One thing that sucks about Valencia: “They” say it’s a partytown, but “they” don’t say that their music actually sucks big fucking time and – more important – that their – supposedly awesome – parties start after 4am. I mean, come on, why should you not be able to have a great time before bloody [...]
things happening in Beijing and Valencia
I wanted to write this post earlier already, but didn’t get to it. So now we have a collection of a couple of days… While having a look at my Woopra stats two nights ago, I came across an article that was recently published in CityWeekend Beijing, about hikes on the Great Wall. A nice [...]
move to Valencia – Sept 16
I went to Amsterdam again to have lunch with my brother, good seeing him! In the afternoon I met with Lynn, Lotte and Michael. Last year October they came with the dance-troupe ISH to Beijing and I took them to the Great Wall and we spent some evenings together. Was nice to catch up with [...]
London Olympics: FUN
In the last couple of days I have had a couple of discussions with friends about the 8 minute performance for the London 2012 Olympic Games during the Closing Ceremony of the Beijing Olympics on August 24. Basically none of my friends share my opinion and found it (the performance) a total disaster. In my [...]
the point of no return
It seems inevitable that my 10yr stay in China will abruptly come to an end on September 9 this year. Last week I heard that my residence visa cannot be extended. During the last few days I have been drilling into my network for solutions, but during these Olympic times, with regulations tighter than ever [...]
Snippets intro
What is it with blogs? About a year ago I started writing a blog. Obviously the start was enthusiastically, but within a couple of months I found less time and/or energy to write about stuff that happened in my life. This year March I decided to get rid of it altogether, because I hadn’t been [...]