http://hailonginchina.blogdrive.com/ HaiLong in China Sun, 23 Jan 2005 04:31:03 PST http://www.blogdrive.com Copyright 2005. Travel People Geography http://hailonginchina.blogdrive.com/archive/13.html Tue, 18 Jan 2005 12:43:45 GMT It's been a long time away from the lair.... but something must have happened in the offices of power to reverse the ban on Blogdrives in China.... I'M BACK AND READY TO BLOG TO MY HEARTS CONTENT!! This is a short message to check that my excitement is not premature...... never really been a problem before, but that's another story most probably don't want to hear..... Also to say to y'all.... Keep an eye out for my blog notifications and stay in touch through the comments and chat functions. I'll check it all daily and I think it's better than me group emailing people and filling their In... (more) http://hailonginchina.blogdrive.com/comments?id=13 http://hailonginchina.blogdrive.com/archive/12.html Thu, 13 May 2004 12:42:47 GMT Returned from Tianchi to the news that Geoffrey... the jolly.... great mass of a man that we have all shared more than a few laughs with over a Baijio...... had to up and go hastily to deal with a family emergency in Australia..... Sad to see him go.... A great guy! I know that he will cross paths with Hai Long again someday. Man zuo Geoffrey! Now going through the post holiday blues.... Thank god for the music my sister sent me for my birthday.... and for my new.... very flash... full suspension mountian bike. Sometimes it's the little things that are comforting.... Many... (more) http://hailonginchina.blogdrive.com/comments?id=12 http://hailonginchina.blogdrive.com/archive/11.html Thu, 13 May 2004 12:05:37 GMT May 10th 2004 Last week I went to Tianchi.... Otherwise known as Heaven Lake.... and as I discovered, it is named this for a very good reason. I went with 2 of my colleagues (Pia and Chris) both Canadians; and some of my students and friends. Tianchi is a majestic place.... Towering peaks capped in a permanent snowy icing against a turqoise blue lake.... Green meadows that seem to hold on, precariously perched on steep craggy outcrops then cascading down amongst pine forests, occasionally showing their yellow flowered brilliance before disappearing under a blanket of snow in a... (more) http://hailonginchina.blogdrive.com/comments?id=11 http://hailonginchina.blogdrive.com/archive/10.html Thu, 13 May 2004 11:04:40 GMT OK... So I don't know how that last entry became white.... but not to worry.... It's there... so I'm not complaining! Thought I'd share a little of my life with you.... some of you may think that I've done a lot of drinking alcohol while I've been here. It's true... I've consumed more alcohol in 6 months in China than I have in probably 3 years in Sydney.... most of it Baijio.... all of it horrible. But even then it's been maybe three drinking sessions in as many months. Such is the custom over here. You get invited out by many people and they all love to drink the evil juice. I'm... (more) http://hailonginchina.blogdrive.com/comments?id=10 http://hailonginchina.blogdrive.com/archive/9.html Thu, 13 May 2004 09:20:18 GMT It's been a long time coming and I hope this one works. I've been flaming mad and firey tempered with these computers and the Blogdrive system..... a while back I lost seven entries in a row..... the damned computer kept blanking out every time I hit the Publish button. Now I hope we have it all sorted!!!! Good to have you back to the Lair! I've got a few months to catch up on.... Not all at once though... February 12th... Celebrations in the Lair.... Hai Long turned 34... I was treated to a surprise cake and pyrotechnic candle midway through my class. After class it... (more) http://hailonginchina.blogdrive.com/comments?id=9 http://hailonginchina.blogdrive.com/archive/6.html Wed, 03 Mar 2004 11:05:39 GMT I worked like a Dragon over the Winter Intensive period..... That's the time when the school kids are on vacation from their "Labour Camp" styled schools and actually get to be kids..... if their parents don't send them to English School, that is. Fortunately for our school some parents decided that it was best that they don't let their little Johnny or Mary or Chen or Li, have a rest from the daily grind of study..... and they sent their kids to EF for a daily dose of the good word.... English! Oh and quite a few doses of the word QUIET!! and STOP!!! I'm not going to drone on about work.... (more) http://hailonginchina.blogdrive.com/comments?id=6 http://hailonginchina.blogdrive.com/archive/5.html Thu, 26 Feb 2004 14:13:57 GMT It's been a long time away from the Lair.... Computer problems and being very busy have meant no entries on life in China..... no warped, verbose stories about bad music or observations of the people I've been meeting. I miss writing about it and sharing it with those of you that are interested. Well.... an update of things that have occurred in the last month and a bit. Following the mess that was so verbosely portrayed in the Kazakh Koncert Kapers entry, I was approaching another concert request with fear and apprehension. However this proved to be unfounded as it was Classical Music from... (more) http://hailonginchina.blogdrive.com/comments?id=5 http://hailonginchina.blogdrive.com/archive/4.html Tue, 03 Feb 2004 05:51:25 GMT My first Blog for ages.... I'm nearly at the end of the Winter Intensive and feeling pretty tired actually. Thank goodness we had a week off in the middle to recharge or I think I'd be run down and sick by now. This is just a short Blog to say watch this space in the next week for an update of life in Provincial China. If you're wondering what the heck the title of this Blog is about, then you really don't know my mind and the way it works...... I'm finding that compared to many people I meet, my mind works in a warped and complex way! No wonder it takes me so long to work out how I feel... (more) http://hailonginchina.blogdrive.com/comments?id=4 http://hailonginchina.blogdrive.com/archive/3.html Mon, 12 Jan 2004 15:00:54 GMT A dose of larrikin local Kazakh comedy was sampled by two befuddled foreign looking lads in the company of a luscious local lady last night at the Karamay Koncert Hall. It was a spectacular to behold with a mixed programme of guitar, D¨ımbra, stand up and two hep dudes in very bad suits...... oh and the dead fox accessorising the day-glo orange suit was a personal favourite! The lads (who shall henceforth remain anonymous for their own credibility's sake) assimilated into the thousand strong crowd as oil does to water. It was unclear at one point if the acts were on stage or sitting in the... (more) http://hailonginchina.blogdrive.com/comments?id=3 http://hailonginchina.blogdrive.com/archive/2.html Sat, 03 Jan 2004 12:11:14 GMT Welcome to the Dragons Lair Thanks for stopping by.... and for the recent comments.... It really does work! Well the New Year is already well underway.... The last few weeks one continuous blur of late nights, parties and celebrations of..... well.... just being here..... and different. If there is one thing the people here love to do it is to host a party.... and there are plenty of people here.... you can do the maths..... seven days in a week, plenty of people wanting to host a party and they love to invite foreign teachers..... and there's not many of us to go around, so it's been a... (more) http://hailonginchina.blogdrive.com/comments?id=2