Shenzhen is full of thieves, prostitutes and hustlers.
That said, it has a bad side too.
Archives for November 2009
Thanksgiving In Changsha, Hunan Province
MyRedChina Server Outage
I apologize if you tried to access my blog and were not able to. My server was down and this happens all the time.
I usually just write the admins pure nonsense to bump my help ticket up. This time I chose a chinese theme:
Reset Please
Shopping For Produce In China
Now let’s say you want to buy some produce at the supermarket. Naturally you’ll make your selections, bag em up, and bring them with the rest of your grocceries to the front of the store. In China it’s a little different.
Adjust Your Shower/Water Heater In China
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Because I was taking warm for 1 minute then freezing showers for the last week or so (and assuming I was maliciously given a faulty shower) I am sharing this in case you are having trouble with your shower in China (and can access this page) and need help.
The [...]
How China Will Change You
I remember after my uncle came back from Vietnam he was never quite the same.
“That place changes you, man” he said to me, “Big time”.
When he came back to the US, where things were supposed to be better, sometimes they weren’t.
Sometimes they were just different. He had nightmares. He took to drinking heavily.
That he went [...]
Dinner In China
Yep. It’s all-you-can-eat dog night again.
The Gwailo
The tools I need for my work are paper, tobacco, food, and a little whiskey. William Faulkner
I’ve been reading William Faulkner. In fact I read anything I can get my hands on here. Part of me wishes that I was out here writing a novel or script instead of internet businessing but that’s stupid because [...]
Using An Elevator In China
You’re in China. You want to go to go upstairs or downstairs quickly without actually using stairs. What do you do?
If you said ‘take the elevator’ give yourself a pat on the back. You’re gonna go far.
Using an elevator in China is different than using one in other places.
Let’s begin.
I Accidentally Ate Dog
I went to dinner with my friend Felix and he had thought that I knew that Hot Pot at this certain place meant dog. I didn’t know. During a later indignant speech about how eating dogs is wrong Felix told me that I had in fact eaten dog already. Later Felix pointed it out on [...]