Blogs from Jiangsu, China, Asia - page 12

New photos on: http://s251.photobucket.com/albums/gg311/draftwrite/ …..Yangzhou's air, while by Australian standards is pretty woeful, is thankfully much cleaner than Beijing's. On a scale of air pollution on which 300 is considered an emergency & in the USA goes to a top reading of 500, it hit 755 in Beijing last week. That's apparently around 35 TIMES the safe level. The photos of the murky city's air reminds me of an old TV dog-food ad., “So chunky you could carve it”. Another commentator refers to it as, “Like evening in Mordor”. It's cold here, (always a little above or below freezing), but with some, sunny &, by Chinese standards, clear days..... …..Here comes the sun, doo-'n'-doo-da.....this is a brief blog to say to some readers, have a break while I'm away for the C... read more

Geo: 32.05, 118.78It's another Friday.I love Friday.It's the end of the week.Mahjong. The best game in the world.I played an extraordinary Ordinary hand.I managed to Kong 3 of my Circles.I was very excited. This week instead of a foot massage I decided to have my nails manicured.Any one who knows me would say,"Those stubs.... But you bite your nails!"Not any more.We are going to a charity event tonight so I have painted them a lovely Blue to go with my dress and my eyes. ... read more

Shanghaissa vietetyn vuodenvaihteen jälkeen tulin takaisin kotiin ensimmäinen tammikuuta. Koska keli oli todella lämmin ja aurinkoinen, niin päätin lähteä pyöräilemään kaupungille. En ollut ulkoiluttanut GoPro kameraani pitkään aikaan, joten tälläsin sen nököttämään tangon päälle akku täynnä. Tähän asti olikin tullut ajeltua pyörällä länsimaalaiseen herrasmiestapaan tilaa antaen ja liikennevaloja kunnioittaen. Nyt kummiskin jostain syystä teki mieli koittaa paikallisten ajotapaa. Eli koko ajan täysiä ja sieltä mennään mistä mahdutaan. Tällä tavoin ajaminen on kyllä todella paljon hauskempaa, mutta ei ehkä terveellisempää kuin rauhassa pyöräkaistalla hiisaaminen. Kaikenkaikkiaan ajoin muutaman tunnin, mutta ekat 35 minuuttia tuli pyörittyä Changshun keskustassa aiheuttamassa pahennusta. Video on todella huonolaatuinen, koska mun tietokone ei jostain syystä halunnut käsitellä parempi... read more

Geo: 32.05, 118.78Finally we have been invited to a Chinese wedding and we have another party to go to.Doesn't it always work out that way...PART 1It was pouring with rain. The Chinese don't have a ceremony but they have a series of parties.Sounds like a great idea to me.They also do an amazing range of photos. Different dresses, locations very cute.There are posters up in the entrance.They also had an interesting video which had all of the great Chinese leaders having a meeting. We Westerners had no idea what was going on.... and in the end the bride and groom where on the screen in their army uniform. We laughed when others laughed and applauded when others applauded. It was great. When we first arrived the bride was in a traditional western white wedding dress.She then ... read more

New photos on: http://s251.photobucket.com/albums/gg311/draftwrite/ …..”Ni hao” is a universal greeting in China. It means, literally, “You good”. It's approximate pronunciation is “Knee how”. The connection to the title will become clear in this issue, largely devoted to being in hospital in China. I am, at the time of writing, in good health, however my colleague & co-singer / guitarist, Steve, is not. Read on..... …..I've been to the hospital twice today to visit Steve. Coming back from a party last night (about 12.30am), on his e-scooter he swerved to avoid another bike & clipped his knee against one of those substantial municipal rubbish bins. He didn't come off but found out a couple of hundred metres further on he'd smashed his right knee badly. He felt queasy on discovering the displaced... read more