Nov
13
2007
Extortion for money? Things turned ugly or bastardized when it’s being politicalized, or when lawyers get involved. Did they get jailed because of some other things they did? Solely on Tiananmen? Then why Prof Ding Zilin is living free?
Nov
13
2007
Recently I’ve been eating Kimbo jiaozi, dumplings which are pretty good: decent fillings and al dente skin. They offer many varieties but lamb, unfortunately. I also tried wei-chuan’s Nanxiang 南翔 xiao longbao which is too sweet for my taste.
Nov
13
2007
Torrent of news about stampede at Chinese supermarket for discount oil made me wonder how/why do those people have some much time on hand? It’s not like you’ll be saving a few hundred on a TV or alike, but a bottle of oil for god sake. I like bargain if I see one, but I don’t like [...]
Nov
13
2007
A Palestinian immigrant from Syria, Mr Khader is set to emerge from Tuesday’s general election as the holder of the balance of power. Look at that .. America has it share of worldliness and sophistication - their economy, but the geography makes it also very unsavvy at time, many never have a passport, don’t speak second language .. [...]
Nov
13
2007
Fixing da toilet leak is not hard at all. The learning curve is long thou. First time the guy at Home Depot told me to buy the cover on the right side. I replaced it. But the leak still exist. So I went there the second time, showed them pic, explained what I had replaced. The guy [...]