Category Archives: work

Jesus fucking christ, I’m in a completely country where 99% of the population doesn’t speak my language, you can’t find a goddamn cup of coffee, and I’m completely dependant on strangers to get something as simple as a micro-USB cable … Continue reading →

Day 3 rapidly draws to a close. Time to go get some dinner. Lunch was some great dim sum (and for about $6 for the 3 of us to eat). I could get used to that. Though, I had a … Continue reading →

Food good. And interesting. Alcohol makes a fabulous cure for jet lag. I need to learn spoken Chinese, real fast. Any suggestions for resources on basic grammar and vocabulary would be awesome.

three boarding passes, two bus rides, three passport stamps, two taxi rides, a shower, a flooded bathroom, a shave and one thoroughly authentically taiwanese (hah! seriously) lunch later, I have discovered that the two people I have come here to … Continue reading →

It’s not quite one night in Bangkok, but I’ll be spending two weeks in Shenzhen, China in March.

This blog entry about “how do you blog about work” got me thinking. If your boss caught you bitching about your job in a bar to a friend, would he care (assuming you weren’t telling him all about your company’s … Continue reading →