One of the many Olympic countdown clocks

A culturally-constrained sense of humour; when is a room not a whole room; and experiencing divine retribution

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January 13th 2007
13th January 2007 What an incredibly eventful and fun-packed day! My alarm went of at 6am. Groaning with the pain of having to get up even earlier than for lessons, I rolled over to shut the gentle twinkling of my mobile up and felt the effects (of the massage) of the night before: something similar to post-stiffness of falling down the stairs, bumping every step along the way. How ... read more

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more