MilliCharity Anniversary Parties And a New Charity WeChat Account Charity can be truly uplifting. I’ve already covered the MilliCharity Elections. December also had a pair of MilliCharity anniversary parties. First up was the 4th anniversary of MilliCharity getting formally registered with the government. This is usually one of the biggest parties …
Facing the Reaper My First Experience with Carolina Reaper Recently, my beautiful daughter went to the USA to visit my parents. I made arrangements for her to bring me back something special. A bottle of Red Reaper by the Electric Pepper Company. There is only one ingredient. Finely powdered Carolina …
Attack of the Robowaitresses These Are The Droids You’ve Been Looking For Getting there is half the fun I was intrigued when the editor of HERE! asked me to check out Dongguan’s first restaurant to employ robots to serve clients. Back when I was in the US, I’d done combat robotics …
This Saturday (now Sunday) (now this coming Saturday), (now postponed again ) Hot Flaming Death Awaits! Someone is going to die, and it could be me. Twice, I have met the enemy. Once, I emerged victorious and accepted my opponent’s surrender. Once, primarily due to insufficient preparation on my …
A New Dining Hall Needs a Cantonese Feast My sector of the village (North Gate) recently finished constructing a new dining hall. How to celebrate? How about a huge Cantonese feast? Sector HQ is on the second floor in the projecting box above the columns. The dining …
Christmas Pizza With Daughter One inconvenient part about Christmas not being a publicly observed holiday in China is that the schools here hold class as normal on Christmas Day. Since my beautiful daughter lives at school during the week, I wasn’t going to get to see her on Christmas day. …
Christmas, Friends, and Pizza Back when I first came to China, food was a frequent topic of conversation. One of the common questions people asked me was “Which western food do you miss the most.” I replied “I miss good pizza.” The inevitable response was something along the lines …
8 years since I met my first friends in China Time flies when you’re a Lunatic. I first arrived in China on December 6, 2006 for an 8 month contract as an English teacher. Three days later, I went to my first English corner. Someone asked me about my favorite …