When love turns to obsession
It has been rough few days. Emotionally rough. In fact, so rough that I couldn’t even blog about it. I had to let it simmer in my mind and let it cool down first. Let me see what I can … Continue...
View ArticleWhen love turns to obsession (Part II)
Awkward. Sure. Saturday morning I walked into the office. J was there alone. He looked up and nodded at me the way you would look at someone who, the previous night, was drunk and acted stupidly,...
View ArticleMis-adventure and adventure
It could be paranoia, but I doubt it is. Last night K phoned me. She sounded like she was phoning from a bus terminal. “My daddy is taking me out to eat”, she said. “Where are you?”, I had asked. …...
View ArticleXi’an ain’t around the corner, man
Twelve hours. Half a day. From 5 in the afternoon to 5 the morning. That is how long it took the bus to get from Shiyan to Xi’an. But I was lucky. They assigned me a bed to the back … Continue reading →
View ArticleSo, when exactly do those condoms expire?
(Continued from the previous post) Once they opened the gates for us to board our train, the ocean of people spilled onto the platform. Men, women, children, mother’s with babies, hundreds, if not...
View ArticleStomach upset
Why is it that I can stick my finger so far down my throat that I can feel the pipe thingy and not gag, but when, with my toothbrush, I brush a little further back than the tip of my … Continue reading →
View ArticleWho’s horny? Me!
A few Chinese boyfriends are sitting around a table sipping strong green tea. They are bantering about their conquests and their present activities with their hot girlfriends. The hot girlfriends,...
View ArticleWTF, man?
There are a few similarities between my expensive new shoes and the current state of my relationship with K. We look good togeter, it’s comfortable, but there is something that just doesn’t feel right....
View ArticleNow, in my head
Do I really want to stay in China? If yes, why? Do I want to stay because I like it here? I don’t like this particular city that much. Is it the money? No, the money is actually quite shit. … Continue...
View ArticleBlog Constipation
“Do you have Blog constipation?”, asked my sister, referring to my recent lack of entries. No, not really, but there is just so much going on so fast that I really feel lost when I sit down to try and...
View ArticleThe plot thickens (and so do jelly with too much gelatine)
Like when Pamela woke up to find Bobby in the shower, after we all thought he had died in the ’80’s hit, Dallas, so an email from an unexpected source arrived in my inbox this morning. I was just as …...
View ArticleCry me a bucket
Last night I cried. Like an 8 year old, who after 2 months without front teeth, finally fully re-grew the permanent ones, only to fall and knock them out. It was a deep, gut-wrenching weep, like I...
View ArticleThe devil’s in the number
“Three things”, he says sitting on the other side of the small table, looking incredibly far away considering it’s size. I squint, but still can’t see his face. The light hanging from the ceiling has...
View ArticleAny way the wind blows
Last Wednesday, I broke up with K. Or, I tried to anyway. I took the opportunity following one of our little spats, which I now realise are not spats at all, but merely a form of communication. “I want...
View ArticleJustify
So, the Ex sent a message saying she asked your son if he wanted to visit you in China, and he said no, several times. Message content: “When r u comin 2 kk? Do u hav 2 take him to … Continue reading →
View ArticleKnowing me knowing you
Bemoaning my problems to King last night, I told him the Ex had phoned earlier that day. “She said she phoned wanting to talk about my son wanting to come or not”, I said, “but I think she really...
View ArticleScratching off number two
“I know you’re an honorable man…”. That phrase is going to influence my life for some time to come. In light of being that honorable man, you know, the one that I am, I faced the demons of my second …...
View ArticleNothing much happening
With two of my three big tasks completed and the third having to be completed in another country, life here, goes on as normal. Slowly. I’m still struggling to maintain enthusiasm in my classes, but...
View ArticleThe people’s grass vs. the people’s water
I can appreciate the value of the grass on the sport fields here at school. Not only is it the biggest patch of grass in the whole of the inner city of Shiyan, but it’s the only one I’ve seen …...
View ArticleWeather lies about this town
Along with lies like it has clean air, it’s beautiful and it’s clean in general, another apparent lie told by the good people of this town, is the weather extremes. “Oh, behing located nestled in the...
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