Thoughts in October

Cold rain arrived, and Chengdu's temperature dropped significantly. Combined with my reckless mixing of baijiu and beer, I caught a cold. I was watching The Truman Show o...

Unofficial Blog History S01E01

This is the third time I've changed my domain name and blog title. The content hasn't diminished much, and my writing hasn't undergone any qualitative leap, so it hardly ...

2014 Strawberry Music Festival (Chengdu) Live

This was the Strawberry Music Festival's first time in Chengdu. I usually listen to music on Xiami and knew a few familiar artists, so I went with some friends. Chengdu h...

Hey, Teacher!

Chengdu seems to have this custom: anyone who knows a bit of technology can be called "Teacher" or "Master," or abbreviated as "X Shi." Our company used to have a designe...

2014 Vietnam Travelogue

I went traveling — to Vietnam, during the Spring Festival. The reason for going was simple: in order to have a passport ready so I could decide to go to Nepal — crossed o...

2013 Year-End Summary

I don't know how many people are willing to write their own biography. I feel like I'm writing my own chronicle. The content for 2013 is roughly: "In the first year of th...

No Travel in October

As usual, every October there's a travelogue—Kunming and Dali in 2010; Qionghai in Xichang in 2011; Meili Snow Mountain, Shangri-La, and Lijiang in 2012. For 2013 I plann...

The Method to Becoming Erudite

Last year I had two large boxes of books shipped home. The outer boxes were battered and torn, so without sorting them, they were casually thrown into a corner. Later my ...