will get in a bit of sightseeing and shopping on the weekends.  Yesterday after I arrived I went for a bit of an outing, to Jingshan … Continue reading →

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Oh my god, woman has breasts

Posted on October 16, 2009 by Ian

Meghan McCain, daughter of Republican presidential candidate John McCain, specifically is the one I’m talking about.  She posted a picture of herself in a tanktop, displaying a fair bit of boobage, on Twitter, and it really got the wowsers stirred … Continue reading →

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On my way to KL

Posted on October 13, 2009 by Ian

In a couple of hours I’ll be on a plane to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.  I’ve got a few days work stuff to do there, then all day Saturday to do some shopping and sightseeing before flying out very late Saturday … Continue reading →

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Must be something in the water?

Posted on October 13, 2009 by Ian

….that causes extreme racism in young men around Cronulla, in Sydney.  The proud tradition of the 2005 race riots has been carried on by James Anthony Dean-Willcocks, who, after a drunken night out celebrating his 23rd birthday, came across a … Continue reading →

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It just wasn’t meant to be – take 2

Posted on October 12, 2009 by Ian

Matthew Millington was a British soldier who developed an incurable lung condition while serving in Iraq.  A year later he was told he would die in two years unless he had a transplant. So he had the lung transplant. And … Continue reading →

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Going down, down, down to Pussy Town

Posted on October 8, 2009 by Ian

As a man, I’m not sure I should be promulgating stories that just demonstrate that men are gullible desperadoes.  But I will anyhow. There is a myth circulating in China that there is a town in Sweden with a population … Continue reading →

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