Author Archives: Jon

I’m just back in Xi’an after a wonderfully recuperating few days in Shanghai. For once I’m not starting a blog wondering what I’ll find to write about, but instead wondering how to fit a  great six days into one trip … Continue reading →

Last week I mentioned I was thinking of going to Shanghai during our upcoming holiday. Well, I’ve booked my train tickets and I’m off tomorrow. I can’t tell you how much I need a holiday and to get away from … Continue reading →

I started last week’s post saying how I’d been a bit down lately having gone through two of the worst “China days” I’ve had so far. As I’ve still been pretty down over the past week I tried to work … Continue reading →

Last week I wrote a great blog post, but I decided not to post it as it is far too personal. By the time I wrote the post on Wednesday I’d been feeling pretty low for a week anyway and … Continue reading →

Another week another blog. Just like how in my early posts I always moaned about being ill, it’s now becoming a bit of a theme that I’ll start a blog post lamenting that I haven’t got anything interesting to write … Continue reading →

Once again I’m writing in Starbucks. Public places seem to be the only place I can get a substantial amount of writing done. Somehow when I’m at home and in silence I get distracted by every little thing and it … Continue reading →

As I’m writing this on Wednesday morning, hopefully, for the first time in a month or so, this week’s blog update will be on time! I thought this week I would write an update on teaching. The main reason I’m … Continue reading →

I wrote a version of this post last week but didn’t publish it because I wasn’t happy with the writing or wording, and it didn’t communicate my thoughts clearly into text. Straying way off-topic, I somehow ended up writing about … Continue reading →

Last week it was Lantern Festival, the 15th day of the Chinese New Year. Chinese New Year festivities began on the 23rd of January with a new moon, and 15 days later the festivities ended on the 8th of February … Continue reading →

I felt at a bit of a loss of what to write on the blog last week. I normally try to write at least once a week, and it’s usually on a Tuesday or Wednesday, but it’s now the following … Continue reading →